New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-30
John PAUL'S VACATION.

TrpoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE
SARATOGA, July l9--iiere is Walter Scott:
Al once there rose so wild yell,
Within that straight and narrow dell,
AS all the fends from heaven that icll
Had peeled themselves to spell Cornell
You'll find il IN the Lady of Saratoga Lake-long
measure there, but common meet her here WIN
provisions at their present price can't afford nucn
original poetry When do drop into il, just for old
acauaintance sake the bell will ring iong enough
beforehand to let you get out of the way.
C-O-R-N-E-L-L-L-l-L. Given an inch at the WIN
u;no.post. they wanted a long continuation of LIS
and insisted on having them. week or 50 mas
SILENTLY seulled itself down the great River OF lime
since the Regatta and the wakes of the boats nave
faded from out the bosom of the lake. but the ripple
of the race still remains upon the town. ruiins the
spring waters and agtating fair bosoms INTO tuhn-
tuous billows of tule ecrW is no longer an outside
garment. There is lady, young or Old IN the
village TO the manor born or only transient
guest" WHO does not wear a within And the
winning crew, of course.
The room formerly occupied by the captain Oh
Columbia was assigned to me on arrival AIM deco
ratons are white and blue, the carpet the furniture
and the frescoes The single exception is found IN
my sb;ns. which are black and blue, with tumbing
over the wardrobes and bureaus, and baseball
clubs and trapeze bars with which the apartment
was lavshly furnished i'll honor of Its former occu-
pant Ali the day long l sit here ON the floor ana
tb;rl Pm a float Pm a fioat--or bobber, bobber,
which is the same thing fsh-line. And at night
Ilay myself down TO dream I'm she'll I'm a SMELL
Waking. | regret TO find Pm not for I'd like 10
be made of paper and have some one to navigate me
"A skilful hand could perhaps make my paper pass
current.
The excitement has left its imprint on society
Young women 10 longer ask you for an arm 1T Is
"Give me YOUR starboard oar. please Instead OF
nroposiuc a walk to and through the hotels. they
saw Let US take pull around the haSil-crcS'' III
the evening, not waltz but " double SOUL race Is
snqeestsd After gliding gracefully through figure
or two of the Lancers, your partner, III Whisper
reauests YOU tn make squirt at the hnlsii. WAeh
Nh awkward dancer trips he or She Is sand to nave
"caught crab" young woman no longer apollo
pzes for her hair being disarranged. but says that
her row-locks are ont of iix. The Origin OF
Races is asked for at the bookstores and an impress
sion prevails that the Darwinian theory solves the
xexed question of the winnin stroke. Sensible poo
nile are no longer sad to be lcvel-headed, but TO
"keep an even keel" A young man making inqui-
vies abont a girl whose figure pleases him does not
ask what she is worth, but, What's her tonnagei
Amid this freshet of boating terms the good Old
Saxon ard horse of-,Jom MoTrisSey, for IN
stance->Aines out ike good word IN nautical
world
The mania has even infected hotel men. Good
echooner-built Mr. Brslin got the tit on HIM ana
spent more money than | pay him in week ior
regatta prizes-silyer cups. man must be III MS
Guns 70 do that sort Of thing. BY way OF encouraging
this thing along, the captains of the crews held
meeting aud declined the prizes with thanks. why
the captains did So alas poor crews, Oh. unless ne
cause the cups were empty. cannot imagine Had
they been filed with Rhensh--ruGdy Rudeshcilner
Va nd nv tLerpu y
null for them. But no harms done Sooner than
see so many dollars worth of silver 90 alleging. II
take it myself. Put the cup 10 thy nab0bs hlS' y
beaut rous Brcsln cup hOu cupper OF the period,
and all your troubles ended Fear no refusal viii
give bonds to take all in that line that is offered to
ane.
The idea of a landlords passing round silver cups
as big a. spittools, when he hasn't a bowl III his
house Wishing bread and milk for supper last
night | called for bowl Of it. The waiter
brought me q spoon and saucer, and sad
there was not bowl In the house. 10 my
hint that he must be mistaken, ne responded by
bringing up darky several shades darker than hlil-
self who declared that the bowls were all done
broken last year. The head-waiter on being sum
snoned bowed gravely twice waved his handkcl-
chief dclicately perfurined with anchoyy sauce,
three times, and, by magic three slaves APP
peared from out ncbulous cloud of Nubidns at the
triumphantly aloft on a silver salver.
This morning, however, they again informed me
that The bowls were AL Out-bOwled out, suppose.
Now, why not sell that silver and buy few china
bowls? BY the way. there can never be better
place than this to remark. that Samuel Bowles Of
The rp,aqfeld RcpubcdF is registered at the United
States.
A sort Of sca-change has come over the Grand
w. lnt,r lei
print of the rcgatta-if a water-bOll may be al
lowed. and why not when sea-cows cat conspicu-
ous figure in natural history. Your proper course
down fhe diningroom Is tagged by relays Of
walters holding white napkins alOft. Ihc starter
nj the door gives initial tirt OF his towel which
fans YOU down to where you see still another White
flag cleaning in IA hrunettes raised right hand for
that YOU steer. Yaw to right or let and you're
pone-vou foul q Lot Of f0unces and ribbons, or,
worse still sheer square into of the peripactc
crockcry crates that pl in wild majesty to and from
the kitchen, bearing what viands and vegetables
they don't drop down the bOS0nls and backs of the
guests they encounter, to patient watchers and wait
ers already seated. This fag-staton reached and
YOU are signaled to move on To another; and 50 1t
goes till YOU at last get 20 the steak, winning the
plate merely by head-a broken head AT that, pos
sibly
All much do we miss Thompson, so long head
waiter on perhaps should say to preserve the UNI
ties stroke oar of the dnngroOm. he, poor fellow,
has caught a cTal-a bad one-and they fear its
name is consumption. Never can his place at the
prov be filed, | fear. A great many of the guests
have lost their interest i'll eating, now That he's not
here 10 boss the job. His was the courtly bow, his
the grand manner 1t was something to Dc passed
down the long line of heroes, descended from heroes,
by the wave of his white napkin. Not a waiter Ill
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