The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-13
LIFE At SARATOGA.
The Average Girls Wardrobe -Han dsomo
Wnttcrs-OId Men and Frisky Boys.

| SARATOGA, Aug. 1O.-A young lady came
into the Statess parlor this morning with her
twenty eighth dress. She has been here four
teen days. and has displayed fresh toilet every
morning and evening. These dresses cost on an
average $125 apiece, or about $500 for the lot.
| During this time her father has worn one
cheap flannel suit, costing perhaps s35.
Most OF the young ladys dresses arc thin
ones. They are India muslins, light grenadines.
and light silks, trimmed with lsoes. Many of
the dresses will never be worn again. They were
| made for one days wear. And this young lady,
whose father Is not considered wealthy, Is sup
posed to be In tho market. She Is looking for
and expects to marry some man Of sound brain
| and good looks. She Is good young lady, but
not brilliant, and she Is far from beautiful; but
she Is so well bred that she does not paint or
| powder. She Is the average New York girl, who
goes In mediocre society, but who constantly
struggles to get into the best set. But the set
here who base their positions on family and
wealth will not receive her. She Is respectable.
| but her respectablilty Is not Of long standing
| enough to ad init her SO the poor girl. with all
around, cutting Saf The People IN her her W own Sot
| and struggling to get into the set above-her
father and mother both pushing her forward.
when they ask who her father IL, the reply
| comes:
20. he's merchant somewhere In Now York."
| Nobody knows. Tbev have only just come
out. In fact. thew would never have come out
at all were It not tor tho purpose OF chat eron-
| ing this daughi or whom they love better tn an
| life. They would never have known Saratoga
but for THIS daughter; They would nov he ~
street. At present they live up on Firth avenue,
| and spend every dollar Of income, and even eat
| into the principal To dress ana bring out this
| daughter.
II ia an unhappy struggle all around. They
laugh and seem to enjoy themselves but.alas,in
their hearts they hate Saratoga, bate their own
itch dresses. and really sigh for the little plain
house where they used to live within their iu-
comes before the daughter came.
hut she must be married. on.
Who will have herr
take ner. II she were rich, some handsome for
| tune hunter or some thrifty business man would
| take her. As II Is, nobody wants her. She ID
| dead weight.
| she Is based on clothes.
Not brain. family, or money, but simply TWEEN
| ty-eight dresses form her stock In trade.
IT no man comes up this year to propose, her
dear father VIII carry the costly stock over an-
other year. and next year we VIII see her at the
States again, with twenty-eiEht new dresses,
cosilier and more beautiful than the last.
And then, II no aristOcratic lover offers, she
will be offered In her own set. Even old ADMIR-
| ers VINO have been rejected will be encouraged.
Pride will Keen her from marrying beneath her
sell. They hoped to make bril- liant match for
her, and, failing In this, she will eventually be
with the old aud aristOcratic families on charity
ball invitations, will be printed among the sab
! bath school srachcrs In her own little church,
charity concerts which break out In the Union
League for st. Johns Guild.
How strange tho world isl
After han written about my society girl with
the tweniy-eieht new dresses this morning.
went down to breakfast looked at the faces
OF hundreds OF pretty girls along the States
dining rom. ! scanned the men, aud glired
at the flirting Young fellows who wear state
prison check clothes and say, "Aw, you know"
ike the English; but the happiest man saw
was John Lee, my handsome waiter from Hainp-
ton, Va. John IA student. John Lucas. the
head waiter mere, who Is the handsomest man
HAMPTON Normal school to sond min twenty
ave students TO walt on the tables. They all
came. John with the rest, and they are twenty
eve as strong, bright, and handsome young men
as ever came here from Harvard or Yale. Several
Of them are ptep,rine for the ministry. Among
year the Oberlin students are going to row In
The regatta.
How will the Harvard buns bloods fancy row.
ing between the farmers Of Cornell aud the
colored men OF Oberhnl
This will be democracy.
When asked my colored student where bis
parents lived, he said:
my mother was a slave, and belonged TO
Major Wayne OF South Carolina"
And your fathor?"
IL never knew Who he was. but as my mother
vas pure ulack' and ! am lisnt, suppose Major
What is tue Hampton school2"
IT'S normal school with go students. We
are hitting ourseve, for teachers throughout the
South. Most Of US work our own way through.
This ts vacation, aud We come up here and get
-" Aud the perquisltes. Johnr"
" Yes, we gel GOOD many porQulsltos. Last
week waited on Gov. Tiden and he gave
mes con,.. vo,., cot. ,or him ,,.,,., .n,
mo, VIC boys will all stand by tho old Re.
publican ticket You see We are afraid to trust
the other side. II We should have Democratic
President and he should stand By tue colored
men, why next time we might change. Bat
now we are afraid to trust EN-"
"What do YOU study In college. John1"
"Oh, geometry. algebra. moral philosophy,
chemistry logic and rhetoric
I nan InnI laU kHaa
mother WAS a slave who knows more than half
the people he watts on. Here is a boy VINO
from people VINO use singular nominatlves aud
plural verbs, aud who would look upon Johns
text books as hyoroglyphics.
Yes, this Is u queer worldl
A. write this see before me on tho States
the thioe SURVIVING sons OF Alexander ilamll-
ton. Mr. Hamilton was twelve years old wnen
b, father went over to weehawken IL 1904 to
fight the duel with Aaron Burr.
DO You remember tho duel Mr.. HamiltonT
YES, l remember 1t well. but 1t was not
duel. II was political murder. My father
never fred his pistol Burr fred aud Killed
| father Ike a coward and fed like poltroon."
"what was done with Burr q
." lie was indicted for murder, but the trial
never came on Barr had one daughter, who
was killed by pirates on the Atlantic ocean. she
WAS the last OF the linrrs"
Mr.. hamilton Is 81 years old as bright and
fresh as boy.
Amons, other aged men here who miss Com
DR.. Gay, who Is -, and Reuben Springer, who
| Is 10.
Among the youre and risky boys at the states
Is Marshall - Roberts and his beautiful third
bride, nes Miss Endicott. who spends his time
by her side with a lovers devotion; then here
Is Commodore Strauahan Of Brooklyn, VINO de-
| tends Mr. Bsecher; CommOdor. Garrison, who
still mourns IA beautiful daughter, William
Irayers, who keeps his cottage screaming with
laughter at his s-s-stammerlng p-p-pIn,. Dor
sheimer, whom the Democrat are going II run
for Governor; Augu ,tus Schcll, who divides his
talk with john Kelly and beautiful silver
haired old Lady, his sister; Robert Cutting, who
| nlrta around with tho most beautiful lady in
| Sar"t oga-his own wife. Mrs. Cuttings HAIR Is
| Ike silver.
90 eat aInsi" said Mr.. Hamilton to Peter
| Goelet ~ Mrs eating uassed by; wasn't she a
beauty may wears agoY'
Peter said she WIS, and then he went and
| leaned over the balcony, whore be SIN sits
pOndering -musi ng-tninging. ELL PERKINS.
| Only One Kind OF Matter In the Universe.
From ne Sl.eHtu, American.
There are many eminent chemists, Prof.
Cooke among the nuuber, VINO believe that, in
| stead OF there being Xtb-tOur elements, there
| Is out one. That this one universal element aa-
| sumes more than sIXty different furfns accord
| lux to the velocity with winch the atom moyes),
winch constitute the molecules, or their ar
| rnnGemeut, or NUMBER Is not moro wonderful
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