, 1877-08-26

:. Teach her the song in Eden sung;
: See in her,eyes Loves lender glance,
i And tell her Love is ever young.
:, a. f.. ".
: a BELLIES DAY AT SARATOGA.
c Co,rtsDondtnce ytlo York Snn.
Fl UNITED STATES HOTEL, SARATOGA, Aug. q
' The first pretty miss met this morning as
touched the balcony Of the States was that low
ly Nellie Mason, who lives in one Of those bi
s elegant brown-stonc houses oil Madison avenue
She was waiting for Albert Munson, one Of tn
haudsomcst bcaus here, to take her to Congrcs
Spring. This is Miss Mason's first visit to Sara
toga, aud her aunt who is cllapcroning her, tolt
, INC yesterday that her niece was only just 10.
= IA mere child, you know, and takes every
thing az rea1," she observed.
Miss Nellie was swectly dressed. She wore {
cream white chip hat, all covered with lilies o.
the valley, thrown back piquantly from the
loyelicst golden hair. Her dress was white mus
lin, with old yellow lace inserted all around the
neck, aud with transparent lace sleeves, through
which you could see the sweetest arms In all
Saratoga. Oh, how I have heard the fellows
rave about those arms! Her dress hung close
to ncr hips, with q long train showing her
plump form perfectly, and on her feet were the
4laintie$t French shoes, with high heels right in
the middle OF the foot, and opened in front to
embroidered with pink. By Heavens! il you
had seen Nellie Mason this morning swinging
| her cream lace parasol, on which was delicate
| light pink bow to match her sash ribbon aud the
Of you dusty, old. cross New York fellows had
seen her waiting for Albert Munson to TAKE her
to Congress Spring, you'd missed the train
to stare at her.
'.Take my diary and fan, Uncle Eli,'' said
Nellie; "all I want is my parasol in the parE,''
and then she took Albert Munson's arm and
| walked down the street past the big hotels, to-
| ward Congress Spring.
IA young ladyi's daryl! said, as looked at
| the little Russian leather book; III wonder what
book ard read q carelcssly written diary Of what
Nellie Mason saw yesterday iu Saratoga:
| "SAnAToaA, Thursday, Aug. g.-such morn
ing! Felt too sleepy after dancing last night to
! ing with the iron. Burntit. Wore white anil
| blue-awful light blue last night. Not that
| horr1d dark blue that the Brown girls wear, but
| that sweet light blue that goes With pink.
sash. anil blue stockings. Wore white silk mitts
for the first time. The Spanish Minister'S wife
and are the only ones who wear them. Aw-
fu1 styIish-clcar above the elbow. Bound to
little pink on my checks and penciled my eye
brows. Auntie don't know I do this, but just
a little artificial red rose leaf rubbed on my
checks won't hurt ANYBODY. The Dodge girls
always do it: Salle Miller vets the rose leaf.
The girls call this the red rose dodge, but call
it downright painting!
s'At Albert came to take me to the spring..
Such lovely PLACE! Band-play!ng and ali the
people drinking mud pro'nenading under the
in cs5aes ai W. Wkcd shc DC e % Ill LII r.
bert's q scamp; he tried to take my hand.
scolded him and he apologized. I'm awful
sorry he won't never try to take my
hand again. I'm always overriding it!
<in. ctS1f.rl- hroa t}e
loves me-. He gave ME bunch Of lilies. Nellie
Dodge told me about her three new lovers.
Ones old Hamilton, the .vldower, rich rs
Crosus. She treats him we'll SOS to ride In his
such eyes! De Viney's an awful dirt
perfectly atrocious! Always wants to
T corner you on the balcony and
learned. or Learned, as Walter says. Good
Lord, deliver us from one of these still, proper
young men! Hove firt. The girl never lived
who got mad because fellow kissed her-if be
was the right fellow. 1 wish Albert knew this, !
but the good fellows are all fools; and If lei !
low knows how to make love he's sure to be |
poor: or, as pa says, an adventurcr.
''Tcn o'clock music on the balcony. Ladies' |
all dressed in muslins. with their sleeves to show
their arms. De Whey says my arms are too
lovely ftr ANYTHING. I love that fraud! Two
dashing widows came down with awful short /
dresses and such stockings And didn't every
body see 'em, toof / wish was q widow-a |
Sweet stockings and bare arms do take the fel- !
lows!
t.Suc1. gossiping as heard to-day! Mrs.
Jones says she heard the Fox girls washing their
own pocket-handkerchefs! Did you ever?
Mrs Dasis says the rich Mrs. Johnson refused
to pay her washcrwoman extra for washing
tluted dresses; and they say the Smiths have
lost all their money, anu have got to wait till
rich uncle dies before they can come to Saratoga
aenin. It's all money, money: money here; no
brains required. know school-teacher here |
who used to board at DR.. Strong's. She CHANGED
to marry rich husband, and now even she
chases after Belmont and Vanderbilt. We all
sat under our pafasols during the music. Such
q place TO flirt Give mc newspaper, a para
sol, wicked fellow like De Vinev, aud the band
playing the French waltzes, and I'm in Heaven.
1.-TWO O'Clock dinner. No wine this year;
hard times. A Thousand knives ard forks clat--
terng ct once. Such confusion! Everybody
wears huntlng-red, yellow, blue, white, and
pink. ] wore pink silk, trimmed with white
point anu such trpin-a full yard. Took din-
ner with my long mitts o.. That's the thing
the heat!-waiter, is the haudsomest man in Sara
toga. The ladies all say So. Paris girls fall In
W love with it a and marry colorcd men. Why can't
-Four o;clock-dressed again. That's three
times to-day, ana iull dress for the ball viii
make the fourth. The Hing girls have been
here twelve days and worn twcnty-four new /
dresses. Never repeated once. They left for |
the Branch to-day to grind lem through again |
1T the Vest End. Mrs. Baker has worn the
same dress three times-disgraccful!
43Worc nay new coaching suit to-day. It was |
90 lovely! Everybody said it looked like an | I
Did Gainsborough picture. They didu't know I |
:opied -Gainsborough hat, dress. and all. |
Dress made Of light olive green (tilleul. call
t peacock green, cut Ia princesse. Gainsbor-
>ugh hat. with green and white feathers, cream
.lovcs-cight buttons to my elbow. Sleeves
ight to arm and short Dress perfectly plain
II front, falling in a long train behind Fan Of
and green stockings embro-
[ered with o,ye. Won't this suit startle Je- ]
ONE Park and the Coaching Club this fall! Its
wful hard to show your stockings just right. II !
thought no one saw my sweet stockings to-day
ID die! ,
It At the lake had woodcock on toast and !
hampagne. De Viney ordered it aud uncle paid
or it. Twelve dollars for lunch for three. and
lie Tondcock young turkeys at that! Well, |
verybody gets caught the same wav We I
lon't eat what VIC want, but eat to suit the /
eopEc who look at US. 'Fraid shall have 10 I
i've up Albert-he's too slow.
Eight o'clock-I'm dressed for the ballt do :
ook tot, sweet to live. Pure white gros grain, |
nth real point. and a yard and a half train. | ,
,ost $500 or $500 for the lace Low shoes and | !
ace inserted IN my stockings. No such stock | i
ngs in Saratoga OF course I'll sit so'sto show I
hem Wore pearls-diamonds are vulgar.
>ne old Buffalo lady wears diamonds for break |
asI- Bah. We all cut her. But must have !
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