The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-08
BEAUTYS DAY IN SARATOGA.
Peep al the Diary of a Fashionable
New York Belle.
From the New York Sun.
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
SARATOGA. August 20. 1877.

From the New York Sun.
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
SARATOGA, August 20, 1877.
The first pretty miss met this morn
ing as l touched the balcony of the
States WAS that lovely Nellie Mason,
who lives in one of those big elegant
brownstone houses in Madison avenue.
She was waiting for Albert Munson, one
of the hsndsomest beau here, to take her
to Congress Spring. TINS is Miss
Msson's first visit to Saratoga, and her
aunt, who is chsperoning her, told
me yesterday that her niece was only
just 10.
"a mere child, you know, and takes
everything as real" she observed.
Miss Nellie was sweetly dressed. She
wore a cream white chip hat, all covered
with lilies of the valley, thrown back
piqusntly from the lovellest golden hair.
Her dress was white muslin, with old
yellow lace inserted all around the neck,
and with transparent lace sleeves,
through which you could zee the sweetest
arms in all Saratoga. Oh, how l have
heard the fellows rave about those arms!
Her dress hung close to her hips, with
long train, showing her plump form per-
fectly, and on her feet were the dainhest
French shoes, with high heels right in
the middle of the foot, and opened in
front to display the nestest of cream-col-
ored stockings, embroidered with pink.
By hesvensl if you had seen Nellie
Mason this morning swinging her cream
lace parasol, on which was delicate
light pink bow to match her sash ribbon.
and pink embroidery on her stOckings-l
say If any 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; '.al | want is my parasol in
the park" and then she took Albert
Munson's arm and walked down the
street past the big hotels, toward Cong
ress Spring.
"a young lsdy's diary" said, az l
looked at the Russian leather book; 81
wonder what is in it2" Then
carefully opened the little book and
read csrelessly written diary OF what
Nellie Mason saw yesterday in Sara
togs:
SARATOGA, Thursday, Aug. 9.-Sucb
morning Felt too sleepy after dane
ing last night to put my hair up in
crimps. Crimpcd it this morning with
the iron. Burnt it. Wore white and
blue Awful light blue last night. Not
that hOrrld dark blue that the Brown
girls wear, but that sweet, light blue that
goes with pink. Blue bow on parasol,
blue flowers in hair, blue sash, and blue
stockings. Wore white silk mits for
the first time The Spanish Ministers
wife and are the only ones who wear
them, Awful stylish-clear above the
elbow Bound to be the rsge-these
white mits are. Put just little pink
on my cheeks and penclled my eyebrows.
Auntie don't know | do this, but just II
little artificial red rose Leaf rubbed on
NV cheeks won't hurt anybody. The
Dodge girls always do it. Ssllie Miller
vets the rose leaf. The girls CALI this the
red rose dodge, but call it downright
painting.
cat Albert came to take nae TO the
spring. Such lovely place! Band
playing and all the people promenading
under the vine-covered arbor, just rs they
do in the morning in Wiesbsden. Walk
ed up the hill. Albert's scamp he
tried to take my hand. l scolded him,
and he apologized. I'm awful sorry
'frsid he won't never try to take my
hand again. I'm always oyerdoingi.!
Nine o'clock. Breakfast. ! do be-
liev Albert loves me. He gave me II
bunch OF lilies. Nellie Dodge told me
about her three new lovers. Ones old
Hamilton the widower, rich as Crpsus.
She treats him well SOS to ride IN his
dog-cart. Another's beautiful sweet DE
Whey. Pa says he's a French adven-
turer-but such eyes! De Niney's an
awful flrt-perfectly atrocious! AL
ways wants to corner you on the balcony
al talk love into your ear. He's sweet .
Then there's Walter Lsngdon. A. Nj,
stiff and learned, or learned, rs Walter
Saw. Good Lord deliver us from one
OF those stiff, proper young men! l love
hirt. The girl never lived who got
mad because fellow kissed her-if he
WAS the right fellow. l wish Albert
| knew this, but the good fellows are all
! fools. ard if a fellow knows how to
make love he is sure to be poor, or, as pa
says, an adventurer.
/ "Ien o'clock music on the balcony.
| Ladies all dressed in musins, with their
sleeves TO show their arms. DE Whey
SAYS my arm is too lovely for anything.
l love that fraud Two dsshing widows
came down with awful short dresses and
such stockings! And didn't everybody
see EN-, tool | wish | was widow, y
rich widow; I'd outstocklng the whole
crowd Sweet stockings and bare arms
do take the fellows!
Such gossippings as l heard to-day
Mrs Jones says she heard the Fox girls
washing their own pocket hsndkercbiets
Did YOU ever? Mrs. Davis says the rich
Mr.; johnson refused to pay her washer
woman extra for washing futed dresses,
and they say the Smiths nave lost sll
their money, and have got TO wait till a
rich uncle dies before they can come to
Saratoga again. It's all money. money,
money here; no brains required.
know school teacher here who used to
board at DR.. Strong's. She chsnceo to
marry rich husbands, and now even she
chsses after Belmont and Vanderbilt.
We all sat under our parasols during the
music. Such a place to firt! Give me
& newspaper, paragraph, wicked Eel.
low like DE Whey, and the band playing
the French waltzes, and I'm in heaven.
Two o'clock, thinner. No wine this
year; hard times. A thousand knives
and forks Gathering at once. Such con-
fusion! Everybody wears buntitg = red,
yellow, blue, white and pink. wore a
pink silk, trimmed with white point, and
such trsin-s full yard. Took dinner