National Republican., 1877-08-10
THE EXACT EFFECT OF THE REORGANIZATION
AFFAIR ON BusINEss At THE SPRINGS.
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THE EXACT EFFNTO OF THE REORGANIZATION
AFFAIR ON BusISEss AT THE SPRINGS.
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SARATOGA, Aug. 2.
and Burgoyne resulted IN the complete sur
render Of the British commander. The second
battle of Saratoga-a purely social one
between Major General Henry Hilton and
Brigadier General Joseph Seligman, has been
wa2ed over the same battle ground again this
summer, and N the smoke Of the battle lifts
hasten 70 give you the list Of casualties and
the names Of the killed and wounded.
How has the battle Of the races affected
Saratoga?
Well, It has affected the town moro than Il
has the hotels. About fifteen hundred wealthy
Jewish people before the battle used 10 fre-
quent the village boarding houses and spend
their time listening 10 the music in Congress
Park and on the hotel balconies. These fE
teen hundred have entirely disappeared gone
to Sharon, Richfeld and the branch. Their
change Of base has not lessened the actual pay-
ing guests Of the hotels, but II has lessened the
crowd on the balconies and made vacant sew.
eral hundred seats in the hop-room.
What has become of the wealthy and sristo.
cratic Jews who used to frequent the Grand
Union2
The leading Aristocratic Jews like the Ma
thans and Hendrickses, the Harts and Aaron
sons, have left Saratoga altogether. They say
they will not come to . watering place where
their privileges or standing Is o question of
discussion: Other wealthy Jewish families
who look for personal comfort, and don't re-
sent the social discrimination which has
arisen, have quietly gone across the street to
Congress Hall, where you may see their ia
miliar faces in long lines on the balcony-the
men smoking cigarettes or cigars, while their
wives, surrounded by throngs Of black haired
children, arrange themselves in family cliaues.
In tnHN
used to speak German entirely, hear now
carrying on their conversations In French.
This change in dialect has made many guests
here mistake them for Cubans or French
creoles.
What has become of the old sristocratic Gle.
ment which used to frequent Congress Hall 2
l mean the Vanderbilts, Garrisons, SanfortIs,
Phelpses, Belmonts, shoemakers, Enos, Chapins,
and Spragues.
They have all moved up to the Un tied
States.
So the war that drove the Isaelites away
from the Grand Union has not, thus far filed
their places with other guests. 1t did not set
Grand Union. Madison and Fifth avenues
still gravitate toward the old United States.
How is the crowd at Saratoga compared with
previous yeaBf
The Grand Union Is doing fair business
that Is. II Is about three fourths full. Con-
gress Hall Is making more money than II did
last summer, and the United States, rs far rs
good rooms are concerned, Is full. Every one
of Its sixty cottages are taken. The general
business Of the United States has shrunk
about ten per cent, and that Of the Grand
Union about twenty per cent, ten per cent. of
this loss being the wealthy lsraelites, who
have gone over to Congress Hall.
Judge Hilton Is satisfied with the results of
the fight, and he would make the same fight
over again, but as an old looker-on at Saratooa
! can see that the issue has not benefited the
Grand Union financially or socially this year,
while 1t has benefited Congress Hall fnan.
cially, and added to the social element at the
United States.
Finally, In answer To this question con-
stantiy asked all over the country: How Is
the attendance At Saratoga this year " I will
say looking at all the hotels and boarding
houses, the general shrinkage has been about
twenty per cent. on last year.