, 1877-08-26
The Past and Present Of the
Season at the Spa.
Some Of the Improvements Made
by a Progressive People.
The First Tower, and What May Be
Seen from Its Top.
Queen Anne Cottages versus
Combination Archi-
lecture.
Notes from the Hotels, Race-Course,
Parks, Lake, and Elsewhere.

0hicagoans Who Are Stopping at tt
United States and the Grand
Union Hotels.
From Our Osuu Correspondent
SARATOGA, Aug. 1o.-The usual and expected
visitors we're extremely late in getting here, bu
they came en- masse when they did come, aud a
present this Ei1laec OF vast hotels and markc
improvements is having the lively section OF
season, on the whole, di5tressingly dull. III
Hudson steamers have for q fortnight been Gu
gaged in depicting the population OF New York
assisted in the highest degree by August's sun
who proved himself child of most fiery tempe
from the first day she brought him forth. Th
Drew, Of the Peoples Line, had more passen
gers Friday night last than statcrooms to pu
them in, and these passengers nearly all wcr'
bound for the Springs I found the Unitei
States gorying in slodcers out, ~ and the Unio1
go full that the man whose room did not sui
him could only get it changed By taking one OF
the roof or in the tower. This lower, By the
way, is oneof the most noticeable Of tho changes
here, and not less remarked upon than the
banishment OF the Jews from beneath it. Sara.
toga has long had such features as live Indians,
Mor1issey, and an uncqualcd variety OF
SPRING WATER AND SUMMER TOILETS,
but never before has sue had a tower. When
the view from this is once obtained, pleasure is
succeeded by wonder that somebody did not
think to build it, or another, before now. The
country around Saratoga is Of quiet but thor
ough1y charming description. Looked down
upon from such height, it draws an apprecia-
tion which there were no means hitherto to cx-
cite The lake, with its encirclng hills and
drives and the dot-like hotels On its shores,
shows clearly to the east, with the animated
scehe OF the boulevard leading thither, to form
thread-linc for tho eye. The far background
is relieved by the Green Mountain range; to the
south lie rich valleys and many winding
streams like tho kayaderosseras, which, happi-
II, retains its beautiful Indian name in orthos-
raphy, though made into "kayGeross ~ in
vulgar spcccs. The Village OF Ballston, which
vas niddle-aged watering place before Sara
toga came into being, appears rs the ideal vii
lace III the woods, its spires aud public build
ings rising from out rich ya1e Of green. The
low but picturesque line OF the Greenfield
Mountains carries the vision westward and to
the north, where the Champaign gives no
promise Of those glorious Adirondack
peaks which rise within fifty miles. Few
even OF the older and more observing visitors
0AtG AGCu Ah ait HiAAt E0jttA AU!C 5ECuEIt R1S
spread all about them, going to waste SO far as
being seen was concerned. More picturesque
even than the outlying districts is the village
itself, with its rich foliage, dainty parks, and
beautiful Broadway stretching away till lost in
theyalloy OF Glen Mitchell, where the trotting
course Is situate.
To complete the story OF this tower, the "rise
from the dead level OF former selves to higher
things Is made by means of an elevator, an ar
rangement no one quarre]s with, as many might
with stairs. Not only is the tower the one place
here to sec from; it is the most prominent OBJ
ject to sec, and happily is architectura1ly worthy
its position.
I spoke of Sarotoga asa
VILLAGE OF MARRIED IMPROVEMENTS |
This Is true to an extent no other fashionable re-
so1t can boast The Saratogians, both from i'm I
measurable pride in their village and from bust
ness common sense, 20 on from year to year |
adding attraction to attraction, sparing |
no effort to make tic place worthy |
Its unquestioued position as the first |
watering resort in the country. It may |
safely he said that at no other resort is go much
money put into the adornment aud beautitying
Of private as we'll as public grounds and build
1ngs. Broadway, with its boulevard width aud
splendid lines OF elms and naples, was always |
fine street; yet within few years it has been so
d
since would scarcely recognize it. The Windsor. /
that unfortunate speculation which sank fool
3sh womau's fortune, was the first change OF
series Of changes which have made Broadway
south to appear stately. The erection of the
soldiers monument. ia honor OF the Seventy
seventh. 2 regiment whirh proved its gallantry
By returning home with less than zoo Of the |
l,0Oo men it took to the front: the removal Of
The Old and familiar piilar-house OF Congress
Spring, and utter transformation Of the park,
together with the constant rebuilding Of the
Grand Union, now completed BY dome as
Proud and commanding proportionately as that
eyes OF those who recall days when inceudiarv
fres had laid all that section in ruins.
been less noteworthy. Two features which |
specially charm observers are
THE QUEEN ANNE COTTAGES
On the west Side, tue lower not far from
opposite the mansion and garden of Lord Will
ou.hby, whose title furnishes what every water
ins5-placc lnds indispensable, though perhaps
less Jared for than elsewhere by q people with |
democratic ideas nourished almost in sight Of |
those famous fields Of Saratuca and Bcmis
Heights. These. cottages are perfect OF their
Kind, and were built without regard to cost.
One Of them is owned bv Mrs. Whaien, widow
ol man who was identified with tho village
the other by Mr. Shepard, a gentleman OF |
wealth and taste, whose conservatory is the !
finest in the section. The fancy for the Queen
anne cottage has taken root in many quarters,
tion. There is every reason why 1t should ex-
tend wherever summer supurb2n villas are |
to be built. Tor no cottage is more homelike and
simple, and cozly to be arranged. l have seen
none SO accurate III plan and so tboroughiy
finished as these, Which thus naturally iace
prominent place IN the midst Of much nbnor,nai
overoone, and gimuack architecture. The odd.
~ IN this line. though not new one at ali is
tue mansion Of Gen. Batchelle., who is at nress
ent resident in Egypt, engaged in teafhng
SOUND Law practice in the EEediye's courts
IDEA AS TO HOUSE
was possibly the same As that yecarijnc a svs |
t teu OF jurisprudence, thai it should conobine
tne oes1 ana most Just principles TO be derived
11on1 any and all sources; an idea. il NAV he
ts. sa'u exceedingly adrantageousin iurisprudcnce.
out NOT equally worthy to be carried into archi.
lecture. Inc result was, and remains fha3
ha.e hne e ,, General offers observers but single
nonse @ 70 look At, be furnishes them with ren-
etoos display OF styles, from the eimn1;c;ty ~
1ne GFccaan to the extreme nippanrr nj ~ M
hena1ssancc, from the regularly Of the Goth;e |
70 70 tne paSoda-points and Minarets of thr 3fcnr !
4ne elect can be imagined more easily rhan A. |
scfloet. A Torture vas put into the rn1ns,oo
WI, Nhsh IS most elegantly appointed throuehont'
out Wnach IS, externally, enough to n,nEe !
~ciltsa1ned architect or lover of the nat,.rs1
a'1d harmonious throw himself away in dcsna1.
!hink OF entering fancy porch, graceful with !
Its curves and lets. while inynrhaod