The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-20
4 New Dispensation at the
Earthly Paradise.
mo FEES TO HOTEL WATERS"
Cottages, Hotels and Boarding
Houses Well Occupied.
A LIST OF PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

is possible 10 keep cool Saratoga The shade trees
are among chief attractions here even If people who
have visited tho place picture IL to themselves
as kind oil great, blazing grdiron where fools and
fashionabIes come be broied. Shade can be found
almost anywh ere and a draugnt somewhere, no mat
ter what the temperature. II you are driven from
the Broadway piazzas you retreat within the
courts Each OF the three principal notes.-the Grand
Union the United States and Congress Haliencloses
a quadrangle OF its own, scres III extent, lad out
wlh broad lawns and rich flower beds, with a ioun-
tain playing in the and myriads Of birds sing
Ing in the branches OF ovsrhanging Gins
BEAUTIFUL SARATOGA.
In fact the whole village is a mass OF shade. Even
Now Haven all it's elms, hardly surpasses Sara
toga with IT'S rich deciduous variety. From any
height II appearance of forest city, and its
home life, apart from the vicinity Of the caravansar-
les is charming The streets, which stretch away on
every hand generally well kept, as well as shady,
and private dwellings and boarding houses, every one
surrounded by its own grounds and garden, are a.
neat napkins. Generous spaces, handsome en-
closures, bright lawns. dainty dooryards and flowers
in profuson distinguish the town, around which
country OF woods, lakes and meadows expands to
the blue mountains next the horizon.
THE visrToRs-wEALrHY OTHERWISE
such scenes. be they costly to enjoy, have
fascination for those who have been accustomed TO
them year after year, which attracts them here
again In spite OF most obs acIcs that are not In
superable Therefore l am not surprised to find
Saratoga quite as populous as 1t usually is at this
time OF the season. Tue boarding houses and mod
crate priced hotels doing better than they have
done in early July for several years back, a large
class of nvalids and thrifty pleasure seekers who
make their arrangements methodcaly accord
ing limited incomes, having put in an
early appearance in great numbers. The rich
people, too. who move through the world
conscious OF inexhaustibie exchequer and take
little heed OF the cost OF living anywhere, are
here from every oihe country, occupying cottages
OF apartments the great hotels, and
arousng either by the propriety or the &C.
centrcity their conduct by the perfection alb
suroity OF their equpaRes ana dress AT the same time
hundreds, even thousands, of middle rate merchants
manufacturers, business and professional men gen
orally who used bring their families 10 the first
c'ass hotels and countthe expense OF few weeks
board part oil the cost OF long summer tour have
partly vanished. II seems though the incomes OF
she and hard pushing men in the country
have least adapted TO pay the piper who pipes
IN summer al this seductive retreat
THE SEASON THE PROSPECT.
There are enough visitors, though, to keep the
managers big hotels In counter ance, and they
do not ,ompian. To-day the Grand Union has some
four hundred guests and the United about the
S. me number. Congress Hall has three hundred and
the rcst--lhe Clarendon, the Windsor &c.-are by no
means empty. Managers say that TINS patronage Is
last as good as II was 1871 near approach
Of the gives tuem courage
RAILROADS AND SAVINGS BANKS.
The racing meeting is not the only puonc event that
viii mark the season. Saratoga IS become a seat OF
poitcs, railroad combinations, scientific and polem
i,al ussioo and consultations upon nearly all
Kinds subjects, schemes and intrgues. II Is TOO
early We Tor the political caidron 10 Doil or even
Gunner when the time comes tho witches from
every Quartef-North, south, East and West-wil he
here to sur the brew. What Cannot be accom-
al
parlors and club rooms, ut the dinner
tables a.oug The drives the verandas,
in the m:ds; Of the agreeable relaxatons OF every
KIND into which men are orawn here may well be
pyep n as impossible Already sctteme mt OF rail-
road interests OF immense importance has been
reached sIucc President Vanderbilt arrived at the
United States Hotel Gu the 24h INST the representa-
tves savings banks interests throughout the STATE
numbering Two hundred and more, are TO meet 10
iurm u New York savings banks association pre-
alnInary nattonal Organization OF the came Kind
E,rly August the American Bankers Association,
embracing many distinguished hnanciers. win as
semblc, and Later Oh there 10 prom seq gathering
all the States Of tho most brilliant iumnares OF
the federal Bar
AN ELEGANT LoAyYG
Whatever il doue here can be done TRANQUILITY and
elegantly, with tho most sumptuous surroundings.
At moment one troubled W the heat may stroll
INTO a boei drawing room oil such siz' taat refresh
ing draughts are produced Detween half miles or
open windows across acres OF Administer carpets,
slrcwn with easy chairs and grand pianos Here men
women come ana go without attracting any more
attention than If mel IN park common.
Ony their though their footsteps
be and Their voices mingled In u murmur lends IA
human interest the scene. Or you
may retreat into any one OF hundred cosey
sitting rooms anu have AN hour with frena by your
sell al al open winoow. Or airy wriling and reading
rooms abound, all well lighted, with ceilings twenty
Ice, high and roomy enough every way 10 swing an
elephant IN or be swung oy bm without DANGER oil
getting Knocked against the walls Or you may lake
your OF stroll along miles OF covered piuzzas,
walch a game OF billiards commiserate the pay
IN bowling alley, ali the time keeping yourself
royalty COOL Here rifle galleries where
the range adjusted that you may MT yourself Tor
a match AT Crcedmoor, and grove whero you can
HoTELS-GooD NEWS FOR TRAVELLERS
The more one wauders among the hotels the more
BE- sruck by the superb accommodations they offer
through an admirable System oi management The
tfuyeiier who cones 10 Saratoga now has no excuse
Tor worrying about travellers ordinary When
he quns the railway car he viii row OF hotcl
por,,rs each on q standipx under A hanging sipp with
oi a Motel on 1t corresponding with the
name upon his hat The traveller hands the porter
his handbag and his trunk checks, and may
ride 10 omnIDas walk live
minutes to any hotel he prefers. When he gets
there aud registers his name he meets with Instant,
quiet aud respectful attention. lie Conducted TO
LIS roOm without having 10 run the Old exasperatng
gauntlet oil brush DrOoms, ana thereafter when he IS
served W wafer Tue service - rendered with an
agreeable Willingness lie need feel ~ hts pocket
quarter OF dollar every time he ring- Tor
water, aud wnen no eaters the dining room he Will
not lEd II absolutely necessary TO pay or promise
txtra tribute Tor . meal Wherever he turns and
whenever he b.. request TO maze he Is pleased
20 md that CELEBRITY has taken the place OF
hesitation mat ciyity las been substituted Tor OIL
siousDess, aud that even Snen ne volunteers 10 en-
boarsge porter sth q up decent aIacrity bas re-
paced busting and Oiunderng zeal Impressed by
lpls general and grateful rcvolu ior OF the ways oil
those whose uuty IL to serve, tut who formerly
to hinder his convenience tue traveller iancies
taat surely some magic must have been at work. He
j. far WRONG. u ost O the SARATOGA hotels have
within u lew years past been taken IN hand by new
SIT OF managers. Zoe magic consists IN The force
and tao, Of some younger men who have stepped
into tho shoes OF togies uuder whose lax
mismsnagemsnt the "hepp here had virtually
tsrloratea into hordes OF baDdttl Now, when
guest ~ about depart lie buy hts ticget and
recsive hts baggage checks IN his room II ne pre-
lers ana the Grand Union iaoel is tackled to his
GETTING Tng WORM oEE's
Treatment ike tins - pleasant 10 tue stlnsy who
never give anything to waiter, though they suffer
Tor II, Dut who say longer now, not beng
annoyed. AT the same time piQues Open
banded people Into geuer osiiy which ii no longer
thrown away upon a class once called by a coarse.
grained state politician the "Biack Hog Cavalry"
So tue waters do not suffer much. ana the notes.
winch their employees ratner hOerally, arc not
losers Inc broad provision Tor everybody confori,