The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-12
sARATOGA's SAYINGS AND DoINGs.
Wealth and Diplomacy RusticatinR-w. II
vanderbiirs summer Home.


vanderbiirs summer Home.
Special c,ereIonih-, n The sun
SARATOGA SPRINGS July 1.-THE Sarato-
gians claim that their season begins in the mid
die Of Juno: yet the middle Of July is at hand
without any great rush being yet noticeable
here. week or ten days ago none OF the
large hotels could boast OF more Gus
toners listening TO tho morning and
evening concerts than there were musi-
clans in the bands. The eve OF the glorious
Fourth. however. brought u good many recruits.
and the influx has since been slowly but steadi
ly increasing. At the present moment we have
ut the United States Hotel some four hundred
people, q number which docs not I'LL one-thrd
OF this immense house. The Congress Hall.
the Grand Union and the Windsor seem to be
still worse of. But hear that the small hotels
and boarding houses are well filed with coun-
try folks Of moderate means. who are appar-
entity anxious to have look at the ways and
manners Of fashionable rustlcatlon. They will
be disappointed. for whit there is OF wealth and
fashion here makes but little display. and does
not show itself outside It's quarters except when
driving. II Is expected that the afluence OF Wis
itors will be- much greater in about fortnight.
when the races begin.
popularity of this years senson seems to
be that only very rich people are coming here.
Expensive parlor suites are in comparatively
greater demand at the hotels than single rooms.
II this state OF affairs continues Saratoga soci-
ETY. will be composed Of nabobs and OF dwellers
in cheap boarding houses, separated from each
other by chasm which has hitherto been filed
by the families OF prosperous business and pro-
fcsslonal men from New York. Boston. and
other cities. Such n fact would indicate that
the stagnntlon Of business has affected tho
,,f,itf. atra,o sooiatv AVIAN mora yrnvaIv thnn
is generally supposed.
The gambling fraternity does not fare better.
There are stock indicators at every one of the
large hotels but only the railroad magnatcs
semblcl here come now and then TO throw n
glance ut the tape. Wall street speculation Is
evidently but ieebly represented here. nnd even
old Slocum. with the many big diamonds in his
shirts bosom. prefers TO contemplate the faces
Of the pretty shop girls on the main street to
watching the slow flurtuation In the prices OF
Lake Shore and Northwest.
There Is n bucket shop established in the Ar
cade building. and prices ne carefully written
out on the blackboard But all saw in the way
Of customers in that shop were two bootbacks
playing ball. Upon my inguiring of one OF
them whether the attendance was always so
scanty. he informed me that the genuine
sporting men had not come up yet. while the
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mission each way"
At the Club House." John Morrsseys old
establishment. found everything lii up ms
brightly MS ever. but there was no, soul in the
place except half dozen dealers some OF
whom were slumbering Mt their posts while
others were playing solitaire"
Foreign diplomacy is represented here by
the spanish Minister. sefor Mantllla. and the
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Mrs vanderh,,r nroducos ,hs most nleasln,
imrrossion she e. unouestionohlv ono Of th
s,a,ol,os, md hos, nraservnd ladies' ~ her age
Ms nlnin enough from which side Of the hons
her Two sons Cornelius and William. inherI
their good looks. The former Young man. es
nncialIv "a n counternort ~ his mother. hi
tvna heing rather that M nm Fnplishmnn thal
that Of n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II he did nc
occasionally wenr n canotier's round straw hn
In coniunction with n buttoncl-up black froc