The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-09-16
: SOCIETY AT SARATOGA. :
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The Three Great Cliques IntOWhich
it's Divided--The AristOcratic, II,
n Jolly and Worldly Sets. a

it is Divided--The Aristocratic, Of
..p jolly and Worldly Sets. Il
"A Saratoga letter in the New York
Star has the following: Joined one rof
the laristocratic cliques the other day just
to see how it would seemJ We sat by
ourselves allday-4our Clique did. Sew
eral peopleswhom we used to know quite
we'll in New y ork came, up to speak to
as, but, we cut them dead. They didn't
hayeh mcaey enough to get into our set.
When aiyoung man passed, who had re-
Gently ;inheritfdea large fortune. we sent
out oneno of our chqae,toi bring him up
forya introduction, and then we held on
to him like grim death. During the day
our clique Of six occupied IL chairs On
the bslc0ny ofthe aristocratic Statee!-
We filed these chairs with India sbawls,
ialaidb fans and point lace ,parasols.-
When any of the poor and .vulearrpeo-
pie fcame near us we altloeked naughty,
and talked loud enough to be heard all
over the halceny about those dreadful
common people in the hotel who wereiso
vulgar asoto enjoy themselves When
nobody was looking we adj yawned, tum-
bledg French novels (Which we could not
read, and sneered with elevated noses.
I'VE didn't come to Saratoga to enjoy
ouiselyes,Y We said sswe came here to
be aristocratic.pssa lAtjow s. bies shHsi7i
~ Istood their aristocratic business just
one day, then Iabroke., i could not stand
it any longer, even if it were aristocratie.
L sighed for o little intellectual fun, and
when / saw group of happy young la
dies telling anecdotes, satirizng. hum
lbugging aud laughing in natural way,
I5went straight away and Joined them.
|-1IJusttopposite, US sat a. party of young
ladies' who came here sto)emuse them-
selves and stuff, people, The principal
beau. among them bad just returned from
abroad. u, He was nyery Englishy. He
coulds hardly speak eur poor American
language at all.Hme "a sars3 na ....,r1
- sChswmiu' ev'nin', Miss Astoh," he
said, .orsrather ,mnmbled, ,aimitatiug the
English CockaeyIdialec ' ~ tsS, ~
. nYes,awful charming. Dance TO- night,
Mr. Livingstone r'wDIa ssli ~
',Ah, kneuw, Ldon't douees think
it's heastlyaten donce+perfeclly atwo.
4 cious-hawablel = but isn't it beastly
| 'ot 2" ~ ~ IA
"Oh, no, Mr.. Livingstone, it's perfect
llylovely. The weather is just too sweet
| for any thing. just the time for flirting
on, the, balconies, They say you are .
great firt, Mr., Liyingslone--dreadlul! y!
aaAw, kueuw, Miss Asteh. / don't
dirt, ! think it's hawid practice. |
could not think OF spooning, with .
young lady who wasn't 'eiress to $50.
600 revenue, you kueuw! Couldn't, 'poa
honnay,H'f - go Laer, NJ.
'.:Of course not, Mr. Livingstone.
Why, pa s got four brown stone fronts,
and mas got, Tour cameps hair shawls,
and diamonds. on diamonds, aud 49,,
"Aw, you don't say SO, Miss Astoh !
Do take my arm, and we'll have little
strolhalt to ourselves, and. "a
| And then they promenaded out into .
dark corner of the balcony. a...an ,.oi
|
L. te* ,gets ~ F* ie,4i =
I The young lady Who came to Saratoga
to ,hey amused informed me that "she
came to lookIat the idiots and not to
amuse tbem."'.A aatae7 7iaay ast a. f,rs. n
j gs"I came clear from Madison Avenue .
she. said, sand only brought four dresses
withime,and here lean sit and see $780,
900 worth of dresses. 60 hyan aperpe,-
nal procession every dag. Il The idiots
. who wear them have got,to go to all the
trouble and bexpenses whileI sit by and
enjov themaa ~ s1ade .'1a,sihsiR fap
Now there is allady," she said opoint-
/ ing to q rich and uglY female, .''wAo has
been 4dFessingl toEe three hours just 10
j show her toilet to, me. Why, she, had q
hair dresser, al 5 Pan. She has .crimped
| ber hair burned her forehead with The
crimping siroh opened five trunks to gel
hats, a,arasels fans and slippers to match
her 9dEess, tinted her cheeks with damp
ened artificial rose leaves. hunted mp her
diampndst hidden awaylunderI the scomr
mode,aa pulled on ,buttopless kids CLEAR
up to the shoulder and all for me. Now
couldputon that toilet, but it doesn''
, pay me. IoasfD d philosopher. She is
pyuseryant. She gives me a free dress
rehearsal every evening :. 1t costs 81, sc
: to 4 see those Gmsy, sham dresses at tht
theatsr in the wishy- -washy, society plays
and here, ], can see FIVE hundred perIeeI
| toilets in Q. aaY for notbing,1 enas,,,. !,
qssSBut did you really only bring fopl
! toilets 10 Saratoga y ! asked the young
laovI.s Z. aznlalsiss.l " " g .ziloggo
'Nor four are enough-notcountins
black silk. f,tr.sai IL atf .ss,8 ,ys,
SHHow do you, manage it2'". 8o,..e, !
! "Well listen, and / will show you hoy
: can wear nine distinct toilets and realll
have but three. FIRST, have,one cream
white e,paraspl and fan, These, by chang
ing the bow, on the parasol and the rib
. bon on the, fan, go with any toilet, Sec
8 ondlyvI have three light dresses,
q white piqae, q pink French bunting ant
| a bluellawn Then have three sets, o
ribbons that is 9, ghele set, consisting
Of parasol bow, sash ribbon, fan ribbon
slipper, bow and hair bow. Then | hay
a pink set of ribbons and blue sci
My pink and blue are light, so ca
wear my three dresses with, ribhons !,
match, or ] can cross, them |; that is,
. can put ligh, pink sash on light blu
dress,or light -blue ,sash, on . lighI5pin
. dress. Thus you see that with thre
/, dresses and three sets Of ribbons / ca
make nine distinct toilets, NV rich an
ugly friend brings 30 distinct toilets t
Saratoga. She brings a trunk, full c
> parasols, and a hat for every dres.
Thirty trunks 6ll her room AMI line ath
= hall. while live in two trunks. He
J. toilets for the season cost $4,000 Will
: mine cost $500" aa 80
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