Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-20
correspondence of The EVENING STAR.

Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR.
SARATOGA, August 10. 1881.
The present week began most auspiciously
and has been throughout the liveliest of the sea
son. On Sunday evening the Presbyterian church
on Broadway, which is quite large one. was
literally packed with people assembled to hear
the famous De Witt Talnaage preach. Hun
dreds failed to effect an entrance.
Benefit balls have been numerous this week
Bernstein's orchestra at Congress Hall. and
FrankO's at the Clarendon. have each had one
and on Saturday evening Mr.. Frothingham. the
attentive master of ceremonies of the ballroom
at the United States. is to have one which will
doubtless be as successful as the others named
have been.
The weeks gayeties began with german
glvn by several young men in the ball room
at the Grand Union HOTEL on Monday afternoon
Twenty couples took part. Mr.. Grouse. of SYRIA
cuSe. leading. as he usually does at germans
given here. The favOrs Wed i'm beauty with
the ladies' dresses. They were tastefully ar
ranged on table at the head of the ROOM which
looked as if covered with Christmas toys
Ihere We're globes with maps Of the world
thereOn fancy daggers. mimic valses. fans
bracelets, rosettes, flags of all nations and large
Japanese parasols. The young ladies all wore
thin dresses, beautifully made and trimmed
There were white, pink, blue. cream colored and
heiotrOpe costumes which naturally produced
very pretty effect i'm the figures; the tints har-
monlzlng SO well with each other All the
dresses were short as most dresses worn here
are: The gentlemen by request wore gloves so
that their hands might not ruin the ladies'
dresses as they are SO likely to do when bare from
the moisture naturally produced ON the hands by
dancing. 1t would be well if all gentlemen who
dance round dances would be considerable enough
to do this.
THE SECOND GARDEN PARTY
of this season occurred yesterday at
the Grand Union Hotel, and the greatest
crowd I have ever seen at any of these
picturesque tetes chanlpetre, attended In
the afternoon from 4 to Z the children, num-
berfng several hundred, had the large dancing
floor laid under the trees to themselves and they
danced merriy. Children from six months to
Twelve years OF age were present. the former of
course in their nurses arms. Little tOddlers I'M
der two years old attempted to Dance gaily
revolving, or promenading. The dresses were
IN many instances much too elaborate lace and
ribbons III being crowded upon silk and muslin.
Inc weather cleared up for the occasion, and
the garden with its many elm trees, flower beds,
lawns and fountains. and its decorations Of flags
ana 3.OOO Chinese lanterns looked as gay by day
as by night when the latter were lighted in addi-
tionto hundreds fgas lamps six electriclights,
one OF which hung just above the dancing floor
The effect Of the lanterns hung to represent chan
deliers with Illuminated globes between the tall
trees, and the other lights and the gorgeous
dresses OF the ladies, was as many said worth
journey to Saratoga to see. The garden
covers four acres, laid out to the best advantage
Only ladies and gentlemen in full dress were adj
United to the dancing floor in the evening. The
ball was kept UP until midnight. The dressing
was the same as would be seen at the most
splendid OF city balls. 1t is estimated that fully
5000 persons were present. among them many
seen at Washington parties.
THE NEW DIPLOMATS.
AS the diplomatic corps at Washington has
lost SO many of its most popular gentlemen and
ladies it is especially pleasant to know that
among the new arrivals are some who will add
much interest to the foreign legations The
new Spanish minister. Senior Barca and his wife
and children including a daughter. who will
probably go into society next winter, are here,
and also the CHILEAN minister. SeiiOr Martinez
and family. The latter minister also has
daughter who is in society. The ladies
OF these two families are exceptionally
agreeable and speak English well. Sonora
Barca will no doubt recall, by her manner and
charming dressing. Madame Mantilla, the wife
of the former Spanish minister. One evening.
when saw her. she wore a white satin. draped
with white Spanish lace. and her ornaments
were superb diamonds.
QUEER FASHIONS.
In my last alluded to the lack of taste often
exhibited by ladies in their dress here. Diamond
earrings, brooches, innumerable rings and brace
let's OF these precious stones are worn as often in
the morning as by gaslight. One lady who wears
at once all the ornaments mentioned to break
fast is also suspected of wearing diamond clasps
to her garters. as she wears buckles of those
stones on her slippers and has been seen thus
adorned with jewels in a cotton dress trimmed
with fiounce of point Duchesse lace. Could
anything be more homogeneous tnan a mixture
OF diamonds. calico and point lace
Odd stockings Zone Of one color and one of
anOther) have been worn here this season. and
also odd earrings. solitaire sapphire in one ear
and ruby Of like size in the other This is
very convenient. as broken sets of iewelry can
then be used, and if you have hole in one of
your red stockings all you need do if you are too
lazy to mend it is to wear the good red one with
an equally good yellow one and be in the height
of fashion, according to some peoples notions.
Black stockings are often seen here with white
or light cOlOred dresses. which seems to me a
very ugly assortment of colors. | have even
seen them with white slippers at balls 1t is a
New York afectatiOn to put black stockings on
children with white. frocks and slippers and
their legs look like hairpins thus clad. as black
makes them look even smaller than they are
and most children under twelve have very slim
legs.
MISS HAZELTINE OF ST. LOUIS
observe that The STAR copies notice the
recent St Louis sensation regarding one of its
alleged bellies, Miss Hazeitine, who isreported to
nave firted with chorus singer In this notice
occurs reference, which have seen i'm several
oliieT papers 10 The TACT that Miss HaZetine's
name was once linked with that of Samuel j.
Illden, which to be truthful should read that in
the latter part of December, 1878, she authorized
the published announcement that she was to
marry him the following January which being
read by Mr.. Tilden was promptly de-
MED by him, saying he had never even seen her
which was true. To remedy this she went to
New York and forced an introduction to him.
at wedding reception at the Windsor hotel.
New York and a lady now here tells me she
saw him turn from her as quickly as he could
He said Afterwards it was the only time in his
Life he had ever fatty contradicted lady. re-
ferring to her having had the engagement to
him published when there was none Notwith-
standing that her maneuvre and defeat were
published in full at the time, she has ever since
whenever she was about to go any where, or do
anything, announced in any newspaper which
would give her the space. that she was the
young lady once reported engaged to Mr. Tilden
She was here last summer and took pains to
mention this fact without explanation when
ever introduced to a stranger.
THE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS.
The many here who pass their winters in
Washington have felt, of course, a keener inter-
est than Others, great as is the interest all feel.
in the situation of the President. The bulletin