Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-19
The Springs at Night-A Bit Of Scan.
dal-SOciety Items-Amusements
The Races.
From an Appeal Correspondent

4 capacity Tor entertaining ZUOO guests each,
nave only 800 and 400, respectively. II is
,stim ated that at present there are only lo,OOO
visitors in Saratoga, whereas there are usu-
ally from 25, 900 70 10000. The above infor-
nation comes from Mr.. Clair, of the Grad
Union, and Col. II. s. Clements, OF Congress
ali. Had l not been told it, l. should
never nave discovered II. The
streets, Broadway especially, are
tbronged with people, aGd on the boulevar5
any evening from 5 to z o'clock a constant
stream Of carriages filed with the elite OF the
place inspires one with the belief that "all
the world and mis- aun." il here.
THE SPRINGS AT NIeH
Ii any Of your readers should contemplate
visiting Ssi atoga let me advise them to time
their arrival so az 10 reach here atnighl las L
did,, when such an enchanting scene will
burst Upon their view as TO cause them TO
imagine that they are having a glimpse OF
paradise. The train after bowling along
through an uninvitipg stretch OF country
grown up with somber pine trees, without
any intim alton that a city Is Bear, makes a
sudden jump from darkness into light and
the very heart Of Saratoga, and pulls up
into a large and well lighted depot. After
running the gauntlet Of several score hack
men, > Two minutes ride or walk lands you
al one Of the ptlatial hotels on Broadway,
which are all situated within 8 stene's throw
Of each other. And no~ turn your eyes
whichever way you may they will De dszzIsd
by the coustan ly changing panorama.
the crowded sidewalk and not be
iostled into the s'ree, by the ever-moving
crowd surging along like the waves of old
ocean you will obtain a sight to last you a
lifetime. Ga either hand tower the facades
Of the largest hotels in the world, along the
piszzas Of which stroll elegantly dressed
laGiss and gentlemen, while The distant
strains OF music and the subdued hum Of
moving feet tell of a dreamy waltz in the
ballroom Of the Grand Union Hotel, where
the first-hop of the season Is now going on.
All around you the electric lights (there is
40 gas) make everything as bright as day.
90 both sides of the street long lines OF noble
old elm trees stretch away in the distance,
through the foliage of which glImmer thou
sands of lights from the windows Of the half
concealed palaces behind them. A wslk OF
Two mimi es brings us to Congress Park, a
perfect little gem of a park, with its electric
lights, pretty little kiosks, green swsrd,
stately trees, fountains and statusry. Here,
too, there Is music (by q military bandr and
thousands OF happy people enjoying them
selves. AZ we enter, Mr.. Charles Doring lie
| playing a cornet sole, and as the first
oesi no'es Jpn ne st.
aunoe y 8 20 h.s SIS
ass IL
and then there is a rapturous burst OF ap-
plause. After the music there are fireworks
which il not upon as grand a scale as Gen
Peter Tracy's are nevertheless worth seeing
! Then the audience disperses to their respect
tive hemes, and are lulled to sleep by sweel
strains 4 music, which is one OF the features
"a 70 W. =
Ianul, auo No. y n ~" -
II ioinn unui mu"su"
BY DAYLIGHT
presents q different aspect. 1t is still pretty
bul has lost ,he fairy look il had overnight
Early in the morning everybody il on thei
ay 10 The Hsthoru or Congress spripg 70
distant G.yser or Champion, for a ~constitu
,fonal. The towu then .lapses into drowsi
ness and has an empty look uni! after din
mar, About 5 o'clock the fashionable beau,
and bales begin to make their appearance
Carriage after carriage drives M to the door
of the hotels. receives its load of costly cos
tones 1.-The wearers are but dummies TO shoy
off the clothes) and is whirled away on
Union ayenus-the fashionable driye-t
Saratoga lake. where for a small fortune
grand fish dinner may be had a
Moons charming restaurant, noted TO
lis Saratoga chips. Being more demo
cratic in our tendencies, we wer
sati.fed with an outside seat on one of tn
tally no coaches to the lake, and from on
eiev alton could look down uson LITERALLY
the gilded butterflies as they passed BY
Everythiog conceivable in the way of a turf
Ut vas pssss d~-landaus, coaches, phaetou.
r~osgssaeous and ulburys. Ftunkiss were :
A discount. seeing that every carriage wa
accompanied by from one to four. 10 one 9
Two extreme casss we even saw sarrises
accompanied by outrider.. Had I the pe
of Clara Belle L might try and describe SON
of the wonderful costumes I saw, but bsip
only a nan. aud not a yery obser v ant one
that, l will not mix myself up by a
tempting it.
I THE
By far the praudes. thing in Saratoga. I
INV mind. is its hotels.. The Grand Uniol
: which enjoys the proud distinction of brir
. me largest no'el 10 me world mas a 1rontae
, oil 1901 iee', IS buiit around an immen'
, quadrangle, Mnicn forms a oeauului par
Tor promenadIng, and can accommodate 20C
|, people. Ihls, you Will remember, IS the h
! til from which Judge Hilton excluded II
1 Jews. Ii Is nov, together with the WindsO
the property OF Mrs. A. L. Stewart. ID
Uaited Slater, or as 1t is called here, II
c States % almost as large, and Is frequents
: by all the millionaire. On the Divisio
: street side ls q small piazza, perhaps hi
a feet 10 length, called millionaire Piazzs
= and where most any day may be seen Va
deT bill, Keene, Sage or Field, and occasion
o ally all OF them together. The Clarendon
r said to be the most fashionable hotel, IL
=, Windsor the highest priced, and Congre
Hall the pleasantest. Iu addition to the
hVe monster csravanserles there are perhal
Is 100 or more, from the modest 81
d dsy hotel to the Windsor, with j
prices nominal lily a fortune). These hote
= are not built temporarily for summer CUES
but are substantial hye-snd siz-story brio
buildings, whose Interior hni.h would be
e ~ uoH y p0s'1n' u
am moi wiling . enid. hook m Ssrsto,
l Springs. and will bore your no longer wi,
these tedious dissertations.
=
At present there are very few celebrIti
at Saratoga. We have seen Mrs \. Ste
art a tune or two, and Judge Hilton, /
owner oil woodland fars, through The ples
r. c. Enal;"k at Ca.SH,
! was here a few DAYS since. and Mr.. Rsnb
= r. Springer. the founder of the fan,ons mn.
u hall of Cipcipnati, ia still here. There a
J, no Memphis people here upless I could r,
s Mr.. L. A. Scarborough a Memphiau. sect
that he does busint So in Memphis though ii
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