The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-09-20
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
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Spooial TO the CARn0N ADVOCATE
sARArooA SrRISos, n. T., sept -, 1884
Although many find 1t pleasant to VISIT
Saratoga in September, aud never come
heie until that time, the last week g.
August in effect closes its season. There
have been many departures every day
this week, also, aud on Monday $50
went from QUE hotel alone. Ol account
OF this being the last weok, until next
summer, that crowd will be here. the
amusements have been eyon more mum.
erous than earlier in the month.
The hops have been many. but tic
garden party at the Grand Union Hotel
has Of course been the chief social event
OF the week. Preparations tor this began
last Saturday, when the dancing floor, a.
large hs that Of many good sized ball
room, was laid near the center OF the
lawn, and the platform "a little elevated
aOoYe iD for the musicians placed be.
side it,
The invitations to the garden party,
which were ola different design from
any heretofore used for these events at
the same hotel, and very flu ly engraved
nlmed the hours, which have been the |
same for all given in the Grand Union
garden since the first of these al fresco |
fotes occurred.
The children were invited from 4 10 Z, !
and the dancing floor was reserved for /
en- during those hours in the afternoon. |
wnile the grown folks were asked from 0 |
TO midnight The decorations, as here
tofore, consisted Of flags among the state.
ly elm trees and thousands of Chinese
lanters of different sizes, shapes and col.
ors, hung between the trees in the gar.
deu i'll groups representing different de.
signs, the favorite device being that
which symbolized chandeliers, by mears
of hanging the lanterns on hoops of
graduated sizes, one above tbs other, in
pyramid form. This produced an es.
pecially hre effect at night. There were
more electric lights in the garden this
time than ever before, three hanging in
line over the dancing floor and one over
the music platform, while several Others
were scattered through the grounds, and
one hung just in front of the large cer-
trail door OF the hotel leading to the ga-
den. Over this door is balcony, which
was draped with red, white and blue sill
finished with gold fringe. There were
handsome colored draperies also about
the music platform and dancing floor.
over both were canopies formed by coll
ored gauze scarf8 meeting in the center
An arch was between this and the music
stand. which was draped with bright col
ored plush edged with gold fringe.
The conundrnm as to why the CITY
guests all run back home when the re-
volving year rolls September to the top,
regardless of the weather. ls one for
which Saratoga landlords would give a
great deal for the solution aud the reme-
dy. Some say it is simply fashion, bui
all fashions are generally in accord with
comfort if not with health, and this Gus.
tom is neither. Again, it ia argued the
have to be started to school ;but
the people who have no children, al
school or elsewhere, and those who do
sot send them to the public schools, but
to others, which begin later, are Just
eager to pack their trunks and join tie
procession as those who must get half
dozen hopes of the future ready Tor the
opening Gay. Strong efforts have been
made in recent years to extend the yaca-
tion period 30 as to have it include Sep
tember, and they have met with consid-
cradle success. The first half Of the
month is now generally recognized as
belonging to that period of the year
known as "the season" in the Saratoga
vocabulary, and all of the hotels keep
open accordingly. Some of them, and
notably the States, brave it out until Oc
tober regardless of the weather, and with
the reduced expense account aud the
business brought here by the September
it has been found not un-
pr ftable.