Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-23

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What 10 Going On. and who are

SARATOGA, August 2lst, 1884.
And still the crowd at Saratoga increased
and each week adds interest 70 passing events
Q! the presence here OF noted personages The
meeting OF the Bar Association has attracted
hither this week as many whom IL is pleasure
10 meet as the Bankers convention brought
'oSether last week, and plenty Of amuse-
mehts Will Ill up the time for the next two
weeks. The second garden party OF the sea-
son will occur at the Grand Union hotel next
Tuesday
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg. who arrived this
week, will this month give a concert here for
the benefit Of the Barthodi statue fund.
Two benefit balls, each of which Annually nv
cites much interest at Saratoga have lately oc-
CURED at the United States hotel both OF which
were very successful. The first was that OF the
leader OF the orchestra at that hotel-Mr Stub.
and the second that Of Mr.. rockingham. who
does so much TO make those who attend hops at
the United States hotel enjoy themselves On
these occasions even the ladies. who ordinarily
DO not take the trouble to dress for the hops
appear In their most elegant costumes. Two
full-dress hops were given at the Grand Union
last week. and two will occur this week At
each one there are more toilets seen of a kind
that would do credit 10 city private ball than
at the preceding hop.
The man who comes to Saratoga provided
Win dress coat has great advantage over
any man. however much superior he NAV be.
who has not brought one. saw one of these
fortunate beings at a hop one evening lately as
the escort OF two ladies who were the observed
OF all observers, whose husbands had not
brought their dress coats here and who there
fore, could go no further than the ballroom
door with their wives
Mrs Lucky" Baldwin is the latest sensation
at the hotel where she stays She is only four
feet SIX inches In height but well formed. and
rQf hnr rltf Shx. a.,
looks like girl Of twelve and dresses like one.
Her skirts are short, and her brown hair hangs
down In two plaits tied at the ends with ribbon
Lucky. her husband, is sxfy-one years old and
grandfather. The romantic story is told that
the present Mrs. Baldwin studied architecture
in San Francisco with her father, whose profes.
sion II Is He was summoned to appear before
a building board in San Francisco TO give his
views on ventilation. but bein. too i'll to do so.
MS bright young daughter prepared the report
and read ii before the board, of which Mr. Bald
win was member So successfully did she
widower fell in love with the young
architect courted her, and in due course Of time
she accepted the heart and hand OF one of Cali
fornia's most successful SPECTATORS They were
married about two months ago Mrs. Baldwin
appeared at the hotel hop SATURDAY. night I'm a
pretty white muslin. trimmed with embroidery
and lace. The baby waist was confined by
sash OF pink ottoman ribbon, and her long
Va lito up viii punk rlDOO0S. BOWS
OF PINK ribbon were on each shoulder. Around
her head was wreath of maiden-hair fern
studded with tuberoses and pink buds. She
looked the embodiment Of the ideal childish
simplicity so seldom seen nowadays. She
wears scarcely any jewelry and what She wears
is OF the least snowy kind. There are children
here of ten and twelve wears old who look more
matronly and dress more like mature women
than does this little bride. She does not seem
10 nave had her head turned in the least by her
hrno forc .F,,g.
the attention she attracts during this her first
trip to the east
Mrs. Haynesworth President Arthur's sister
who presided for him at the White House for a
lew weeks in the spring of 1888 was at Sara
toga for a short visit last week on her way fur
ther Forth. She spent her time quietly al the
hotel where she stayed and few knew She was
here.
Mrs. Budd, Of New York, who spends part of
each winter at the Arlington in Washington, Is
now here.
Among Others well known In Washington
VINO nave lately visited Saratoga ana most OF
whom are stir here. are Justice aud Mrs. Field.
ana MI Cyrus w. Field; ex-senator and Mrs
Davis, or West Virginia; Senator and Mrs Cor
man. OF Maryland; Senator Salisbury; Repre-
sentative Turner, Of Kentucky, and son; ex-
Representative Rice, of Massachusetts,: Paw Di-
rector Cunningham. Miss McKeever, ex-Attor-
ney General Gwinn, Of Maryland; Count and
Countess Lewenhaupt, ex-senator Stevenson
and daughter, Hon. David Dudley Field,
ex-Representative Willis of New York;
Admiral and Mrs Temple. Mr. and Mrs.
u. +. Murphy and daughter. Gen T. T.
Crittenden, wife and daughter; Capt. Hol-
nngshead, DR.. and Mrs. Stanton, Mr. r. T. Ner-
rick and his partner, Mr. Morris, and Miss Nor
ris; Mr.. j. II. Ashton, Mr.. and Mrs. Sc. Parker,
Alex. p. Morse, G. A. Britton, Mr. and Mrs W.
S. Thompson. w. B. Shaw, j. F. Chamberlain,
Mrs. DR. L. b. Hood, Miss DeKrafft, ]. F. Beale,
Mrs. F. H. Saltzir, Miss ]. j. Haggerty, b. SUM-
derland, Prot. Huntington, III. W. Garrett and
Z. w. Hoffman. Washington was. as will be
seen, from the list OF names given, well repre-
sented by its lawyers in the Bar Association.
Nj. Morse read paper at the first evening
meeting Of that organization.
When Mrs Davis wife of the ex-senator from
West Virginia was here, she mentioned how gay
Deer Park, her summer home had been and
how many Of those well-known In Washington
were there. Senator Harrison's wife and
daughter, and Miss Gouveneur and Miss War
field have been visiting Mrs. and Miss Davis
Mrs and Miss Harrison will make another visit
to them on their return from indianapolis
Justice and Mrs. Field. who spent a few DAYS
here. left on Monday for Buffalo, where Mrs
Fields sister, Mrs. Condit Smith, has a country
seat. In September Judge and Mrs Fled viii
start for California with Mr.. Cyrus W. Field
The party will travel in the private cur Of the
latter.
Senator and Mrs. German when they left here
went first to Niagara. Mrs. German is in poor
health, and was not able while here to leave her
room.
When ex-senator and Mrs Davis. OF Illinois.
left here they went to Stockbridge, Mass,
to visit friends and expected to remain there
two weeks. From there they will 60 TO Boston
Tor week, and then return to their home I'm
Bloomington. They hope to visit Washington
next winter.
Even those who have long known Judge Mac
Arthur are astounded when told that he will be
seventy years old next winter. / found il diffi-
cult to credit it when Mrs. Macarthur told me.
be has been so well this summer that he has
been able to devote some Of his leisure during
his vacation to the book, which he has nearly
ready for publication.
Pay Director Cunningham, Q. s. N, who ar
rived at Saratoga this week. came from Nara
gansett Pier, where his son has a cottage. Mrs.
Cunningham is with their son at the Pier.
Miss Kate Breckenridge, OF Louisville, who
visited her cousin, Mdme. Godoy, in Washing
ton, is at Saratoga with her mother and uncle
Mr.. Albert Fink.
Senator Camden who has just returned from
Europe, accompanied by his wife and daughter,
went there this summer TO meet them, they
having been travelling there for a year for the
benefit of Miss Camden's health. She has not
improved as much as her friends hoped, for
they anticipated perfect recovery.
One of her old friends here has lately heard
from Nine. Mantilla. who is so pleasantly re-
membered at Washington. She wrote from
BiarritZ, where she then was with the late Mar
shall Serrano and his wife. the latter being for
years an intimate friend OF Nine. MantIlla. The
was doubtless first begun in Cuba,
when Marshal Serrano was captain general and
Nine. Mantilla's second husband was governor