The Washington critic., 1886-08-14

mously decided TO be the most brilliant
reception of this season at Saratoga
There was an excellent band of music,
which played all the time, and several
couples, in spite of the heat of the day,
revolved in round dances. Choice re-
freshments were served. including
champagne. Mrs. Lathrop and her
daughters wore elegant white evening
toilets.
COTTAGE LIFE.
To occupy cottage" at fashionable
hotel at Saratoga is as costly this sum.
mer as ever One lady has told the
writer that the expenses of herself,
husband, man servant, maid servant,
carriage and horses for board and lodg.
ing at the hotel where they have
cottage" which means in their case
q suite of rooms on the ground floor,
amount to sixty dollars per day. 1t is
no wonder, therefore, that so many
who used to engage expensive suites Of
rooms for two or three months at Sar-
atoga now live in dwellings here which
they own, or rent and keep house for
themselves.
Cottage life only few years ago was
almost wholly unknown at Saratoga.
Those who were actually residents of
the place the greater part of each year,
If not permanently, were the only ones
who kept house.
But Saratoga, say those who have
tried 1t, is a very easy place to keep
house. 1t has no doubt been serious
loss to the large hotels here. that so
many of their best customers have set
up establishments of their own. | was
told three or four years ago that the
late William ii. Vanderbilt paid 800
per day for himself, wife, servants and
horses while at Saratoga.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. Levi z. Morton aud his family are
spending three weeks at Blue Mountain
Lake in the Adirondacks. They will return
to Saratoga and occupy their very handsome
cottage on Circular street, the end of this
month. 1t Is situated facing Congress
Spring Park, and is not far from Mr. John
McLean's cottage
DR.. Norvin Green has Joined his family at
the States. He had sunstroke In New
York duri e one Of the hot spells AMI was
seriously i'll for short time. Apparently
he has entirely recovered.
Senator Malone has gone to North Caro-
lima on business, and Will not join his wife
and daughter at Saratoga.
Senator and Mrs. Stanford did not come
to Saratoga, though they came as near as
Albany before starting for California.
Mrs. Cole, the daughter of Mr.. Horatio
King of Washington, and her daughter,
Miss Lawton, arrived week ago at the
United States Hotel.
General and Mrs. Wallen and their
youngest daughter are here for the remain
der of the season.
Mr.. Seaton Perry OF Washington and his
wife and her sister have been at Saratoga
for week. They annually make visit
here. Captain Mccartney has been here
this week.
Colonel Corbin, who was for several years
stationed In Washington, is now at Sara
toga, aud also General Merritt and his wife
from West Point, and Colonel Winthrop
who used to be stationed In Washington.
Mr.. John r. Mclean OF Cincinnati, who
has been there for two weeks, came back
here on Monday to join his wife and baby
in his summer residence. He intends to
occupy with his family his house on the cor
7 ner OF Fifteenth and streets in Washing
ton, which he is now enlarging, when it is
| c2mp pleted.
Ex-Governor H. II. Wells and wife OF
| Waihington have been here.
EXRepres entatiye Flower, his wife,
DAUGHTER and Mrs. Schley, Mrs. Flowers
sister, Jane here from Rich1eld Springs on
Monday and are at the United States Hotel.
| Mr., Bowen, the editor of the New York
Hdcoeudclt, and his wife and daughter are
at the same L2tel and DR.. Norvin Green,
| the president o. the Western Union Tele-
| graph Co.. has jlihed MS family at Tue
| United States Hotter
Miss CIeyeland's friend who so often
visited her at the Whl'e House. Miss Anna
| Van Vechten, is, am ted, to return from
| Europe by September lst. She Went there
in May with a lady friend frtm New YORK,
a matron who desired the pleasure OF her
society and invited her to accompany her TO
Europe where she promised her many
| pleasures
| MISCELLANEOUS.
1t continues very lively at tho Fort viii
liam Henry Hotel at Lake George. Mr.
Roessle's family has lately received an addi-
| tion in the infaut daughter of his sou, to Mr..
| h. o. Roessle of the Delavan House at AL
bany.
A private letter mentions the great i'm
| provemcnt in the health OF Senator
McPherson's wife who has been for month
| at Bar llaTbOr. She expects to 70 from
there about the middle of this month to
| Narraganset and will 20 to her husband S
farm, Belle Mead, n. D., by the first Of Sep
| tember.
Among the Washington people at Bar
| Harbur the same letter meutiDus Admiral
Almy and family, Miss Berry, the lIowells,
iloys, Paysons, Mrs. and Misses Beach, Mis-:
Wallach, Mrs. Kearney Warren, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Hayes, Mrs. Wheeler, Count
Lippe, Mr.. aud Mrs. lIlllyer and Mr.. Iiuide-
| koper.
Miss Mayo is there from Baltimore.
But the complaint is made that there Is
a superlluity Of women, that "the rocks
are covered with them"
Miss GRUMPY.