Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-31
sARArOGA,s GALA SEASON.

Gossip of the Hotels and B0ulevards. SARATOGA, July 20.-The great army of 1 recreators who yearly make this village their l headquarters for a month or two have ar- | rived, and their numbers are daily being perceptibly enlarged by recruits who are coming in from every direction. During the past week much that is pleasant has occurred
 to divert the minds and gladden. the hearts
 of the innumerable throng of visitors. !.
 The races opened on the 27th with very. large attendance. It is estimated that seve-
 ral thousand were present. and as the season
 advances so will the interest and patronage
 increase. A great deal of excitement with much loss and some gain financially will in all probability be the result Grand stands
 are quickly filled with spectators, among ty. Recently we'll known residents of Sara ! toga have, in no uncertain sounds, expressed | themselves az much opposed to horse racing.
 betting, club houses and sporting life gene- rally, and think Saratoga would be much
 better off without such amusements during
 the summer months. But in canvassing
 the village it is found that their
 ideas are fearfully in the minority. In fact the great mass of humanity here for summer outing consider it a most agreeable change after sitting on the hotel piazzas or tramping up and down Broadway | for an hour or more to repair to the races at | 80 o'clock in the morning and spend the | remaining time before dinner in sport that | they characterize as highly enervating and harmlessly amusing.
 ! It is furthermore said by some of these | well meaning moral reformers that there are | too many kinds of mineral waters here, com- posed of such vast variety of chemical in II gredients as to cause much Arrangement to | the human system to those who indulge in an | injudicious use of them, and that those springs that are known to bs perfectly harm. less only should be allowed to flow. But
 then the time is much too far advanced to | follow this line of criticism with violent ac- | tion in place like Saratoga. Because such objections actually exist ina place like this is no reason why they must of necessity be | patronized.
 The morning prayer meeting held on | Washington street every day at 10 o'clock is | one of the means furnished by Saratogians ! to brighten the intellect and drive away ths dull cares of those whose blood chills in read | ing the bold inscription on passing stages ' "this way to the races." Then let all such follow the example of our most worthy post \ master general, John Wanamaker, who said | when he was in Saratoga last summer, "the prayer meetings are good enough for me-"
 SC as on is in full blast at this time or writing, | and many are the familiar faces one sees as | he promenades the streets and broad pie7ze, ! of the leading hotels.
 The drives are unusually well pstronized. Many are the new arrivals of private rigs | from our larger cities. Saratoga Lake is made much more inter. | esting through the establishment of the Kay | aderosseras club at its head. Its members ! make it most lively and attractive thereabouts. \ Moon's house, that we'll known and popular | resort at the Lake, has passed into the hands
 of Messrs. Kearney, Foley and Leach and is | much better kept than ever before. Their patronage will be very large during August. | It is indeed most delightful place to tie up | down Union avenue Each hotel seems to have some special method of entertaining its guests and their friends. The guests of the Columbian Hotel enjoyed drive whist party on the evening of the 26th inst. Quite large | number of prominent ladies and gentlemen
 engaged in the game. The prizes were quite elaborate and were distributed at the close of ! the game. The booby prize was won by two young ladies and caused much merriment.
 The Grand Union hop last Wednesday evening was participated in by large party | representing the wealth, culture and beauty of It's guests. The belle of the evening was
 acknowledged to be Miss KateQodd of Nash ! vile, Tenn. Her dress wss white lace, cut \ decollete.
 On Thursday very enjoyable and quite
 brilliant hop was pal ticipated in at the Olar- | endon hotel. The scene in the ball room was ! very fashionable. There were many beauti- full ladies. elegantly attired. The proprietors | of this hotel Messrs. Averill and Gregory, \ are very enterprisin9 and have arranged for
 a number of entertainments during the sea- | son. This evening the opening hop and en. tertainment at the Hotel Balmoral at Mt. McGregor occurs. Fireworks, etc., are on \ the r,rOOramma A pumhar 0f aipoi1ar ar
 tertainments will be given there during the
 season. Special low rates on the trains up
 the mount are arrange.
 Edisons wonderful talking machine has
 arrived at the Grand Union. It was secured
 for that position by Judge Hilton. It ex-
 hibits to large assemblies in the parlors and ! reproduces speeches, songs, etc., with won- derful accuracy. Mrs. Dr. Twiss sang | "Sweet Home' in front of the funnel and
 the machine sang the same song afterwards, just as she sang 1t, to the astonishment and | entertainment of those present. It talks
 may desire to hear 1t.
 | E. Berry Wall, the renowned dude, has
 arrived and is quartered at the United States
 Hotel. He is associated with other dudes as
 follows: w. Livingston Hamersley, W. H.
 Chapman, G. T. Slade and Mir. Wormser, all
 nicely fixed at the United States for the sea-
 son. Surely the young ladies cannot fail of
 being highly amused, to say the least, during
 their sojourn at the States
 ! Friday some five hundred new arrivals were I reported at the various hotels. It is quite
 true that most of these people come here to
 recuperate and enjoy the benefit of the | mineral springs, and not to participate in
 the attractions found at the races and gamb-
 ling hells as is surmized by many who are
 not posted on the subject.
 Sunday, the 2Sth, was day much enjoyed by very large number of visitors to Sarato-
 ga in attending the services of the various | churches. Prominent devines from our large
 cities occupied most of the pulpits and
 preached to filled houses. Among the prom | inent ministers who discoursed here yester- day were Rev. J. F. Poulson, D. D., of
 Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. J. Addison Henry, D. D., and Rev. James Good, D. D., of Phila-
 delphis; Roy. George s. Mott, D. D., of New
 Broadway also had large audiences. Rev. Father McMenomy oficiated, assisted by Rev. | William Fitzgerald.
 One of the largest attended and most bril- ! liant affairs of this season was the hop given ] at the ball room of Congress Hall Friday
 evening, the 26th inst. Everybody seem | bent on enjoying themselves and they car-
 ried out the project to the best of their abil-
 ity. It seems as if most of those who attend
 these Congress Hall hops do so with the de- , termination of participating, not lockers , on merely. Everybody seemed to be cheer ! Iul ana SranQly enJOyeu tn6 OccaSlOn. some of the ladies looked lovely and were most
 richly attired. Diamonds sparkled like drops
 of water from sun showers. MT. Mahler, master of ceremonies, carried out his part of , the programme promptly and did much to
 enliven the entertainment. These hops will
 be continued at intervals during the entire ! season.
 The Congress Park association is making 7 preparations for grand midsummer festi- , ! val on the park at an early date. In fact the preparations for various methods of en- ! tertaining Saratoga guests being made are so t ! numerous just now as to be hard to keep a | track of, but due and timely notice will be |. given as they appear on the boards.
 Among New Haven's late arrivals were noticed Ruel P. Cowles, Frank Pardee and = daughter and Mrs. N. H. Wilcox at Dr. l Stropg's sanitanium, Banker Henry L. Hill, l is most pleasantly fixed at the Clarendon U Hotel. He has gained several pounds in = avoirdupois already, and says there is TO 8 place like Saratoga for him. The grand v sachem has spied several Red Men wander. l iug around the springs. They had to give ? the pass. He thinks he would start a camI a here if he only had Sagamore Busbnell's wal @ this way later.
 Among the many guests at the Continen. T | tai Hotel are Miss s. s. Morse and sister s teachers in the Webster school. They ar, o highly enjoying the many sights and scenei - of Saratoga.
 @ The heaviest rain and wind storm of tn, y summer burst upon this place a ,, about P. m. Monday, and in less than ar