Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-24
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ica's Great Spa--sOnne Monster
toteis-tiay EquipBges-Efcaut
Bellies and Gallant Heaux.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journa
SARATOGA SPRISos, N. Y, July 1.-THE
Peninsula .oss 3ho are expsctsd here
on Saturday, 10 onjoy u weeks respite
from journalistic cares and vsxati 5as.
will find Saratoga at tho zeuith o. he's
splenior. Tho Hep ~ ce gaisty will jus,
have teen inaugurngsd, and the famous
spR viii preabnt az animated picture OF
dazzl No brillicacy which PROBABLY hes
no duplicato in this country. Tad "
with its vast "taogle" of tally.ho ,oatt5.
Votoias, laniaaus, drawn by superb,
fretful hoTses, champing with we'll. bred
lmpatience the restraining curb, gives
but suggestion of the vast array Of per.
feet equinRge9 which will do duty In air.
ing the bellea and tho bsaux on the spring
road week henoe. TIE great hotels,
which ara jast fesling the pulsa.ion Of
returning animation will be throbbiny
uHder the pressure OF tho thousands
next week. 1t should not ba inferred
That the Rueat5 are few. There must be
Thousands, but Saratoga hotels have an
insatiaoie greed, aud their collective Ca
paoity is something enormous. Tae
!
ever grasping grip of MY dear friend
Hilton" by the Stewart heirs, can I'M.
uriously bestow 9 600 and two other i'm.
mense hostelries can almost come mn "a
these figures. Thel there ara a SCORE of
hotels who entertain 400 to 500 pusstg.
and the losser h uses of public enter
tainment, includias myriad OF cottages,
are legion. With resident population
OF 1900 Americas spa iuoreagas this
figure many foll during July aad August.
sRratoRa's summer population ara ex-
ceedinaly rational in many sespec!s in
summer diversions. Tho greatest exer-
lions attempted here are probably dress.
Ing on the part of tho women and dancing
on the part OF the young mon. There IA
the usual dearth OF the male ssx, and
those who osu dauce must Tho DAYS
begin esrly and with the majority end
about | p 10. Il is the correct thing
to cultivate an eas!y morning .hirst-noc
OF an artificial k!nd-snd TO got out and
appease 1t before the sun il fairly ~. 10
the innumerable wells the crowls 20 and
drink or tbs Saline or iron waters until
their capacity is fully tested. L. il a
heaith-givlng diversion, and this custom
benrlng fashions seal OF approval
has lesseued the hardships OF early rising
and consequently begotten necessity
10; early retiring. Before midnight the
town ~ quiet and all have gone to reposa.
VI course there are few exceptions There
IS sleek and glossy tiger in gilded den,
inviting combat with those of steady |
shetVo and passion for exciting Incl |
dents. The brute WAKES fat and yjgoroua
and has never yet been conquered though |
at times he has had some severe blows.
Those wno have never had the rsre en-
Joyment OF a soiourn at SaratoRa haye |
much pleasure in store. Tho richnass
and vigor of the vegetation, the purity of
the salt-laden atmosphere bring a sopho-
rifio on every breath and the entire alb
sence OF the abominable mosquito, are
pleasing to the eye, restful and exceed.
ingly conducive to the comfort.
Saratoga is perhapa more cosmopolitan
than any other summer resort In this
country. One secs people from eyegy-
where who have been everywhere, and
everybody worth knowing" 10 here at
one time or another during the season.
Mrs. James q. Blaine, Jr., is un-
noubtedly the greatest favorite of this
great, gay throng of pleasure seekers,
She 10 here, however, upon the advice of
her physician, who hopes that the fresh
bracing atmosphere may bring back the
strength q cruel affl ction has wasted
away. Neither the mental agony nor
phyaleal torture she has undergone for |
months past have left their traces on her
ace. The ladies' ooncede her to be very
pretty, and IS this ia O compliment rarely
passed amid these rivalrous surroundings
between women, it Is an assured fact.
sue is ss'd TO he as 9tniable as pretty
which is saying much. Owing to the
severity OF the rheumatic nttsck--her n
leg has contracted nearly {
wo inches and is quite heloless. 4
This ell otion makes necessary the q
lse OF erutches, with which she is able TO I
painfully ana slowly move about out into
he sunlight. Her physician hopes she 4
vii regain tho strength her months at i
utfering has wasted, 80 that mora heroic 4
may bs applied to her disabled v
member. Her little son, bright. pretty q
little fellow Of three years, stops in his d
'isy to caress mis- patient, effl ioted .
1otter, to an excess Nhicn seans Us il ii
atone for his truant father, end most b
tseatmGnt Of hi1 naughty v
grandmother Tho manner in which this b
fetty little Invalid contracted the illness a
'hlch no lorg kept her at deaths door o
nd new threatens to deprive her Of the .
no OF one lpg for life. perhaps is re. Ii
ltai OF the erowniag bit OF heartlessness v
the har of people of refinement.
PerhAp1 ths most unpopular person at A
nrasosa IL Judge ai!tor, who Is q many
uaes nlii.o4aire, which he claims is the fc
,cunuletion OF his legacy of 81 900 600 h,
orr the Stewart estate a few years 500. m
or successful investment judge Hill. M
ms seems to have beaten all financial m
cords. His park is nearly 1000 acres n.
extent and tho houses of himself and hi
four or five closely grouped m
gether, are palatial. His stables con. re
in almost inaumegsble carriages and or
1Fses and their drivers and tigers and ms
rvsnts almost smsil army. bt
Ihe newspaper mau will be tsken on IA
excursion to Mt. Macgregor, up the Ia,
ountain whore Gen. Grant sought respite 10
ON the July heat and where he passed NO
ray. Lake George is only couple of mn
mrs or so away from here, by rail and ",
lie will also ,be visited. There are m,
Imerous points OF interest in close ba
oximity, which the peninsula editors nv
II ind fully worth visiting. Ii. O. IL
rpanter OF the executive committee, m,
arrange for the entertainment of the th
rty at the Columbian Hotel In the CEN Ga
i part of the city, in very close prox. be
ity to the big hotels. 81