The Washington times., 1894-07-29
THE GAY SARATOGA GIRL.
She Is q Young Woman Who Knows 4
Thing or Two.


She Is q Young Woman Who Knows &
Thing or Two.
SARATOGA, July 2S.-The Saratoga girl is
what tho men In pink shirts and wear dia-
monds and sport new gray suits call "a
thoroughbred" She is a self-relIant young
woman. who knows a good deal about every
thing and can do several things well. She
generally comes from the West or the South,
with gay young mamma, very fat pocket
book, and trunks full Of pretty dresses. She
is sometimes on the lookout for a husband,
and, OF course, both she and papa and
mamma have their own ideas rs to what kind
of q man he should be- and as different fish
are caught with different kind Of bait. so do
the tastes of different men demand catering to.
But the Saratoga girl is equal to it. She
knows just how to manage all sorts and con-
ditiOns of men and her calmness and self-pos-
session are the calm assurance OF knowledge.
She is an experienced young woman, and
there are tablets in her memory slowed away,
like the neat little books in which we press
specimens of seaweed, on which she has made
mental notes of what to do under certain cir
cumstances, and to which she can refer when
she chooses
The Saratoga girl is very much OF a woman
OF the world. She can fiirt well and dance
divinely; she dresses without regard for
papa's income, and she is sophisticated from
the top of her pretty head to the soles of her
pointed shoes. She goes to the spring in the
morning and drinks the water, the merits of
which she greatly extols TO her chance COM
panion. She walks down the brick-paved
streets, her skirts making n charming frou-
frou and her narrow shoes tapping smartly as
she passes, always a pretty picture, always
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pressing one with her costliness, as does
Sevres vase or Coalport cup.
She is a horsey girl and likes to display her
magnificent figure in jaunty red coat and
black habit If her mount rears she likes it,
and nothing delights her soul as mucn us to
have her horses dance on their hind legs
when she is driving them out to the lake.
She attends the races religiously, and her
money and tracing allowance" are often ex-
hausted on the first day of the week If her
favorite happens to come in second.
The Saratoga girl is the Daisy Miller of to-
day. She is the independent, gay. espiegle
Young woman who has lots OF money and
finds life rainbow of delight. She does
not often belong to the inner circle OF the
'400," and very often spends her winters in
some little town which is not on the map, but
she doesn't worry her head over it. She is
correctly governed and properly chaperoned
because she loves nice things, and mammas
are convenient, but she will tell you frankly
that she reads Laura jean Libbey when her
maid happens to leave any OF that young
woman's blood chilling tales around. and
can't abide "preachy books like the classics.
But men like the Saratoga girl. and she
generally marries and is bediamoned and
happy ever after, If he happens TO be swell
New Yorker. Sometimes she and her .'Ameri-
can freshness" capture a foreign prince, and
then mamma is delighted. She even marries
papa's choice, the solid business man. who
adores her occasionally, and then great
responsibility is lifted from mammals heart
and mind. fol- ever the worldly Saratoga girl
is irresponsible, and apt TO fall in love with a
ia. sporting man. with checked clothes. who
can give her points on horsefiesh. He may
net be handsome. but his rickety grammar
and knowledge OF racers are fascinating. and
some days the hotels are convu .sed by hearing
thar the belle of the season has married
Plunger So and So. Sophisticated as they
are, evon Saratoga girls have to be watched.