Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-26
SARATOGA UP TO DATE.
A Good Old Spa and No Sham in the
variegated Fun Making.
VISITORS HAVE MONEY TO BURN,


SARATOGA. Aug. s5.--Eyery place where
folk gather for the specific purpose OF en-
joying themselves has character Of its
own. One could no more Tpistake the ples.-
ures OF Long Branch for those OF Atlantic
City than one could mistake lichen for a
mushroom. Lenox and Saratoga, Newport
and the Riviera. Bournemouth and
Brighton, all these rallylng points OF in
dolence and delight diner as widely as the
angels.
The delight OF Saratoga?
1t is difficult to epltoml2e 1t In few
phrases 1t is The Joy OF many things; the
delight of horses and women and diamonds,
the Joy OF the keen air that stirs among the
foothills OF the Adlrondacks; the subtle
and searching delight OF the spring waters.
which move in such mysterious ways their
wonders to perform; the Joy of green
glades and golden bathrooms, kisses and the
white shoulders of women, roulette and the
gamblers Joy.
All! the delight OF Saratoga is manifold,
chameleon- colored, mysterious.
You cannot net 1t in the meshes Of words.
1t is rare delight; not too pure for human
natures daily food; trife vulgar at times,
but very real. He who has drunk delight
Of Saratoga with his peers is never tempted
by tho tippleG of Newport or Bar Harbor.
Ones first impression is that Saratoga is
Broadway. Ones first Impression Is right.
This long avenue. with It's huge hotels.
Its springs, its churches and gambling
houses its shops, It's sRunterlng people and
unlocked horses Is the soul Of Saratoga.
AZ times the monde is whisked away 70 the
races 1t dances in the ballroom; 1t sings
on the lake or loses Itself in the great
ways that lose themselves in the hills.
But the soul Of Saratoga is In Broadway.
The people who come to the Spa?
Society is otherwhere. Yachting In Eng
llsh waters or Italian seas; golfpg at New
part OF LenOX; lodging the writer's in
London It is not here. We in Saratoga are
not Of the high monde. but, bless you, ais
for the best In this best Of all demi-mondesl
Statesmen and racing men, politicians and
men Of affairs, the curious race of people
| who are described as being about town
| glvo the chief note to Saratoga society.
Artists aud poets do not come to trouble
the still waters Of Hathorne. or be troubled
| by them. The great DANES OF tho New
| York world hold no courts here. The
names on the hotel registers are not on
| the blue books Of snciety. There are cot
/ tages, to be sure. Hundreds Of handsome
| villas front the shaded avenues. There
are one or two cottages Of arrogant mag
nlfcenee The dnest is owned by Mt.
Murphy.
That is the last commentary on the So
ciel pretensions OF the Spa.
We can't ali he Murphys, but we have
no ambition to be anything better.
There is wealth nj the Spa. But II Is a
new wealth; the wealth OF the world Of
| politics. Saratoga was made by the South
in the days when money was made out OF
cotton. II has always loved the opulent
| It prefers people who have money to
burn" To-day 1t swaggers more magnlh-
Gently than ever The noise OF the Spa re-
minds ono Of the clangor Of great Spanish
gold-pleces But we have lost dignity.
The function Of this season was the open
air performance of the Midsummer Nights
Dream" Society came dressed in It's best.
Not even the most acute observer among
the man milllners could hnd any flaw In