New-York tribune., 1897-06-27

and historic regions Of Lake George, Lake Cham
plain. the Adrondacks. the Catskills. the White
and Green mountains. and her great faciities
OF access from New-York Boston. Phia-
delphia and other great centres Of culture.
luxury art and wealth Instead Of the de-
cadence often prophesied by hippant critics and
Jealous competitors Saratoga has not only main
tained her prestige but has In various ways added
TO her charms and increased her facilities and ar
rangcments for the delectation OF her many Wis
itors. Her numerous and famous mineral springs
continue flowing perennial streams OF health giving
waters. and the liberal hand OF Nature. aided by
the deft touch Of Art brings forth as Of yore. the
summer deightsomeness OF the beauty ard charms
of her tree-bcrdered avenues, her splendid race
course and her placid lake. Year by year her
princely residences and her truly palat!al hotels
open their hospitable portals to welcome the health
and pleasure seeking guests who journey thther-
ward fro every fashionable quarter OF the globe.
and each succeeding is marked with more
enjoyments and greater social brliancy than its
predecessor.
Her vlried charms. more rare and fine
Among all the natural marvels OF the universe
there is but Niagara. In like degree Sara
,oga reigns supreme among the summer health
and pleasure resorts of the world"
THE FAMOUS HEALTH-GIvING WATERS.
What has made Saratoga famous the world over
The waters.
What has made 1t favorite resort even for
those who do not drink the waters? Its magnin-
cent hotels.
The springs are the first objects which the vsi-
tor 10 Saratoga wants TO see. They are scattered
all over the place From some the water shoots
high into the air. forming a graceful fountain;
others gurgle and bubble in deep shafts from
which the water is dipped; some flow slowly from
a cleft rock and the waters from others dance and
foam and toss beneath strong glass globe-shapcd
covers through which the natural carbonic-ac cid
gas seems intent driving them. Some OF the
springs are situated beyond the village proper and
for the accommodation Of those who wish TO drink
the waters they bottled and dispensed from re-
frgerators in improvsed spring houses near the
village centre.
The visitor to Saratoga will tell OF these springs
and of the crowds Il PEOPLE that gather about the
places where they located; OF the music In the
morning and at noon, and the brilliant umina
tor at night; OF the chatting and chattering in
many tongues; OF the fine costumes displa yod there
and OF the merrymaking and flirting at the springs
which show that all who drink the waters are not
invalids But II he has an eye for the beautiful he
will become more enthusiastic about the hotels
where the visitors to the springs are housed
Housed Is not the proper word when applied TO
the two great hotels the United States and the
Grand Union because their guests may be in the
open air at nearly all times except when they sleep
The great verandas at the front OF the hotels and
bordering the inner courts offer so many attrac-
tlois that the sumptrously furnished and comforta
ble rooms are neglected. and the magnificent draw-
ing-ro and parlors literally pierced with
windows from which may step into the open
air, that they appear TO be almost out OF doors
The hotels are not only the largest In the world
but they are In many respects marvcls OF beauty
and magnihceaco The most notable feature OF
each hotel is It's grand court Spacious piazzas