The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-12
SARATOGA SPRINGS IN '9S.
Nest Successful Season Yet Held-Flo-
 ral Fete Largely Attended.

l NCSL SucCeSSTul SedSoh ISt iAVAu Y io- | ral Fete Largely Attended.
 Saratoga Springs, Sept, 9.-This pop | ular summer resort has enjoyed one of | the most prosperous seasons on record. From about the 18th of June until this | date almost all incoming trains have | brought so many guests to Saratoga that most of the hotel and boarding l house keepers have had profound problem in accommodating all their ap- | plicants, etc. Several hotels were forced to engage private houses and room out many of their guests The resident Saratogians have done all they could to accommodate and make it pleasant for their numerous visitors, and they have succeeded beyond their most sahguine expectations. Most en- joyable concerts have been rendered ev- cry day and evening by the most noted bands and orchestras of the country. Frequent hops, concerts, readings, etc, have been held at the various hotels, trolley rides to the springs and Sarato- ga Lake daily; immense excursions to Lake George, Lake Champlain and else | where; carriage drives to and around l Judge Hiltons extensive park and | around the suburbs of Saratoga with the great benefit derived in the use of the various mineral spring waters of the Spa-are a part of the attractions enjoyed by those who have been fortu- nate enough to summer at Saratoga this season. Tuesday, the 9th inst. was the great gala day here, it being the an- | nual flower fete. It is estimated that one hundred thousand visitors were at l Saratoga on that day, witnessing the | most magnificent floral demonstration 1 ever given on earth. Some twenty thousand yards of laurel roping en- twined Broadway, the memory of the Maine being perpetuated in flowers; | the battery masked with fragrant blossoms and spiked by the beautiful flowers of peace. The very influence of this grand floral fete was ennobling. It was soul-inspiring, for what is there in nature more lovely than flowers, and | this day lent to the various scenes and parts of the formations that brightness | and fragrance never to be forgotten by | those who witnessed the grand floral l pageant. From the start to the finish /, the streets were thronged with crowds | Every available plaza and platform, window and lawn wa1 occupied to it's | fullest extent by scores of happy faces l Wrea thed in smiles. Loud was the ap- plause as the long procession moved on. The parade started off with mounted police, followed by the Ladies
 Bicycle division then the bicycle float formation, carriage formation, and a | large number of floats representing so- cetie., floral cannons, cupid and but terhy divisions, The various hotels | were decorated in great taste and beau ty Schools church societies, militia, etc, were all represented in the long procession The music furnished for the occasion by the various military bands was of the highest order and most in spring. The grand floral display was | consummated with a grand ball held in the evening in Convention Hall, attend ed by some five thousand people. The hall had been converted into conser- vatory, the floral decorations being su- perb. the music charming The whole scene formed a picture more beautiful than was ever before contained in a dancing hall Ii required in decorating the hall five thousand yards of laurel ropings, over forty thousand gladiolas, twenty five thousand hydrangeas and three thousand feet of smilax. The American flag and American eagle were conspicuous in the decorations. Among the large number present were many representations of the most dis tinguished families of the United States. tu5
 Most of the New Haven people who have been spending their vacation in Saratoga have returned home. It is said that Mrs. Jean Pardee Clark, who has been here most of the season, rep resenting the press, etc, has had flat tering offers to go on the stage this winter.
 Unusually large shipments of the fa- nous Hathorn spring waters are being made this season to all parts of the country. It has been fully demonstrated that the dyspeptc and rheumatic com plaints so prevalent in many districts have been entirely eliminated by the use of this water. Its healthful quali- ties is highly spoken of by many of the leading citizens of New Haven, among them being pr. Robert S. Ives, Df. Winchel and ex- Commissioner William J. ktwater.
 The Hathorn water is now bottled by a new process, all the air first being ex- tracted from each bottle by hydraulic rrachine. followed by the immediate in- troduction of the water into the bottles. This prevents any sediment or settings in the water. even though bottled for an indefinite period. The water is also packed in hinged trunks having a sepa- rate apartment or division for each bot tie. thereby doing away with packing in straw, as heretofore.