The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-05
AT SARATOGA SPRINGS
WHY so MANY POEPLE GO THERE
EACH SUMMER.


Themselves and Some Features o
the Resort Given.
Saratoga is not only the oldest sum
on account of it's health giving minera
springs, its various sources of entertain
ments, fine hotels, large number OF cot
tages, easy access to the finest lakes ahe
and mountain regions, makes 1t more
and more pupular each season by the
great mass Of our summer tourlsts
Why after promenading Saratoga
resident streets and avenues lined WITT
palatial residences and stately hotels
that vie with any other location In the
world for comfort and grandeur how
hard for our advanced immigration to
try to realize that the time was when
this same Saratoga was inhabited by
the swarthy Indian, their then palatial
residence being but a Wigwam OF deer
skins, and their only means of provid-
ing their daily sustenance was the rude
tomahawk and flint pointed arrows.
No enchanting orchestras to sooth their
sorrows or Hathorn mineral waters to
drive away the fears, but progression,
continually onward, these passing years
has caused "old things to pass away
and new things to abound" Sara
toga, during these intervals, has seen
times of regret and encouragement,
but she has survived them ALL and to-
day stands without rival ON the mar
ket for those seeking a true place for
summer rest and refreshment
This season is one of great redemp-
ton, as last year messages of strife and
bloodshed with the Philippines caused
many to postpone their travel to foreign
ports, and make Saratoga their abid-
ing place, and from what they found
and enjoyed here last season has largely
increased the guests of the Spa this
summer. In the early part of the sea-
son orders for cottages and acccomoda-
tions at the various hotels and boarding
houses far outnumbered those Of last
season, and there is one thing to be
noticed here, and that is, there is no
resort where more pains is taken for
the comfort and entertainment of guests
than at Saratoga The hotel proprie-
tors and their clerks are always to be
found on deck and doing their level best
to please every one. No stinting goes
on here, for the larger the hotels the
greater number of servants seem vieing
with each other as how best to please
and assist to entertain those in their
charge. The sanitary arrangements in
the hotels with hardly an exception are
quite perfect and thus conduce to
health and comfort. If you want a
decided change in the food and its pre-
paration from that you get at home
usually, why, for that Saratoga hotel
tables are Excelsior every time, not
only in the mammoth establishments
but in the smaller hotels as well.
The various mineral waters of Sara
toga are almost miraculous in giving
health to its patronage. 1t is not al
ways the immediate effect observed in
the use Of these spring waters but the
after bracing up often felt, as one of
Saratoga's oldest visitors said recently,
as follows: I am now 80 years of age,
have been regular visitor each season
here for the past 40 years. I generally
stay two weeks each summer and take
during that time two to three glasses
of the Hathorn water every morning
before breakfast. I soon begin to feel
been the means of prolonging my life
these many years, for l really feel the
good effects the remainder of the year,
and until come again to Saratoga for
the renewal of its acquaintance. The
greatest care should be exercised by
those who drink these waters, and not
mix up the various kinds too much, as
almost all the large number of springs |
contain many different ingredients one
from the other, and it seems as though |
an all wise Providence in giving these |
various waters to his people has de-
signed and intended different springs
for different ailments of the body For
instance, the Hathorn has been known |
for years as a remarkable curative for
torpid liver, congeeted kid
neys, etc, while the Vichy is quite well
known as valuable remedy for indiges-
ton, acidity of the stomach ETC., while
the Carlsbad Is a violent purgative,
the Hamilton and Washington springs
contain much iron and must be used
with discretion by those who are sub
ject to violent headaches and the like
The amusements In Saratoga are
There Is really Emusic in
the air." for at the larger hotels daily
are given morning and even
Ing by some of the most noted orches-
tras from our large cities. These con-
certs are given on the piazzas of the
hotels, excepting the United States
hotel, which is in the band pagoda in
their park in the rear of the hotel,
Congress Park gives a concert by Cart
and's famous military band from to
a. M, and usually evenings at Ha-
horn Springs, one of the most noted
)rchestras in the country-Doring'
every morning from 1870 to o'clock.
The music is given in the large enclo-
sure where the springs are located and
where hundreds of guests can be seen
very morning slipping the water while
listening to the concert. The races, are
one of the greatest attractions
o many people who visit Saratoga.
They commenced several days ago and
will contiue through August OPP
,osite the track course on Union
venue, can be seen some of the
inest horses to be obtained for the
aces. Some of the fast horses have
ecords which seem almost imposei-
lie to beat, but then who ever knew
he fastest horse to come in ahead al
ways. Those who put up their money
ave often found it out to their diead-
antage, especially II they be little