The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
GIDDY ROUNDS OF GAYETY.
summer Visitors ut Saratoga Woo Pleas
ure's Smiles.

tablished this half century, and no one
! has yet had the hardihood to attempt
| to alter it, except in minor details. To
begin, you get up early. About 5
o'clock is the proper hour. Then you
take regular constitutional, which
terminates at one of the mineral
| springs. There you drink as many
| glasses of water as you can endure,
| for it is not always palatable. After
| that return to the hotel and break
| fast
| Real breakfast, a regular round of
| steak. chops and eggs, preceded by
| melon and fruit and followed by cakes
and maple syrup To be able 10 eat a
| breakfast like that it Is worth while
| coming to Saratoga
After breakfast comes the morning
| promenade and concert. These are
among the institutions"
After the concert there are a couple
| of hours for lettering on the shady
| porches, riding, driving, wheeling golf
tennis and business. Yes. business.
Enough business to keep eight brok-
| ers shops in Saratoga.
During the hour preceding luncheon
the piazzas of the hotels reflect life at
Saratoga. The people 7reaE up into
animated groups and seek shady hooks
anu where Il quiet CHdl Is pOs-
| sibe. A little knot Of politicians will
gather in a bunch and puff political
gossip UP with their cigar smoke. In
days gone by many momentous
scheme has been Matched at Saratoga.
So far this year the big politicians
are notably scarce
Luncheon at last! Everybody rushes
for the hotel dining room, partly be-
cause he is hungry and partly because
the racing begins early. A strange
thing about Saratoga is that the hotel
managers insist upon serving three
square meals" a day. Stranger still
is that people eat them. Men who
habitually get along comfortably on a
meal and half or possibly two, find
that here they require three, with per-
haps late supper thrown in. Is it
the air or the water?
Then the races! In Saratoga the races
are also an institution" and every
body goes conscientiously. Half an
hour before the first race the scene
in Broadway between the United States
hotel and Congress spring Is remark
able. The broad street is almost block
ed with almost every conceivable kind
of vehicle. There are coaches. carry
| alls, traps, surreys, victorias, all
drawn by spirited horses and filed
with gayly dressed race goers. At
times the condition borders on
jam" Everybody is anxious to be
off al once. Union avenue, which leads
to the track, can scarcely accommodate
| the stream of equipages. Cyclists
there are by thousands All this is over
within an hour, for everybody makes
a point of going early and staying till
| the last race has been run.
The time between the races and din
ner is the hour for driving. By this
| time the suns rays have lost their force
| and the cool evening breeze has sprung
| up. There are certainly great induces
ments to drive in Saratoga. The roads
are Tor the most part good and the
| scenery cannot be overmatched any
where. Lake avenue and Union avenue
are always kept sprinkled all the way
| to Saratoga lake, four miles from the
springs. 1t is great fad to drive to
the lake for dinner after the races, re-
| turning in the early evening.
| Automobiles, strange to say, have not
| yet made their appearance, though
some are expected before the season
| ends. This year there is an unusual
number of private equipages.
After dinner variety of entertain
ment presents. There is certain to be
/ concerts at several of the larger hotels
and probably a ball at one of them
| The Grand Union, Congress Hall and
| the United States have adopted the
| plan of alternating ball nights with
| most agreeable results to everybody.
| So far this season the nights have been
delightfully."- cool and dancing has been
| a genuine pleasure. All the balls this
week have been crowded, but the de-
| lightful alternative of a stroll about
| the gardens helps to relieve the press
| ure. On these occasions the women
| have chance to display their best
| gowns and they show no disposition to
| neglect the opportunity. Never in the
| history of the springs has the display
| been greater than this wear.
Elaborate dressing is still as much
| one Of the essentials as in the days
| when those vast receptacles for travel
| ing We're appropriately named sara
toga trunks" There may be. as some
| persons who like to croak will tell you,
a different class than formerly but the
| difference, if it exists, is not apparent
| There is the same amount of show
| gayety and glitter as in what is now
termed the halcyon days of II years
ago. The people may have changed,
as people must and do, but Saratoga is
| the same as ever
BY midnight the concerts and social
| functions being over. the men feel their
social obligations ended for the day and
| lounge around the club. This club is
also an institution" There is a res
| taurant, second to none in the country,
| private dining rooms first-class cafe
| and all the usual appurtenances of a
! gentemens club. But none of these
makes the Saratoga club remarkable.
| In a great white room. pure as snow
are ranged a dozen tables, about which
men nightly crowd to dissipate the win
| nings or reduce the losses made at the
| track. Faro and roulette are the games
played in the large room Poker and
| other games of cards are confined to
| private rooms.
In the large room the play is high.
| Nightly tens of thousands are won and
lost over the green cloth with less noise
| or comment than would attend the loss
of 10 cents in an alley craps game. La
dies sit in the adjoining restaurant I'M
| disturbed by the play going on in full
view and within easy earshot. The club
is exclusive and is conducted accord
ingIy.
Besides the club. there are four open
gambling houses now running. None is
permitted on Broadway where they
used to flourish. The limited number
which are permitted TO run are on quiet
side streets. This condition of affairs
represents a compromise between the
moral and sporting elements.-SaratgOa