The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-20
DOINGS AT SARATOGA.
ITEMS CLEANED
 FROM THE SPRINGS.

Social Life is BOOmtng-EIaborate Re-
 captions Held-Many Prominent VIs-
 itors at This Popular Rssort-Raee
 Tracks are Heavily PatronIzed-A
 Very Successful Season.
 Saratoga Springs, Aug. 15.-One of the mildest expressions we can use at this writing is to say that Saratoga, is just booming. Probably larger num- bers of guests are congregated here now than has been any season for recent years. In fact, the season is at it's height and the varied assortment of amusements can hardly be computed in reasonable figures. Those who enjoy balls have chance to ball it every evening to their hearts content. Those who are more mindful of races and games as their favorite Saratoga pleas ures can be fully satisfied daily on the track and nightly in the club houses, and make OF bust" according to the capacity of their pocket-books; also games, which are frequent, afford much recreation for many whose tastes are inclined that way. Card parties. dra- matics, carriage and trolley rides are much patroniZed. Music is also one great feature of the Saratoga season. It is served up for breakfast, lunch. dinner and supper. Probably the finest orchestras both string and brass, in the country are employed by the various ho- tels here for the entertainment of their guests. While Congress Park furnishes the best talent to be procured In vocal as well as instrumental music. The dances given several evenings each week at the Grand Union, United States and Congress Hall are elaborate affairs, particularly conspicuous for beauty of the female sex, richness of costume and gorgeousness in ornamen- tation, wherein diamonds of first water and pearls of great price predominate in way very conspicuous degree. It is said that in no other summer resort in this country is so stunning display of rich and costly jewels made as in Sara toga. M. Dreicer, the great diamond expert, has arrived and opened his store under the Grand Union, which has been his summer quarters for years past.
 Several of the many pieces he exhibits in his window are worth upwards of | twenty-five thousand dollars each. One of his gems shown only inside of the store is a pearl necklace that took years to match, and is on sale rat two hundred thousand dollars; it is said to l be the most valuable necklace contained
 in any jewelry store on this continent.
 Pearls are becoming continually in
 greater demand, and are fast increasing
 in value. Perhaps some of our lady | friends of New Haven will be glad to
 learn this fact, but please don't all start
 at once for Saratoga to get this two hundred thousand dollar necklace. One
 of the interesting events of the season, perhaps might say especially to the bachelors-is the baby show on Con- gress Park on the afternoon of August | 18th. Eleven prizes have been offered | by the park commissioners to be award ed by competent judges, consisting of | two prizes each in the year old, two years old and three years old class,
 with a grand prize for the prettiest child, the fattest baby, and three prizes
 
 | riages. The whole affair is under the
 management of M. S. Frothingham of the United States Hotel. The races seem to be the great attraction. Never
 before was there known such a gather ing of the wealthy aristocracy of the land on the Saratoga race course as is
 seen there every day. The magnifi- cence of the gowns worn is astonishing,
 as a fashionable dressmaker, who is here for the season, said recently: We suppose that never before in this coun- try has any race course seen crowd of this caliber; you see here men and wo-
 men of wealth and refinement; in no
 way is the gathering comparable to those of other metropolitan tracks. Here are hundreds of ladies who would not in all their lives venture among the
 hoi po1loi of crowded course around New York; things are too mixed there.
 Here we see the people who support Fifth avenue, who uphold Lenox and Tuxedo, and whose words sway the so- cial world. Look at the Grand stand. Did you ever see so rnany handsome women so exquisitely dressed in this country before? You never did. We doubt if there is a poorly dressed wo- man in the crowd.
 She was evidently right, for the stand and the clubhouse hold 8 crowd as highly bred as the horses in the pad dock. The finest stables of horses for the track ever seen in Saratoga are here, and many of them are among the speediest known in this country. Every day heavy purses are up representing many thousands of dollars. Of course
 to the victor belongs the spells. The
 races close August 18th. The grand floral fete will occur September 1st, 2d, Sd and 4th, and will be one of the most unique spectacular exhibitions that has ever occurred in New York State. On the evening of September 4th Saratoga will be one blaze of light and brilliancy
 A scene as beautiful as 1t is extraordi- nary will open the eyes of the thousands
 of visitors that will be at the spa on that day, making a picture that will never be effaced from their memories. To every reader of mythology the ex- traordinary babulous existence of Pro- teus is familiar It is the personality of this most interesting being that is to be typified on the night of September 4th. What such a display costs it is not dif- ficult to understand. It entails scores