The sun., 1916-11-08
A TRAMP IN
Thoughts at the Springs. Canfeld's,
Yaddo and the battlefield,

, are. at least, the odor OF cooking viands,
surging crowds, the charity OF warm
hearts. the largesse OF open purses. In
summer IL he ave enterprise he may
GO with the elect to a spa. 1t would
be an unsophisticated one, however, who
YOU try To convince u New Yorker that
he had discovered Saratoga. He would
he. too, an unsympathetic one II he did
not absorb impressions sitting on a bench
in Congress Park listening to the music
of a traincd band, and watching the
clear sunlight Of northern New York
spread i,s glory over crowds OF oilers.
To a tramp whose itinerary includes
Albany Saratoga Is a relief. for It has
q history apart from politics, a perspec-
tive OF fashion and opulence against a
background Of savagery all OF the ele-
ments OF life that grip the imagination.
The spring house of the State Reserva-
ton should he his first point of observa-
ton. ON early summer mornings the
spring house is a study. Your nickel
admission fee gives you the. right TO
witness a spectacle that no art Of the
most talentcd scenario writer for the
movies could conceive. ! wondered II
all Of the old men and women In all
manner of apparel vino swallowed the
water with the profundity Of "A religious
rite were not really doing 50 to recover
from the III effects Of a hard night. !
wondered. too. II the trio. "A man. a
woman and an ugly hui pup. who sat
at 4 table opposite to me were In the
village FOR health or pleasure. or were
there To play politics or the races and
II al tlrec could not coiupetc for prizes
AZ a dog show. Then there was "A shift
iug OF the scene and men in white fan
mel and the togs OF gentlemen horsemen
came IN with al air of distinction TO
TAX. their medicine.
Garfield and the races have immo'-
talized Saratoga. at least to the hobo
who has neither wings nor a halo. hut
j. endowed with Imagination and the
spirit Of chance. So the house Of the
famous gambler IN It's fallen glory would
naturally piuue his curiosity. ! had
passed the threshold consciously sure
that III" good people ~ the village had
FORGOTTEN it's sordid past when | WAS held
up Tor two bits admission fee. Til. lure
~ the place was 50 subtle tina; | spent
the moncy for the somhre privilege Of
nursing in rs spacious rooms regret for
It's departed splendur. The great draw.
.ng room with its wonderful one piece
carpet was IN the physical Possession
OF a dealer In furs. Furs In midsummer I,
Some shivering loser at the wheel may
have needed them once to warm - ner-
vous chin, but not now. Sadly ! took
a seat AZ = table and called for a bottle.
\ waiter unco'ked one, and when | had
drunk the water I asked for the reckon
iug There wasn't any. SHADES az
Richard there Was somethin. wrong
with the place. went to the Italian
garden and spught to compose my W.
settled state % mint with stroll!ng down
a path beside = s.ngiu- brook hDrdered
with flowers. In a moment a goats face
leered into mine from lis p.rch on a
= pedestal ana read under the ettigy Of
the great God Pan these line
%ois"."ss fal- The foot ~ Time
Trt' only '-ral- ON flowers.
- prderl, tramp would spend his
,'u, M.th the hpIdcs OF s1rdld poiiti-
clans vino crowd the corridors OF the
ho;.,s pu lower nroadway. Neither
would ID, iing.r in the Ne. ghborhood Of
the race track with It's Jingle of jockey
tareou. lie would hit the trail. as | did.
and enter through the gateway OF II
demesne rom which automobiles are
barred. when he has passed the EN-.
;'au.e t. Ysddo he ~ himself as Sc
GUIDED a. t. ne were ~ the solitude OF
q primitive forest. The sun necks the
Z pin" needle carpet ~ the ins roads and
rla pipes h.s musir. Thee he finds 4
: mansion and blooming lowers.
Talking the popltg lined road through
the estate that b.Sects = meadow WAS
once more on the open highway That
leads TO Saratoga Lake
"Rpseheu" l. IT Rosclcn tina, You
want llosehor J. Il srSmeu, o. New
YuIk's touderio,u i" = sylvan setting.
go 10 the place below Yuu N,ll find It
mr.c in keeping
II was 80. The place below . needs
20 bush. f'f ~ - f,wouS and every one
VITO visi.s Saratoga l.aht has been there.
r. & waite and tie woods are a miniature
'prol - seen from ~ d.u.u- room. Il
l. useless to waste words ON the -N-
ocllcUc" of IT. 'ihe trout amt chicKcr.
! Reinforced Icy the generous fare once
more took the road and was soon passing
4 the numerous milcstorcs mat mark the
Nay 90 saltwater. the battlefield ~
- sAh'hA wa l'l FNDil 90 h'NNl tI'
the field with its monuments that Is
known IN the hIstOl les as Ternis Heights.
| NV It - 4 shrine toward which every
way,t,ug American to-day should set
h.s feet, = viii st,ft,n his Aneri 'anisn
: II VII remind him ~ the beginning Of
= country now grow ildhhy with upl-
. Ten. g aud Humorous with d.Scurdaut la
lerts one could there relealu and
some learn for the first time the story
If the gallant oldiers vino suai,ned
tho fist fruits Of victory and freedom
: from d"sputic and oolrupt absjiutism.
When they visualize the surrender on
- .dzy October day of eight thousand of
an INVADING army. nearly half OF whose
members were i'ruuswickels under the
command of "A icrinan baron. they viii
cease to be pru-ticrmau or pio-British
aud he comented into a congruous whole.
The British ronps of B%urgoyne's army
were the dupes Of an English KING Of
German origin the German ones his
hirrlYngs. not voluntary recruits but re-
luctant couSCripts sold FOR slaughter by
their soidid rulers, Frederick 81 Prussia
passed them through his Kingdom as
"rattle exported for foreign shambles."
Saratoga Will also recall one brilliant
page erased from the life story of Bene-
divt Arnold, the heruism Of an Impoiuous
leader cljnChine victory that hung in
the balance. The pogec Of his patriot
ism j. too sadly eClipsed by the ab,smal
infamy of Tappan. pisloNa al citizens to-
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