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Show SARATOGA FIFTY YCAR3 AGO. Ceremonies Observed In Old United States Hotel. 1 Porhnpa tho best tost of social embellishment em-bellishment was to Ihj scon at Snrn-toga Snrn-toga Sprlugs. where tho o,d United States hotel nssembled In tho season tho wealth nnd fnshlon 11 J tho rountry. Tho grtnit dining-room, resplendent vlth mirrors and gliding, showed n dinner tnblo covered with silver dishes, whllo bohlnd ovory'twj chairs a colored waiter man wns stationed The maJorVomo (a head waiter) stood at the bead of t.lo table with a batnu In Ills hand. Orchestral music ushered In tho guests who took their seats nt tnble; the major-domo raised his wand and each waiter man advanced ad-vanced and Bjiod back of tho guosts; nt tho second ao of tho wnnd tho waiters Inld linnils upon the dish covers, cov-ers, and at tho tMrd wavo every cover was lifted and laid upon small dumb waiters, which other attendants carried car-ried away. Then tho major-domo laid his hnnd upon his henrt and bowed to tho guests, the music struck up, and the waiters scrvi'd tho dishes. -Llpplncott's. |