Show WHAT WOMAli SEES NinetyeigJ A Woman With Ninetyeight Handsome Gowns A BATHER ECCENTRIC WIDOW A Perfect Dancer Is Miss dAntlcnac Hrs Colonel Clement the Prettiest Woman In Town For THE SUNDAY HERALD Copyrighted SAT FOR AN 1 hour the other morning watching ttAA the crowd guzzle Congress water > Youths maidens c heavyhaired men T and babies in p arms all took e down their doses 5I a some with wry faces and grimaces grim-aces others U smacked thoir ii I lips and looked around defiantly BS if daring any one to say they did not like it Up came the sleek Catholic priest and downed his glass at a gulp two very dizzy bleached blondes came next and emptied their glasses with giggles and pouts at the nasty stuff Countrymen loped up and took their trial dose and turned away wondering won-dering what anybody could see in that there durned drink The woman who possessed pos-sessed apoint lace parasol and was so afraid people would not get on to the fact that she earned it spread over her all the way down the pavilion nor furled it while she imbibed came There came also the fat man who evidently had his great animal thirst with him for he drained six glasses with lightning light-ning rapidity looked to see him burst and strew his fragments around but was disappointed I observed that it was quite tho proper c IlCr at Saratoga for the belles to comedown come-down early ostensibly for a glass of Congress Con-gress water in reality for a stroll through the park and a flirtation in some seauester cd corner It is said that COXGUES5 WATER AND KISSISG GO HASD IN RAND Why I cannot conceive unless it is that tho Congress water goes to the head and judging from some of the masculine specimens speci-mens I saw drinking it I must give it as my candid opinion that there was more room for it in that locality than anywhere else it is at evening though that the parks advantages for love making are best set forth It is a beautiful place and with the murmur of fountains the glitter of many hued lights entrancing strains of music from the band small wonder that spirits rush together at the meeting of lips I walked there the other evening The band played Faust The fountains splashed The soft breeze ruffled the foliage And ah 1 tho bliss that lurked in shady ways and on which the stars looked down with twinkling eyes One heats droll things Come dear said a voice let us go uNo was the answer Im not going until un-til I hear that solo on the piccalilla AXOTQEK HKSOHT for those who wish to have a little season by themselves is the Pompoia a reproduction reproduc-tion of the house of Panza buried by Yesu hug This is really an elaborate reproduction reproduc-tion of the sumptuous Pompeian home It Is a unique contribution to art with its pillars fountains frescoes couches and statuary and its tiny and curiously constructed con-structed rooms are just the place for a quiet tetea tete There are beautiful draperies Roman lamps vases cabinets and mosaics A fountain drips in the 7 CJV w J J t Jt > J E < > < > 1 f 1 + t < u t l i i 1 IL i r4i I 4 14 j i r rp s r J I rn iiM I 1 rr t f 1 r if = t Jv > V f < 1 THE TARE atrium Heavy portieres shut out the light and boat It is a charming and fascinating retreat where ono may spend hours with pleasure and profit The house of Panza was simply brim full and running over with pretty school maams the other morning Girls sweet enough to make every old Pod peian turn in his tomb They were eagerly listenintT to the explanations of a youth with a sJjnorous voice and a bang who was describing where Mr and Mrs Panza and all the little Panzas ate slept bathed and worshipped I suppose we shall hear now of Poinpeian Literary circles being formed in every school district in the state The Chautauqua culture will not be in it All through tho establishment aro the usual little signs PLEASE DOXOT Toccuj to which have been added placards placed upon the Roman couches Please do not Rest upon this Bed I suppose the next sign put up as a warning to the great American Amer-ican hog will be Please do not Bathe in This PooL Between 4 and G everybody drives to Moons on Saratoga lake Here you may see tho world the flesh and the other fellow in all their omnipotence Beautiful women highrollers actresses clubmen bookmakers bookmak-ers and belles an extraordinary jumble Everybody has a bird or a bit of fish and oppas n bottle Then comes the drive hme up past the race track or around by the famous Geyser and Vichy springs a change of dress dinner the evening concert con-cert or hop and thus the days go by in splendid monotony I II HOUSE or PTJJZA For monotony it is after alL I am glad to have seen Saratoga As Newport is the grande dame of summer resorts so is Saratoga I Sara-toga the griselte It is worth seeing with Its crowds its lassez alter atmosphere its effervescence its cosmopolitan character but it is tho last place on earth I should wish to spend a summer in Of course I was anxious to nee Mrs Xiaytln and her gowns A TVOJLLX WHO BOASTS OF XINETTEIGHT COSTUMES is something of a sight She was pointed out to me the first afternoon I was in Saratoga Sara-toga She has rather a pretty face with big grey eyes and wears solitaires in her ears considerably bigger than her eyes She has a plump rather graceful figure But her gown I When I saw it says I to myself says I If you Peggy were to wear such a gown as that people would call it a dud Itwas a mussed white China silk with full sleeves and flounces of a Vivid yellow There was a yellow hat and N parasol and white shoes and gloves It was to be sure bizarre and striking enough but it was not fresh and smart Mrs Lay tin Is not as well dressed as usual today I heard one piazza gossip say to another Mrs Laytin is growing careless was the answer At tho hop the other night she wore a pink frock with a goodsized rip in tho back which showed her black corsets cor-sets There is an eccentric PLETHORIC WIDOW at the Grand Union a character well known in New York She is rich and delights de-lights to pose as a patron of art and literature litera-ture At her httlo house on Fifth avenue she is pleased to draw her skirts and her friends about her and hola a species of salon Apropos the following droll story I i was told me in Saratoga At one of these I entertainments a carriage stopped at the I door and a large box was brougnt and carefully Ii care-fully carried up stairs Tho size of the box I I attracted the attention of some of the guests I and they ventured to ask what it could be i and were informed that it contained the I body of their hostess husband who had died out west The lady thought it was I scarcely worth while to disturb the festivities festivi-ties because of its inopportune arrival and so ordered it stored away safely upstairs until she could spare time to put it under he daisies One of tho very prettiest women at the Grand Union isms is-ms JUDGE HAJIPTOX FERRILL of Savannah Sho is the bride of a man many years older than hersolf and looks like a girl in her teens She is a Titian haIred beauty and wore the morning she was pointed out to me an exquisite gown of white and lavender silk with a jaunty white sailor Her husbands niece Miss Maude Ferrill dAntignac a dainty petite blonde is pronounced by experts far and away the most perfect dancer in Saratoga Last season she was the unquestioned belle among the visitors but this season owing to poor health she has not been so gay She Is a bit of pink and white tyranny being addicted to those hues At the races one day last week she was all in white and at a hop the other evening she was winsome in pink chiffon trimmed with pearls Miss dAnticnacs younger sister a debutante one of the jolliest girls here Sho dives in for fun every time and takes downright enjoyment in a romp A VEUT PUTTY GulL Another beautiful and fascinating Southern South-ern girl is Miss Ruth Dewell the daughter of apracticing physician in Saratoga Tho Oewells were formerly from Kansas She is a tall superbly developed girl of medium height being neither a pronounced blonde nor brunette Yellow evening gowns and fawn colored street costumes are charc teres tic of this young belle = = Vi1 SCHOOL JIAAMS RESORT Among Saratoga residents Mrs Colonel elements of Congress Hall IB called the most beautiful woman in town She has a regal air rosy cheeks and grey hair and looks about thirty years old though she acknowledges several years more The Clement family is said to be the handsomest in town tho children vieing with their mother in good looks Another fine looking and brilliant woman is Mrs WEbringor niece of the lato eminent lawyer William Augustus Beach Is it not nice to have the name of being the most sensible and the sweetest tempered temper-ed girl in Saratoga Thats what is said of Miss Annie Lamont who is staying at the United States > Think of it Not the most stylish the most beautiful the most graceful grace-ful but the sweetest and most sensible If I were a man Id look Miss Lamont up Miss Jennie Briggs A TOtING HEIRESS was pointed out to me at one of the morning morn-ing concerts Sho is a plump and pleasing blonde with an abundance of wavy hair Sho was richly dressed in black lace and held a black chiffon parasol over her yellow head A superb horse woman is Mrs Charles Arnold wife of the manager of the Commercial Com-mercial Telegraph company Mrs Arnold drives her own horses a span of black thoroughbreds in a manner to excite universal uni-versal admiration She is tall dark and rather distinguished in appearance She is very ambitious ot social distinction There is quito a romance connected with her marriage mar-riage She was a telegraph operator in the office of Scranton and Willard in Saratoga Mr Arnold fell in love with her when ho was taking stock quotations from her in the office I saw Mrs Arnold in a tan silk gown with a smart Louis Quinze brocaded coatTwo Two men seemed to be having the best possible time on the Grand Union piazza this morning Marshall P Wilder was telling some new stories to Herbert Johnson John-son Bostons pet singer Johnson is a big jolly fellow who looks like Frank Lincoln and andHIS HIS LAUGHTEi SETS EVERYONE ShIlLING Johnson will be heard in New York this winter for the first time His voice is superb his methods musicianly He has been selected from all the Boston tenors to sing at the coming Worcester festival wnere ho will sing for the first time in this country in Mr Bridges oratorio the Repentance Re-pentance of Ninevah r ALONG THE DRIVE Once every season all tho social barriers are thrown down and everybody is allowed to attend the garden party in tho grounds of tho Grand Union This is of course an opportunity for those women who aro mov itatr heaven and earth to get into sassioty Think of all the jealousies the rivalries the heartaches the disappointments a season sea-son at any of the fashionable watering places entails The tears that ore shed over snubs and slights would sink the White squadron Apropos here is a conversation overheard over-heard by the writer the other evening on this very topio which may point a moral Two women were conducting the argument argu-ment One was a stately handsome brunette bru-nette beautifully dressed but with a constant con-stant frown between her pretty eyebrows She was the wife of a wealthy Albany man The other woman was a bread winner a happygolucky little body whoso gowns are few and not made by a Fifth avenue dressmaker The handsome brunette said with emphasis Oh it makes mo wild to be snubbed by the peoplo who have more money than II get so enrageddont youP Not a bit said the other lazily It never troubles me It is au contra ire rather amusing Oh how can you feel that way I get so furious I cry from vexation Thats because you are ambitious to enter en-ter society is It not I suppose so rather reluctantly Well now if you were a Bohemian like me earning your bread by the sweat of your brow you wouldnt care a flip if someone some-one tried to snub you I wondered as I listened which one of the two was the happier woman PEGGY PENDENXIS SARATOGA August 311891 |