Life — September 8, 1887 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE- SARATOGA. LIFE'S vacation Editor reached Saratoga on Saturday last and registered at the Jewnited States Hotel, as this popular caravan- sary is now called in deference to the prevailing religious beliefs of its patrons. It had been the correspondent's intention to pass a quiet Sabbath at the great Spa, but his experience at Long Branch had misled him as to the number of Hebrews left outside of its hospitable limits and he had no idea that by arriving at his destination on Saturday evening he would catch the Sabbath at ebb-tide. So it was, however, and instead of a quiet Sabbath a Saturnalian Sunday was the order of the day. To say that he enjoyed himself is putting it in its mildest form, At five o'clock Sunday morning he arose from his downy couch, and, accompanied by Mrs, Maurice Von Hommerheimer, he visited Hathorn Spring and indulged in a glass of Appolonaris water while his fair escort sipped the bubbling Hathorn through a straw. At seven, while wandering over the broad piazzas of the Grand-Junion, he met the lovely Miss Minzesberg, who requested him to join her in a glass of Congress water—which he did with infinite gusto, While returning from Congress Spring, young Israel Isaacs was met. He extended a cordial invitation to the Correspondent to drive out to the Excelsior Spring and take a sip. It was an inexpensive attention, but Israel invariably gives a liberal discount to his friends who purchase their outfit at his establishment, and while the correspondent had nearly reached his capacity for mineral water, he deemed it best to accept the invitation, for economic reasons. On the return the dining-room was sought out, and a light break- fast was obtained by the very simple expedient of giving a head- waiter two dollars, a deputy-head-waiter one dollar, and a plain sim- ple negro, with a walk suited to a more kingly station, the munificent sum of fifty cents. Breakfast over the correspondent walked up to Clarendon Spring with Mr, Isaacs’ sister. Miss Isaacs had a penchant for Clarendon Spring water, andas the correspondent had never tasted it, she deemed it a golden opportunity to initiate him. The walk up Broadway was a delight. An ever varying panorama of life was on view, and the intelligent man who is capable of drawing a parallel cannot help but be reminded of the exodus of Moses and his tribes from the land of Egypt. There are slight architectural differences to be sure, but a student of naseology could not fail to be deeply impressed by the similarity of the walkers out of Egypt and the promenaders at Saratoga. ‘The Clarendon Spring water was delicious, and was very suggestive of a mixture of Croton water, worsted slippers, quinine pills and an iron barrel hoop, which the correspondent remembers having concocted for an amateur soda-water fountain in his youthful days, After drink- ing three glasses of this to convince Miss Isaacs that he liked it, the correspondent was asked if he had ever tasted the High Rock Hoping to change the subject, he replied that he thought rain was imminent and with much relevancy asked Miss Isaacs to take a ride in the circularrailway. ‘This the young lady did, dropping High Rock for the nonce, but insisting upon returning the courtesy of the ride by a bottle of ginger ale and soda-water at her expense. In self-defense the correspondent avoided all who were likely to in- vite him to indulge in mineral waters during the afternoon, The magnificent crown lands of the Stewarts served to hide him from view, and the afternoon was spent inspecting the works of art which adorn the acres of Woodlawn. water, Woodlawn is a lovely place. The treasures which its judicial pro- prietor has imported at great expense give it an air of massive grandeur, that is rarely seen outside of a cemetery. The fence around the place is a work of arteconstructed out of pure Saratoga cobble-stones in the rough, with an occasional bit of relief in the shape ‘of a Philadelphia brick gateway, the piers surmounted by marble statues of various goddesses clad chiefly in smiling innocence. Where there is a bit of lawn not specially adapted to the erection of a monument, the tasteful owner has supplied massive marble urns which give a warmth to the scene rarely found off the equator. In the centre of the park are some five or six magnificent residences belonging to the lord of the manor and his immediate family. The princely proprietor has but two houses at present, one for summer and one for the winter, but it is hoped if business is good that a spring cottage and a fall cabin will be erected before the year is up. 1. Old Goozle feels young enough to join in a game of leap-frog with the buys. 2. But through a slight: miscalculation he cowes to grief. ‘ . He goes to the nearest police station te surrender himself for manslaughter. comicbooks.com