Saratoga in 1901 | ||
CONTENTS
PAGE.
UP THE HUDSON—Off for Saratoga
1Horse-Racers 2
Gamblers 3
Clergymen 5
The old Pilot 6
SARATOGA—Preparing for the
Great Race 7Longfellow 8
Lo! the Poor Indian 10
Joke 10
STEEPLE CHASE 11
Jockeys 12
Jake 12
Albert 13
GRAND STAND 14
The Ladies on the Grand
Stand—Betting 16
ARTEMUS WARD 17
TRAVERSE'S JOKE 19
PHILOSOPHY 19
CONGRESS SPRING, Saratoga 20
The Statistics of Saratoga 20
Early Settlement 22
Growth of Saratoga 22
The Old United States 23
The Race Track 24
Use of the Waters 24
Analysis of Springs in a Nut-Shell
25
RACES—FUN—PERSONAL 26
Horse Talk 26
A PARTY OF TAMMANYITES 27
The Round Lake Camp Meeting
28Funny 28
Who is Here? (Personal) 28
LOVE AND GEOGRAPHY 31
GINX'S BABY 32
THE BLOOD OF HARRY LEE 35
The Story—Calhoun and Webster's
Big Hearts 35
GEN. SHERMAN TALKS 38
Sherman's Story 39
Presidential 40
Emperor Grant 41
VIFUN BETWEEN THE HOUSES 43
Yankee Jews 45
Indignation 45
Dainty Dishes 45
Extreme of Vice 46
Gambling 46
SPRINKLED—New Spring, Jessie
Crane 47New Indian Spring 48
Fizz 48
Walking Sticks 49
SARATOGA TURN-OUTS 50
MOON ON THE LAKE 53
Rich Sam Duncan 54
Poor Sam Duncan 54
Old “Frank Waddell” Bottle 54
Potatoes (The Secret) 56
SARATOGA GOSSIP 57
Levity at the Clarendon 57
Joke 58
Groesbeck on the War Path 58
Self-made Men 58
“Poker” 59
The First Masquerade 61
Masquerade Generally 62
Brown's Boys 62
The Pirates 63
Ancient Henry 64
Uncle Hank in the Grocery 64
CONGRESS SPRING 68
Dreadful Developments 69
No Word of Hope 70
Our Correspondent Expelled 71
Lan— Invited to Go 72
The Exile's Return 74
ELI PERKINS' SERMON 75
The Contrast 76
Among Gentlemen 76
The Newest Sensation 76
These Cretonne Suits 77
Gentlemen's Toilets 77
Dressing at Saratoga 77
Benches in Congress Spring
Park 78Statistics 78
SARATOGA AMUSEMENTS 80
One More Joke 81
Eli Perkins Preaches on
Prices 82Feeing Waiters 83
Hats 84
Eli is Lan— 84
PICTURES 85
A beautiful Christian 85
Full Dress Ball at Congress
Hall 87Married Ladies with Beautiful
Children 87
LOVE IN A GRAVEYARD 89
The Old Sexton 89
EPITAPHS 92
THE EFFECT OF THE SNAKE
STORY—A JOKE 96SARKASUM 98
THAT HORRIBLE BUCK 100
REV. ELI PERKINS 102
Types 103
FLIRTING 105
When Fred's a Flirt 106
MEYERS AND THE CEDAR
BLUFF 108GRAND HOP AT THE CLARENDON
111Swells 112
KISSES 114
GRAND SOCIAL CONGRESS 116
At the Clarendon 117
Committee on Incomes 118
Committee on Pedigrees 118
Committee on Flirtation 118
Committee on Dress 119
Other Committees 119
The Intriguing Committee 120
These Terrible Developments 120
A CHRISTIAN ACT 121
Subscriptions 122
PORTRAITS—Geo. H. Bissell,
B. F. Beekman, Chas. Wall,
John R. Cecil, Hugh J.
Hastings, Col. A. Boody, Jas.
H. Breslin, Peter Gilsey, Col.
Abeil Heywood 123Fun 124
Awful Profanity 124
COL. FISK OF THE 9th 125
FASHIONABLE SOCIETY AT
THE CIRCUS 127Affecting Incident 128
“Society People” 130
Our Circus Mirror 131
Personal 131
An Episode of War 132
More Personal 133
Toilets 133
Guests Present—Very Personal
134Eli Perkins of Connecticut 136
VIIJOKE—EVERYBODY SOLD 137
Fun at Dinner 139
SARATOGA CROWDS 140
Old Dog Brave 141
MR. PERKINS GOES TO THE
CLARENDON 142A Poor Man 143
CLARENDON 145
Watching the Balcony 145
JOSH BILLINGS INTERVIEWED
147MR. PERKINS MOURNS BECAUSE
HE DOES NOT
DANCE THE ROUND
DANCES 150Terrible Development 150
Eli in Tears 152
ECLIPSE OF THE GAS WORKS 153
To Sleep 156
THE GREAT SCANDAL CASES
—Barons and Judges Implicated
158The Joke a Success 159
SARATOGA INDIAN STORY—
Lena and Oronta Disappear
in Congress Spring 163THE DEFEAT OF LONGFELLOW—The
Breaking of Old
John Harper's Heart 169A Funeral and a Wedding 169
After the Race 271
ELI CRAZY ON STATISTICS—
Multiplication, Addition, and
Substraction 172More Statistics 173
The Other Hotel Statistics 176
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA 177
The Colored Troops 179
The Gun Boats 179
The Battle Rages 180
THE PERKINS FAMILY 182
SARATOGA IN 1901—Eli an Old
Man 191Europe 193
Dropped Down at Long
Branch 193Through the Air to Saratoga 195
How the Young Ladies were
Dressed 196Intemperance 198
NEW YORK IN 1901—Fashion's
Changes 201GOING TO PARTIES IN 1901 204
CANT WORDS IN 1901 207
New American Dictionary 208
Ritualism in 1901—Candles
Versus the Sun 212Church of the Imitation Candles
215
SARATOGA AGAIN IN 1901 221
Congress Spring Dries Up 222
Growth of Saratoga 222
Longfellow and Uncle John
Harper 223The Boys 224
VALE 226
HOME AGAIN 227
NEW YORK—At Ball & Black's 231
ELI CONFESSES HIS SINS 234
FIFTH AVENUE FLIRTING 236
I Like to be Loved 236
Julia's Idea 238
FLIRTING 241
NEW YEAR'S CALLS 245
ALBERT AND JULIA 249
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