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“SOCIETY PEOPLE.”

One of the most interesting features of the gathering was
viewed from a society stand-point.

Some of the most dilettante beaux and belles of Saratoga
County were present. The toilets were generally remarked by
the Clarendon ladies to be superb.

As, writing from the great American watering-place, I am
expected to give fashionable news, toilets and dresses, I write the
following from notes taken on the spot.

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[ILLUSTRATION] [Description: 628EAF. Page 131. In-line Illustration. Image of a clown holding up a hoop. In the hoop is an image of a group of people. There is a little dog in a clown-collar also.]

I write of this grand
“society” event for
the benefit of “society”
people in New
York—people who
read “society” newspapers
and dote on
having their charity
ball-dresses done up
by the fashion writers.
Personality is my aim,
for it is just “the
cheese” now-a-days to
call a young lady's
name and hold her up
to the gaze of the public
as my “society”
clown holds up the hoop mirror full of fashionables who went to
the circus.