considerable merit has been found in several other places in the
village and its vicinage, which, if situated elsewhere, would
doubtless excite marked attention and popularity, but in the midst of
Saratoga's brilliant galaxy and in the absence of any distinguishing
peculiarity, they possess at present "no name."




DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE WATERS.[B]


The CATHARTIC waters, as a cathartic, should be taken only
before breakfast in the morning, and possibly before retiring at
night, because in the morning the body, refreshed by sleep, is best
prepared for the water, and the stomach is empty. Two or three glasses
are usually sufficient, if drank within a short interval and only a
few minutes before breakfast. Many physicians attribute the cathartic
effect to the "stimulus of distention" as well as to the absorption of
the mineral properties, and for this purpose the water should not be
sipped but _drank_. Before eating, the sipping of a little tea or
coffee will make the waters more efficacious.

None of the cathartic waters should be drank in _large quantities_
immediately before, during or within two hours after meals, as they
are then liable to disturb digestion and prevent nutrition.

[Illustration: WASHING AND FILLING.]

When suffering from a cold the cathartic waters should be avoided.