The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-12
For the Dispatch.
r,7,a HFurueuOt Ball.

know the White Sulphur is glorious
place but the summer gaieties Of the State
are not confined to its wild blue hills and
mountain ranges.
"Twilight was deepening with tinge OF eve"
and clustering gems were just beginning to
lot the yelled bosom Of the dark, when the
| rattle of approaching vehicles and the shout
Of merry voices announced that the Hugue-
not bali was near at hand. Local partlcI-
pants in the coming pleasures of the eve
ming listened with eager ear to catch from
he mingled murmur below the famlliar
voice of friends whose arrival they doubling
" hoped for, not knowing whether to leave
the fattcring mirror and sacrifice for one
moment the fascinating reflection OF them
selves for o sly peep through the lattice.
But women are not like men, and curiosity
.riumphed over vanity, thus aitordlng them
m unobseryed observation Of what was
5oing on below. :.
But the ball oh, the ball. The PLAIN
i've strains of II Bacio called wandering
jewellers to the dance, and the t1nkhnS 1ee'
Of youth and beauty soon made mimic hu-
sic on the well-waxed floor. AGAIN may
Richmond boast the beauty OF her daugh-
ters. and this old queen of States forget her
rricfs rs she shows to the admiring world
her children, saying, I" These are my Jew
els.n
-'sNc'er was matrons brow
More richly gemmcd than is Virginia now
Entering the suppcr-room, l found an
ample and superintendent provision lor the
quests. The tables gave proof OF the nos
oitality of the proprietor, Col. Norvell Cobb,
surpassed only by the cordial, attabie, Old
Virginia welcome, which he extends to his
delighted guests, and the kind and constant
attention which he bestows on their every
comfort and pleasure. Supper being over,
we returned to the ballroom, invigorated
by our refreshing feast, to begin the eve.
ming anew, striving to drown the voice OF
propriety-which limited it was time to go
by STAYING to listen to the music, and
dancing for fear of wounding the musicians.
| could not decide who was the beauty OF
the evening: but Richmond mother would
have smiled with pride to see her fair
haired daughter blushingly receive beau
.iful magnolia awarded by committee OF
gentlemen to the handS0mcSt woman in the
room. In short, the ball was grand sue
cess; and it was long, long past midnight,
when "farcwells " felt the first touch OF
sadness on the eve of joy; and echo stole
with stealthy tread back to her woodland
wilds, wearied with answering to the call
of glce and gladness.
But the pleasures of the Hugucnot
Springs are not confined to ball-nishts and
borrowed beauties. Its charms are kccnly
appreciated by its permanent guests. Every
effort IS made bv the proprietor and the at
taches in every department TO heighten
their pleasure and enjoyment. The most
fastidious cpicurc would pronounce the fare
delicious, and all who seek health plenty
and comfort, will find it here.
The ball is over, and is gradually being
forgotten III the anticipated delights OF
Thursday and Saturday evenings, which
consists of tableaux, charades, domino par
ties, etc. The scenes and characters are
admirably selected and cast, and we can
wish for no greater success than that it will
equal the ball. A GUEST.