The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-04

,r,rrp rpoM LADY yfsIToR-A CALICO BALL
.Sp OTHER BALLs--pANcISs THE CUBAN, ETC.
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch]
WARM SPRINGS, August IS, 1879.
Dear Observation-Disclosures allow me space IN
your charming paper for few lines aoou,
this delightful watering-placc: we woulo
like so much for the ar0rld to know no" I'D,
tensely we are enjoying ourselves mere, ana
how very comfortable we all are. we could
scarcely be otherwise while we have sucn
host and hostess as Colonel Eubank ana ms
sister. Mrs. Lee. to look after our "ei,''le'
They are, indeed, n host within themselves
and leave nothing undone that can con'il
butte in the smallest degree TO the comfort VI
their numerous visitors. rms IS no" 'ne
heighth of the season. and parlor, oa'i-fooili,
md lawn are made bright with gay anu JOY
Gus faces. Here we are enjoying the purest
mir. the finest bath, and The most delishtiui
fare that can be found in the Virginia noun
,ains Here we have the choicest society
gathered together from all the different
States and here we are sociable, and not
stiff and cramped, as is too often the case at
nlaces of public resort. The visitors often
remark, "This seems go much like home !:
we have such a ome.feeling here" But let
me tell YOU something about our balls, which
have ali been perfectly successful. Besides
several dress-balls, which in richness of dress
and parade of beauty could not be eXcelled,
we had OH last Monday night week ago
"Caiico Ball." Now, you may think that
is not much to boast OF, but could you have
witnessed the beautiful effect of those calico
dresses. gotten UP in every fancltu style
rould YOU have heard the inspiring strains
of the band and watched the graceful move
ments of the dancers, am sure you would
have agreed with the majority, that nothing
could have been more a1m0poS. Then, on
last Saturday night, we had Phantom Ball.
Did YOU ever see one? The effect was
chostly indeed. Imagine dimly-llghted
room. the band playing dirgc-like march,
and company Of phantoms, large and small,
marching slowly around, the procession
headed by his Satanic Majesty, looking
dreadful. with horns and coven feet and
sulphuric attire. If we had not known bet
ter we should have thought the welrd-llkc
COMPANY were indeed the shadowy inhabi-
tants of another sphere, and Judging by the
presence Of the leader, not happy sphere
either. We were awc.struck, but when the
march ceased and the ghosts took partners
for the stately quadrile our fears com.
menccd TO vanish, for we soon recoSnlzed
by the peculiar steps and carriage oil each
who our ghosts were anu our ic.is nett
completely dispcllcd when, little later, the
masks were removed and we behcld the ia-
miIiar flces Of our phantoms, who now
Joined in the gayest dances with cim not
supposed to be enjoyed by ghosts. we
must say, too, that the grave-like babili-
ments were exceedingly becoming to some
of our lady friends. Within the past week
we have had the "Cuban" introduced-a
dance extremely spirited and graceful, and
enjoyed by all. / could write pages about
the grand old mountains by which we are
surrounded-the pleasures Of eNcursionists,
the glorious sunsets viewed from FIagrock,
and our many and varied sources of amuse-
ment-but for fear of firing your patience
will only say, in conclusion, that we would
that all the world could be as happy as are
our little band of congcnial spirits here in
this Warm Springs Valley and at the Warm
Springs Hotel. W. +. NJ.