National Republican., 1882-09-08
THE GREENBRIER." "
SCENES AT THE WHITE SULPHUR.
Gathering or Distinguished People at These
Noted Springs-Personals-Gam Gambling at tho
COttages-Katc's Mountain "A Start
ling Legond-0ther Notes.

cical or tragic. Probably at no watering place in
America is the social status of its patrons on so
nearly an even grade of equality as here but with
the little divergence socially there is personally
wonderful difference. The crowd does not seem
TO be heterogeneous In its character-an indistin-
guishable group of humans going to make dis
tinguished whole 1t is more like breathing
living mosaic. whose every piece Is interesting
from some point of view. Here and there you run
across men with histories as long rs the common
law; though in some Instances, l am sorry TO
write, not pure as tho moral. AT every step you
pass people
WHO ARE TIE POWERS THAT BE
in their own particular neishborhood, and bear
ing that stamp which marks the man Of position.
The distinguished Southerner, think, looks what
he is more than an important Northerner. FER
haps above Mason and Dixon's line the mnscu;,
line mind does not take as kindly to personal
conceit. Another thing about the White, and one
i'll which II is decidedly different from other sum
mer resorts, is the fact that nearly all the guests
come from hygicnc motives. While the kaleido-
scopc life gives the tired mind its needed recrea-
tion, the water repairs the tissues and cleans
out the system uutil n broken down invalid feels
MS lively and viyacious rs three-year old. L
don't mean by any means to say that drinking the
water is the only thing done here. There nie too
many fasces TO the crystal of the mind TO allow 1t
to concentrate lis light OH any single IKE. Inc
people, and great many of the OH ones, buck
the tiger and drink, and ng eat many of all ages
drink and drink, although 1t is said that
ALCOHOL AND THE SULPHUR WATER
are terrible bodily enemies when tucked under
the skin the same day. As for the dancing drink
ers, they have rs pleasant time as possible.
baIi every 10 uipht so5thprn Women certSinIy
waltz to perfection. 10 staid church deacon,
who knows that birthstone beds await In the iu-
turo every giddy glider but who Is fond of sympho-
nics of grace and melodies Of elegance, there can
| be no more satisfying delight than an hour spent
during the evening in the ballroom watching tho
| happy b.aux aud handsome bellies chasing time
into eternity to tho rhythmicnl music of Strauss or
| Audran. There are some girls here who posses
I 3 t1,.r tatt Hpn IN nI
| lion at the same lime. The belle is probably Miss
Cross, very wealthy young lady OF BaltimYre, 3h;,
John s. Cuttings. Misses Breckinbrldge and
| Woodbridge of Kentucky, the Misses Whiting of
| New York, and Miss Mary Mercer of Baltimore,
Miss c. But
THE BEAux ourNuMDER THE BELLIES,
and every of the latter, from the homeliest tc
that would make capitol Hin SIR 70 crazy Mr.
/ Harry Delaney, the wealthy Virginian Mr.. Ham,
ilton, OF Kentucky Mr.. Johnson, of Arkansas,
| inent beaux; but tue handsomest young man here
| Is Mr.. James Augustine OF Richmond, who nr-
rived only yesterday, but who will undoubtedly
| Speaking of handsome men, reminds mo that
Hon. j. Amber smith, the PBr9ospectye CO.
Sfa IN quS nis dcicaea heat has % BEEN herS @
| for some time and has been greatly benefited by
the water TO return to our mutton, having dis.
| posed of those who drink and dance, will take
up those who gamble and drink, Just below the
| row of cottages ycept Paradise rises n large
| modern looking building, in whose magnificent
| interior reposcs thetger-tlat animal iii whose
yelvety paws turks the cruel talons that tear a
is called, is directed by George HILL
THE RICHMOND GAMBLER,
and the familiar Bob Teel is one of the dealers.
| Tho faro and roulette room occupies nearly the
entire lower foor, leaving space Tor commodious
| supper room at the northern end In the upper
stories are the poker rooms and the sleeping apart
ments of the dealers. Everything is lifted up in
| luxuriou, Style; Fine velvet carpets line the
floors. The ceilings and walls are handsomely
decorated, and the chandeliers are exquisite. The
silver supper service is very heavy and rich, and
the supper served nightly is nothing short of a
are gallons OF liquors and boxes of cigars freely
| accessible to patrons. There are not many faro
players, but our national game Of poker has hun;
| dreds of adherents, who know the value of hand
as well as General Schenck. or those who drink
and drink twere better perhaps to say nothing,
but the very few intoxicated, persons have seen
speaks volumes for the habits of the guests-or
| perhaps their capacity! My experience at water
Ing places has been very abbreviated, but common
sense tells me that the White is managed with
consummate ability.
THE LONG LINES OF COTTAGES
and the main hotel which they surround are
models of neatnes, and comfort The first thing
that strikes visitor is the extreme cleanliness of
| the place. The well-kept lawns and walks, the
fresh, sweet looking cottages, the dustless floors
creases with longer experience. The linen, both
table and bedroom, is snowy white, and one can
|
sheets at any rate aud that consciousness carries
content with 1t that is as narcotic as morphine.
The, attendants are universally polite, from the
clerks down to errand boys, and the excellent
manner in which one is taken care Of reflects great
credit on that famous prince of managers, Colonel
| George l.. Peyton. Of course there are crowds of
prominent people here; in fact, nearly all the
visitors are well known, MIR; w w. Corcoran, who
occupies a cottage with Bishop Pinkney, has
| greatly improved, thanks to the water. He has
no regular physician, his only indisposiuon being
an occasional visit of indigestion and he has re-
.lnrf, Ian aetar
his serious
BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA
some months since. Bishop Pinkney is also well:
General Williamson, ex- Commissioner of the Land
Office, arrived this morning, accompanied by
| Mrs. w. aud their smallest child. The General
only weighs $50 now, but hopes to pick up little
palatable water. Mr.. ]. W. Pilling also arrived
Today, bringing Mrs. pilling, Mr.. and Mrs. Rev.
erdy bangersld left after two weeks sisy on
very popular and her departure was extremely
at our Metropolitan in the winter, presdes over q
portion of the hotel-oifice here.
HIS DIAMOND PIN HAS GROWN
wonderfully In this beneficial climate, and when
the electric light went out the other night no one
| knew it; Eds pin supplied q perfect flood OF
Drummond light brilliancy. Charles L. wortham,
jr, and VIII Neeson, of Richmond, are also lend
ing additional grace TO the White at present. OF
course there are newspaper men here and our
sacred circle is quite dazzling at present: Thanks
| to the presence of Max Cuthbert, the New York
HsraFS Southern correspondent, and Piccolo"
Piazzin the New York Associated Press manager
| In Richmond. The doughty Maxamil liun sug-
| gested the other night that it would be good
plan for us 10 send the Times and Tribune bottle
of water to help purify the editorials but assured
him they were as far beyond pnriieation as the
kidwell Bottoms. Pic" swearS he likes the water,
but fellow with such horrible name necessarily
has depraved taste But he makes up in good
| fellowship what his name lacks i'll rhythmic sweet
ness. This morning
WENT OVER TO KATE's MOUNTAIN,
| pine clad steep that cleaves the clouds about a
mile and u half from the hotel. The view from
the summit was sublime. but had no heart for
| landscape loveliness as had Just been told u
hearrending legend that clings 10 the mount.
According to the way understand u the sad tale
runs about as follows Long years before the natal
day of Susan b. Anthony, before the prmeval
forest had fallen beneath the Caucnsaus out
rageOus axe, and when only the festive Tedskin
made periodical visits TO the spring here, there
resided In the valley, abou: where the grand stand
now raises It's majestic head, an Indian, who.
as usual had s9uaw She was as beautiful as
warrior with an alteration that was glorious in its
sublimity. His greasy locks We're to her strands
tt for being woven into kings robes. His ZOO
logical skin was dearer to her than an actress is
to city editor, and she would sit for hours and
gaze upon his painted face, believing It 10 be love-
lier than anything po Yinci, or even Ross Turner,
ever dared 10 paint. Each streak of ochre was q
poem; every decided daub song. But The
Man Who -Butt-the- -Iocomotve-O did
not return Mrs locomotives affection with that
ul-stirrlng interest which characerzes the low
ing husband.
HE MADE FREQUENT RAIDS
Of a cruel character upon her and she usually
wore brown eye and u black orb ut the same
time. He compelled her 10 carry as much water
as West Point plebe,' and usually let her cut a
the possibly evil effects OF the sulphur water she
drank. Then, again. he was not us true as the
needle 10 the pole by very large majority. lie
frequently made excursions over TO the wigwam
Of Man. Who Likes. Doughnuts, and literally Sc,
up to Miss Doughnut. Mrs. Locomotive, of course
wepl and walled. but she loved him just thesame
| nd atn Ea a harpina np :