New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-05
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
THE FAMOUS SOUTHERN RESORT.

THE EAMOio OOO
,,vxcrs BETWEEN SOUTHERN AND NohihN"N
w.ryRryG-PLAcE LIFE AND ADJUSTMENTS
,s,oSAI CORRESPONDENT OF THE IkibuNa-i
'Wu,rK SULPHUR SPRINGS, West va, Juno i,e
q, sTbs White" as this watering place - f -
-. T., the SOUTH rs filling up. but the acres oi
kho" ,are rather yacanty at the long rows OF UNI
i"aa Cottages The immensely OF the place o"aris
rv which would lend prosperous air W 'e
- Generously planned 1t Is an advah'aRe' vi w. :,
-. there should be only one hotel; IL pefmies A
-arniaeence and vastness Impossible o,hern s,,
,nates single. direct impression. FOR 'no q, white
I'm snr,nes Hotel is not only the sole hoiei ,h
-'.nr snr,.es: 1T Is White Sulphur Springs. ~
n,a,e and with its full summer population 'no -
v,uaae within a-hundred miles Inc P
.rsyb and express onices are within rue s a.. sasv
The Springs are a hollow whieh o' ra,her mild
slopes Of Gil of hills that s'ise aggressive
for West Virginia In perfectly 9eios 49," ~. HOY
". 49,, nretty scene that meets ones gaze ss ~. ~
49, a. a,.r under tho curious plartd oome WIN ~
o,san statue of Hygea on top ana one u'es Nv
a., ,.ss for the suggestion OF SARATOGA IA '.e IVY a.,
sra,ns nor the fatal familiarity OF the nou''' ,,
Pennies the dpper-3oy sr ", ,rre COM
90 group of baltimore girls with their pi's" .'s
nd generous forms down into tne pa'iiio"
,ed in ,he nyarable. white of southern morning oo
, ,,rs and escorted oy an equal hunoei ~ 800 ;,
thai AS at Saratoga, scenery is scarcely w. - -,
,no.e who gang on pilgrnaees 10 the " n''e US A.,
greatly resorted to for the virtues Oh the
ss hand but it Is the thing to offer ones sen ap ~
e flor bres kfa st. and wheI write IN u 9 mpoie
ass,t Of brown piazza, the festival or sacrinoo " "
cav progress a hundred yards below.
The xalue of the White TO the Soutnron 10 'na' Al" -
ono ma kpows and Is offered the spectacle OF 'aS'
r,etv Of oersonages whom he would IKE W Ano"
coveruors Senators, Representatives ra""v "
.csrs These have not yet come IN consiuei"'i0 .
- ,horgb the names OF several are on the reRister'
49,, ,ba, friends and those who wish TO DC such are "
Ginning TO arrive, and these with the large NO" VI
s,.,t visitors which commenced Win tue olchiiS' "
* and those inveterate white rreqoeh'ers "uo
come from summer 10 summer ana stay e'ie SeaS'n
GENTLY rescue the halls iron desola'ion' anu ~" aN
nr,ohten AT least a portion OF the veranda' Inc Su"
80 Z, - comnlained has not yet been warm enough
q. rsvs peope 60 the mountains; but II one may Juoso
from the torrd heat that compassed u certain o
peske and Ohio train few afternoons since anu ''.' -
throbbng waves against the long lines Oh "moo" s"s'
Tins a. NOT likely to re long grievance In iscs no
ast oopulstion Increases from day to DAY, anu 'n'
-, ,,ning-room viii presently be called into use
an; Il, one of the numerous things about the springs
which tempt the statistical IL is probably the Kes.
s,,ng room In use the United States as IL Is cia
90 he AT least impossible to distinguish io"s M"
,aes ar the distance of its length IL is conveniently
,srea from the portico by numerous doors In away
,h, reminds one of Nblos Garden, and enc Is toio e
=. 9, ,oned with two kitchens and $50 walters when III
so II Is far from being handsome rooin anu ihaeeu
NO mart of the imprcsses the Northern eye AS nue. IA
any luality save in bgness The structure ID oun'
plainly of wocd and It's interior appointments arc
,mple 20 the verge of The furniture ls WIFI
out exception plain, the chairs In the lanes orunas ~
the present used as dining being OF the rnaest
.,,sh- ON kind and the chamber n)ors Dieagrcy
oyrred with single strip OF mating But tins rs chai
er,st,e of all southern and so long as TIE cu
ia more than fair-is respectfully maintained
the pafrons of the house do not grumbie.
II As n salts fling thing to sander up ana oo"h tue
had portce at the front OF the house after supper
IT, EVENING IA cool-the days, which very
.rn, are always followed ny mild and sgreable nights
and the ladies are wrapped in their feecy NANTES as
they Sit talking in their rich, vibrant southern Voces
Tns men M their wide brimmed hats, expansive sre
bosoms and boots cit chatting with theh or
when Younger in modified dress walk Will tnem. lne
,sa,es narlor opening upon the vetaada il Dliiabt
with e, enag COSTUMES From the readihE-roo.n Soo
occasional sounds pf political dissussiCD. String
S MAYS some where ia the magnificent distance OF the
nortco street lamps Iiauine Tue white faces OF Tue
sse VIII soon Te filled It long MAX
through the grounds along the Trasei wa1 1 h,s
cruising branch" below the spfing, pasl Tue c'v
house among bathouses ana BACK W smo'hor u
tie MALT dozen that surround thc hoie
but tne pleasantly assorted pairs VINO 20 oMn tnr steps
talking nerestey 40 not apparently ds9 voc mead
these nails and piazzas knew twenty years soc
slrs now in tDe midst less cheerful scenes perhaps
even s sons dc not that they AFFORD the annua
visit TO the White which their Doynoed remembers IL
"a their chiluren VINO 10
fnrr cotton clio "a with power furnished by the stream
beside winch the cotton grew-1 ihey eau De Piosc"
An iInat are 10 relew pleasant old custom hean
While rms Is the resort of those, mostly IN trade,
whom the dealt more gently wltn or WHO nave re-
coyere IRON the bow these are numerous enough
vita the increasing body Of Northern visitors ana Tue
new abundant tide from the West 10 malntan tne
Taitis OF ancient gayety. The PLANTER he Should
com would probably lament that the White Is nor
wat IL was" But the uninstructed vision IL Is
very well as IL ThUse here exhibit at least
credabe Imitation OF euioy and take their pleas
ure m "A tuuruughy reasonable DIT corous spirit Inc
ambition the SOuthercr s not Tor the more viva
forms OF amusement. lie goes IN very faintiy Tor
gidet baruess and lveries and village carts; conspar-
atsyey little driving done; even tennis Is not played
automatically; there are few festal attempts oil any
kind beyond the regular hotel hops. The requnters o
the White ind their account III drinking the sulphur
pats In the exchange OF calls cottages, In oc
easona drives track, dancing aud the arts
Irritation aud matchmaking. IL has not the stir ana
restless energy Northern watering place lie; but The
people who come mere to do admirably without
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