Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
SULPHUR SPRINGS.
A Chatty Letter from the Summer
Southern Capital.
CLOSING OF A PROSPEROUS SEASON.
Counting Up the ScaIps-The Duties of a
Belle-Comparisons Which are Odi-
ous-PresidentiaI Canvass.
ing. ETC., Etc.

, TO exceed the arrivals; but the noise anC
turmoil, the dancing and riding, the din
Ing, The love making and the german al
crowd each other with increasing momen
tum. The bellies begin TO count the scalps
the bouquets and the suppers they have
acquired, and the beaux to hunt up tneii
dent they will not have to walk home
The governor has met the Judge, and the
general and the major have renewed
the assurances of their high con.
sideration. The girls" have had a good
time, but the mammas are beginning to
feel dubious whether the game is worth the
candle. They have brought up their filles
and entered them for the matrimonial
sweepstakes, and they have been torments
OF anxiety lest they win a mere medal, and
not substantial prize. The great bellies
at the White Sulphur come principally
from Virginia, Louisville, and New Or.
leans. Their Northern competitors are
fewer and do not make so good show with
them. But the life they have to lead here
is most laborious.
what n Belle Has 10 DO.
The life of belle, as | said, is one of
continuous hard labor, with little compen-
satiOn, and still, unlike the telegraphers.
they do not strike. After late breakfast
she begins her series OF engagements Iii.
vided by the hours and in the rress Of bus
iness into the half hours. At IL 4. NJ. she
gives an hour on the lawn; at II she has
B for half the morning German and = for
the other half; at ! r. NJ ID has his hour for
a promenade in the great parlor; T. takes
her to dinner, + has dessert with her; after
dinner Il has mis- chance at tenpins II
then takes her TO ride. Following the ride
| she takes tea, then comes the German
again; then supper and then TO bed at ,
| \. NJ. So from ~ in the morning she is on
a continual strain, and a girl will have en-
Ragen entS filling her whole time in this
way for two weeks ahead. OF course only
few reach this pinnacle of success, but
some DO. During a day girls who are sue.
! CPsSES
Dance Ten Miles and Talk Ten Hours
So the exercise OF the muscles is prodig.
| ious. The strain on the brain is not so
! great. But all this makes a changing ka.
leidc:cOpe. The women are beautiful aud
well dressed. Their manners. acquired by
| constant social life with brothers and cous.
ins and brothers friends from the time
they are six years old, have frankness,
cordisllty and grace that you do not see
elsewhere. They are pure, innocent and
charming; but they are likewise shrewd
observing, snd with as keen an eye to the
main chance as their Northern sisters.
This is great matrimonial market. Here
the great heiress from the North and the
Northwest and the "heirs" from Virginia
and the South do Congregate. Two adven-
turers have frequently been seen to meet
here, and they found mutual disappoint-
ment; but none Of these Southern girls
were ever known to be taken by .asboY.G |
SULPHUR and the great Northern watering |
places are sharp and distinct In the large |
porlor here twice or thrice day all the |
beauties s,mble to show oil their toilets.
They unite with their mothers and fathers |
in conversation. Grand danes, who in |
other DAYS visited foreign conrts, are at
tended by yOusg gentlemen, who pay 10
their position and charms OF conversation
the dCference that is due TO them, while |
their daughters or Granddaughters, IN me |
first flush Of youthful beauty, receive the
attention Of men who repre- rnt the an
clenne nohIesse of the South, whose names
are historic and whose lives have been dis
tinruishea in camp and in forum. Such IS
the society in the great parlor here: 1t IS
cultured natural and indigenous. A gen.
tlcman here who has seen great deai OF
the world remarked to your correspondent
that some of the watering places North,
which he visited recently were
The Quintessence OF SnObbery.
They had a transplantation OF foreign
WAYS and manners, and not the best ways
and manners either. The ostentatlon oil
wealth, the pomp of luxury and the am
bitten OF being distinguished Tor ciothes'
houses and horses by those who can be dis-
tirguished for not hing else are the remark.
able characteristics OF many OF them. ne
lords and the dukes, the danes ana The
diamonds the liveries, the coats OF arms
| and the footmen-all impress the American
! bystander as shoddy. pretentiOus and Brum'
! nIsgem-a poor imitation OF very poOE
! or giEal This was his estimate OF them.
! northern people who come here are var-
! ousIv Impressed. II they are agreeable
! reople and take they have chai ming
! time. Ii they are exclusive ana 9ecIne 70
/ rarticjpate in The society OF the place, they
! 10 not enjoy themselves. II the girls are
! fascinating they are taken up at once and
! are delighted with the place and the peo'
ple. IT. however they are dull ana ugly
and saw Lhey do not see how ia" southern
girls run after the men-the way they DO
and the way they do not--they nave no
! be tier time than they would anywhere e.Se.
In fact, the rule is pretty much Ike the
rest 81 the world, only pretty women and
agreeable men have more enjoyment mere
! than almost any yThere else.
Effect OF Good Dining.
! Never in the history of watering places
were there such lavish and eKtrayagant
! yr,ises of the t1blc Tho'r. one would sup
! nose that the visitors bad not oeen accus-
TONED To a square meal" It is due. how
,ver. TO the wonderful change in the ~"
sin, n q services ard the management gen
erally. Heretofore this department haa
been sadly deficient. The fare was indit'
ferent and the dining room service Simply
n,isprahle The same criticism Is equally
applicable to al Southern hotels, ana TINS
is vby a complete and exquisite bill oi
fere well served makes a continual ''nsa'
ton here snd is theme OF never endIng
remark srd congrstuiItion. fooElng IN
the South il the same low as 1t was IN the
pSlmyl
when the negroes had it sll their own way
in the kitchen. Since then there IS niue,
if any, improvement. Hence II 's that all
classes Of Visitors, including tne ooutneIn, I'm
ers, are surprised by the excellence ot me
fsTe and the really artistic manner
IN vbicb il is placed before them.
m Tbi. % has produced a needed reform
in the manner Of dining. The American
system OF devouring everything in the
shoytest possible time is abolished Inc
fare is now so tempting that proper time Il
consumed, and when heretofore the aver
sre guest would be impatient and restless
over half an hour at dinner. he now hs
| whole hour or more.
Rresiaential Canyass,aE.
The political celebrities OF the season
4 have hteD ex-senator
nd Congressman Carlisle, OF Kentucky
!. The former bss been extensively engages
| IN kapdsbskipe and doing the Agreeable u
the politicians The morning after his ar
,:yai he was in the large waiting room o
the hotel and was the object OF much eriti
eel observation. A politician said I
o | PhGbus:
Introduce me to Senator Mcdonald.
J. There be is pointing bin out.
Il don't know him. PbTbus rema'ke'
hut suppose can Introduce myself al
you too
a. Across the rooEl they went to Indiana
l. candidate.
I. Senator gr'Nuusld. my name IL Ph,sbu
= allow me ,ojn,roduce Colonel /, OF Al
bsns."
Then Uere wss the usual handshakin
smiling I'D p: ss:gs OF compliment, 81
N the sI SsDgtOr expressed bimset
NJ LhJme6 10 meet both the genIsme
We hFurs b-i.f chss with the politician trf
nv Al.b,,ra v, MrDDnaiG taking PhUb