Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-20
THE WHITE SULPHUR.
rns SEASON RAIRLY OPENED.
ssme,h,ua About the 1rains-The standard
FOR the Visitor Nov. and IN ''e r'
r.v.y. a. known By the Head-waiter.


Tho thermometer is standing al ABOUT
coo In the office, and the day V iau'tiess
ewing noon-not summer. What makes
4, so Is n mystery. Surely u cannot pe
atin N this temperature In Richmond or
asher cities. II must be warmer there
nav hot. And yet here 1t Is almost un-
n";n,ortably cool. Ladies wear shawls OF
o,hcr wr,,,s. and morning and evening
sail 'overooat is luxury. i heard some
Ia, ",,a sav recently that there was not
..,nrn;ng or an evening at the White when
- Gre wonld not be agreeable. IL was
,,,ddov when II was SAID, and ala not
hoheve n. / now think IL Is nearer the
ruth Than the reverse. In fact, there are
Eros around the hotel now--in the gentle
,,ar,s narlor. etc.--and they are almost
necessarc 10 ones comfort. This Is no ex'
ao,oeratiop. And so It goes nearly all the
sesson' Winter apparel would be more
agreeable than summer clothes.
THE sold RELIABLE"
Awhile ago I was standing in the Office
when heard that very noticeable whistie
which the Chesapeake and Oaio Company
now use on their passenger engines. III
was the fast train coming in at l2:Oo from
the West-the train which arrives Il Ken
mond NJ s:3OP. M. The remark quoted
VS. made by Major Eakle, who was poSsi-
hIv comparing IL with the same train year
400. And he was right. / have watched
fiat train here closely for eight days, ana IL
aid not vary four minutes In its arriving
time during that period. IL Is the train
which brings the great western bayel and
mail, and the fast train 10 which the oDser-
yation car Is attached.
=, II Is a very easy matter to reach the
white now. The arrangements nave
never been so good. The trains
are numerous, six each day except
Sunday, and each carries or brings Pull
man car. They 90 everywhere-to Balti:
more and Washington; TO Louisville ana
Cincinnati: to Columbus and 1T. LOUIS;
10 Old Point and to Richmond. You can
see sometimes as many as five Pullman cars
at one time upon the track here.
WEALTH VS.. ARIsTocRAcY.
Once upon a time, in the better DAYS OF
the republic, i may say, the arIstocraue
reople came 10 the White. They stillcome
In scores; but neither aristocracy, good
breeding, moral worth, intelligence, nor
Standing Is the standard in these desene'
rate DAYS. Once upon a time you might
hear the question asked, Who Is he al home ?
Now the invariabe inquiry is. How much Is
he worth? 1t is a fact that many people
do not care wko you are II backed by
n fortune. One enormously wealthy man
has been heard TO say that he don.
care who his daughters marry so they don't
throw themselves away upon drunken
worthless fellows, but marry Respectable
men. And the wealth here now, am told,
is simply enormous. A Chicago man who
was a visitor few years ago, and had TO
undergo many privations during ths rest
of the wear TO pay $3.50 for 4 visit with his
wife. recently bought lot in that great
CITY 70: $4,000. and is building a house
uuon il TO cost three or four times hat SUN.
Abo,t a dozen heads Of families here rep
resent an average OF SS,400,000 per MN.
This IS hut Il sample. OF course there are
many more people Of less wealth.
AvIsIT AFTER MANY YEARS.
There Il a gentleman here from Louis
vile. Ky., who was a visitor forty-iiye
wears ago-a Mr.. Zane. Imagine the
changes In that tive! Then there was no
grand hotel, no band, 10 gas, no electric
light. no modern furniture, no comforts
i'm fact. little TO attract the pleasure-seeker,
but only the invalid lie was here during
fhe reign of the elder Calwell. Since then
he has been everywhere. Mr.. Zane spends
his life travelling, and has just returned
from Europe, after a tiye-years' absence.
His house remains closed nine months in
the year. lie returns TO the Old White II
find an these changes and 10 revive old as
sociatlons. Nowhere he has bccn is as
agreeable or Us beautiful as this spot. Bl'
n 81 hi. tirnn IL :
snent. and upon which so much money
has been lavishcd. is in his judgment the
only place that can compare with il. And
| supnose he is right. There is a fIscina-
tion TO tie old ms well as the young, Wh0
annually gather here hy hundreds from all
paris of this great country. Nothing en-
equal 1t. Everybody knows the White and
how TO get here. No Virginia girl Is fln'
i,hed in her society education until she
can talk OF the seasons here and her con-
quests; and this is spreading. The fan
ones who lack beauty but who posses
money are learning everywhere that they
will be more charming when they can tell
whom they met and whom they won AZ the
White.
THE SEASON HERE.
There is no great crowd here-that IS
there are not as many people as eau be
cared for; but there are fully 40. II 1
said that the presidential year is always tho
.'ofr season." and that the recent monetary
troubles will cause slim season, but ! be
lieve that in August the place will D'
thronged.
was much amused at an incident whicl
occurred few days ago between the head
waiter and lady who has been visiting
here for many years. This head-waiter, b'
il known, is u no less parsonage than
Walker Lewis, who was Judge Nicholas
butler. The lady has in her veins the bes
blood OF the old State, and was ctaperORtaf
n gentleman who escorted her TO the dining
room, where Walker met her near the door
walker" said the lady, "this is Mir
-. Don't you know him!"
"Oh. yes. man; il he Is one OF the frs
families | do" And he was escorted TO hi
seat.
or course every old citizen OF Richmon,
who was visitor al Judge NichOlas's hOus'
knew Walker.
THE NEW CHURCH.
For many years efforts have been made t
erect an Episcopal church on the ground
here. Indeed, during the war a sullicen
sum had been realized, ii il said, but tina
sort OF money would not pass to-day. o
late years the plan has prospered. 10
bought, a considerable sum realized, ans
the work pushed far forward. The churci
| is a pretty little buildrng-of course As we
| lar from being complete-and stands in tn
angle between Virginia and Florida rows
II has been iloored and stripped, ready TO
| the Notwithstanding, and will be tnishe
| within in native hard wood. | hear thi
morning that il rough benches can be got
ten ready service will be held there tO-mor
row. OF course it has no pulpit. desk, o
gallery as yet, but all these things will com
| in time. When completed il will be one O
the prettiest churches ia the diocese o
West Virginia. OF its completion Their
can be no doubt, since Bishop Peterkin la
charge OF the work.
PERSONAL.
There are a number Of celebrities here
! both male and female: General Harvey, 70
instance, who has made himself famou
fighting Indians; Mr.. John T.. Owens, ~
actor, and his wife-and most agreeabl
people they are, too; Mrs. Senator Stock
| ton. Of New Jersey, and daughter, the TAI
ter charming little lady, who has alread
attracted deal OF attention; Senator Git
sons family, OF Louisiana; Senator 1ulee'
family, OF, Florida; Ex-Governor Dennsor
OF Ohio; DR.. cambridge and faulty, O
Cincinnati; General Brent and family, o