Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-15
THE GREENBRIER WHITE.
Features of the Season at the Southern
SaratOga-Disadvant of the Slow
Time on the Railroads.


saratOga-Disadvanta of the Slow
Time on the Railroads.
Green6rier White Su7D1ur SDrfnos Latter to
Baltimore San, Aug.9.
By common consent the Greenbrier
White sulphur is the queen of Southern
watering places, and is destined to retain
her supremacy so long as she is SO well
kept as she has been, since the great i'm
proyements have been made in the
grounds, the cottages and the main hotel.
The grounds, the arrangement of the cot
ta2es, the main hotel and the surround
lngs of the place have been so often de-
scribed that to 90 again into details would
be superf1uous. The old charm of the
place that has drawn visitors to it from
afar through several generations Of men
and women still clings to it. The little
circular valley, guarded and shut in by
lofty mountains, is of itself a thing of
beauty, and art has done so much in the
way of adOrnment that to passengers
alghting from the cars and entering for
the first time the grounds, it breaks upon
the eye with all the fascination of fairy
scene. And the impression is permanent.
Come as often as one will, season after
season, the effect is the same.
OF late years every comfort has been
super-added. Mr.. Phoebus last year nut
things on better footing than they ever
were before, and Maj. Eakin, on being ap-
pointed this year superintendent, has
protited by the lesson that Mr.. Phoebus
taught. The table service. the cookery.
the attendance throughout the hotel and
at the cottages, are all of the best, and
method and order prevail everywhere
For many years, as all men know, the
White sulphur Springs was the faVOrite
camping ground of the political leaders of
their day and generation. Many a po-
litical campaign has been planned here,
and many victory won through the in
formation brought here by the leaders
from different States and the programme
of action that was here drawn up. 1t is
not so now. The war broke up these
conferences, and they have never been re-
sumed; but the old social amenities for
which these springs were so long and so
favOrably distinguished still remain.
The conyentlOnalities of the fashionable
Northern watering places, where the Wis
ltOrs break up into groups and cliques.
and where stranger finds himself as
much isolated In the crowd as he would
be in the desert, find no supporters here.
intercourse Is free, and opinions are
exchanged without any solemn and formal
lntrOductiOns, so long as the courtesies
and prOprieties of life are observed.
The company here at this time, al
though not so large numerically as it was
and although it is now the height of the
season, there appears to be an Increasing
number of arrivals, while but few are 60
ing away. At this time it is very CAV.
with dancing every night, germans Occa-
sionally in the day time, bowling alleys
well attended, and the usual f1irtatiOns in
the laurel and hemlOck-shaded walks.
where seats at intervals are conveniently
disposed for that pastime, In proportion
II cfC no
Of young ladies here is unusually large,
while there is falling off in the number
OF young men. Among the former | see
many beautiful faces, and with some a
grace Of movement that is rather Spanish
than American; but there is a Won
deriul brightness about nearly all of
them. Exceptions there will ALWAYS be.
although take no account of them in the
animated scene the ballroom presents
and where they serve as foils to the fresh
Young faces full of life and iOyOusness.
Every evening the children take prece-
dence IN the ballroom, and it is a delight
to witness the little tOddling things, with
their pretty short dresses, frightened
here and there with bit of color, moving
down the room hand in hand, separating
at the signal, tracing with more or less
precision all the intricacies of the figure,
and tnally it is sight to see these grave
little misses courtesy to their partners
and the grave little gentlemen bow.
have simply endeayored in this letter
to show you in what way the old and the
Young enjoy themselves at the White Sui
phur. In many respects the amusements
of dancing, flirting, bowling and lawn
tennis do not differ from those at other
watering places, but in that general So
clablllty, which is not allowed to degener-
ate into undue familiarity, the White
sulphur eXcelS. The company here this
season is better than it was last year in
one particular-it is less mixed, and there
is none of that tOud dressing | then OBJ
served. The Western cOntingentis small
er, and it is my belief that the number of
visitors from Maryland and Virginia
would have been greater, notwithstand-
ing the cool and inclement weather of the
early summer, if the railway service from
the East to the Virginia springs were bet