The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-08-31
AT THE WHITE SULPHUR.
THE CONQUESTS OF AN ASEIE.
WILLIE DEBUTANTE.
An Elegant Dinner to the Beautio
full Miss COnnaIly of this City at
the Famous West virginia sum.
mer Resort Last Week.
,rrespondence to The Citizen.

Special Correspondence to The Citizen.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, |
GREENBRIER, w. Va, August, 1881
have long known the White Sulphur
to be worthy of its reputation as the
queen OF watering places, and | am not
surprised to find that the delights even OF
the Battery Park can be relinquished for
a few days in its favor. Indeed, the two
places are so often compared, as the re-
sorts par excellence of the South, after
knowing one, there is naturally desire
to become acquainted with the other.
True the White Sulphur has no tally-ho,
but it boasts record of one hundred
years. Our parents and grandparents
drank these waters and sighed soft signs.
and listened to tc' Her utterances beneath
these trees, on the loveliest lawn in the
| world. But all the more glory to the
Battery Park, which, yet i'll its infancy,
dares to be a rival of springs so rich in
the aroma of antiquity. This contrasts
uppcrmost in my mind to-day, because l
notice the arrival of Capt V. E. McBee
and his beautiful wife. She is one of the
most regal looking women here. They
are accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Swami,
Of New York, who have already become
the centre of an admiring circle of friends.
However, must limit my pen to your
Asheville wanderers.
Attorney General Davidson seems quite
as much at home here as in his native
hills and if am not mistaken, he will
look in at White Sulphur again, for he
| takes very kindly to what we do at the
Springs
And Ashcvillc has sent us that charm
,,,,r
9ernihurst. She attracts that attention
which is only given to those who rule by
| the right divine to govern our days of
joy. Indeed, she possesses, as one of her
admirers recently said Of her. the trinity
| of beauty, cleverness, and that which is
greater than these, the indescribable
charm that magnetizes. 1t would take
a whole letter to record her triumphS,
and must be content with telling you
| that by far the most beautiful dinner of
the season was given her a few evenings
ago by Mr.. Heck, of Raleigh The table,
| arranged for fourteen couples was al
most a bank of pink roses and ferns. The
dinner cards for the ladies were bouquets
of La France roses tied with pink rib
| bOnS. The menu cards were on pink
satin and the lights were yelled in shades
of the same becoming color. The deli
cious winc-enriChed bouquet was in keep
| ing with these accessories and after sew
eral hours around the floral board the
company adjourned to the reception
room, where Miss Connally sang sweet
| Spanish songs to the accompaniment of
the guitar. She has spent year or two
iii Spain and fancied detected subtle
suggestion of that land of romance as
saw her graceful figure, gowned in dainty
null, bending over her blue ribboned
guitar. She was surround by the guests
of the dinner, among whom recognized
Governor and Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Rutherford
and other ladies and gentlemen who have
made this season at the White Sulphur
worthy to be remembered among its an
mails.
Many other North Carolinians have
added to the attractiveness Of the White
Sulphur this season, but as they have not
the good fortune to reside in your beauti-
ful mountain girt town, they can have no
place i'll this record. CAROLINA.