Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-19
THE WHITE SULPHUR.
THE veRIrABLe PERIOD or oAyETy
At THE SOUTHERN RESORT.
rhroues Of Notsbilitiss in Quest Of Pies.
surs and Hsaith-A Hsy-Rids to Dick.
son's--Coilegs Donations

evening tDo Oanclng oecomeS hioio
spirited. One can DO serious or gay. fash
ionable or questionable, conventional or
unconventional just as IL suits you
at White Sulphur, and this Independence
Is its great charm. One may more easily
comprehend that this Is the veritable pc
Rod of summer rest when noticing the
leisurely hob-nobbing together on the
wide piazzas the busy great men OF the
cities. Politicians. lawyers, railroad mag
mates, millionaires. and financial notabies
are gathering daily in increased numbers.
Eabitnes OF thirty years and over are daily
arriving, finding the White Sulphur OF to-
day in no manner diminished in pleasure
and health-giving surroundings.
HAY-RIDE.
Colonel James Crenshaw gave very de-
lightful hay-rlde on Saturday evening.
-Four horses drew an old-tashioned farm
wagon. the floor of which was plentifuily
spread with straw. over as far as Dicksons
and back. On their return the party
danced an old-fashioned Virginia reel in
the ballroom. Among the guests were
Mrs. HAMMOND l.. Ward, Miss Banks, Miss
Coggill. New York; Mrs. q. ID. Langhorne.
Misses Irene Langhorne, May Jones,
Martha Bagby, Misses Riggs and Carlisle,
Washington Miss Brown, tennessee
Mr.. Murray Bohlen, Philadelphia; Bernard
Riggs, Washington MIR. Wylie, virginia
and Mr.. Vale, st. Louis.
GRAND DONATION.
Mrs. DR.. I. G.. Richardson, OF Now Or
leans, who is spending the season here, In
addition to being very charming lady Is
also most charitable. She has given SlO0,-
900 to erect medical college. which when
completed will be the handsomest build
ing of the kind in the South.
DIR. Edmund Souchon, who is also regis
tered, has been appointed to select plans
and superintend the building. he Is pro-
fessor of anatomy in the Tulane University
of Louisiana, having succeeded Or. Ricn-
ardson. He received his education III Paris
and practiced there several wears. While
there he assisted DR.. Marion Simms IN his
first operations and is prominently men,
toned in his autobiography.
President Warren G. Elliott, OF the VIII
mington and Weldon railroad. has arrived
with his family to spend the remainder OF
the season. Their cottage, in Baltimore
Row. is fitted up charmlngly.. President
Elliott brings q fine pair OF horses and
several equipages.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Dickson, of Norfolk.
who are such popular hGbitues of the White,
have arrived, and are accompanied by
Miss Nina Whitehead, O belle OF Norfolk.
NEWMARKET STOP.
At a very enjoyable game of Newmarket
stop played on Tuesday morning MIR. Harry
Langhorne won the first prize--a handsome
flower photograph-frame. Miss Julia Har-
ris won the second prize. a silver pln-tray.
Miss Ellie Bosher won the third prize, q
Jonbonniere. Miss Carrie Relnhart present.
ed the prizes.
The State Board Of Pharmacy of West
Virginia met here in annual session on
Wednesday. All the members. were pres
ent and elected officers for the ensuing
year: A. z. Sydenstricker, president; j..
W. Brown, vice-president, and John q.
McLane. secretary and treasurer. Inc
board remains in session the remainder or
the week, and much important business Is
| being transacted.
A very delightful lawn party was given
in honor of Misses Mamie and Phillis Lang
horne on Tuesday afternoon by Colonel
| Crenshaw. who mas contributed so gene
! rously to the pleasure of every one ct the
White Sulphur. About thirty guests were
present, among whom were Misses Carrie,
| Kit. and Mary Anderson Reinhart. Kate,
Julia, and Marion, Harris EvelIne Bryant,
Ellie Bosher, Lille Lambert, St, LOUIS
| Daisy Montague, West Virginia, and Others.
| Among the beautiful faces recently noticed
is Miss Geary, of Philadelphia. daughter
of Mrs. Ex-Governor Geary, who accompa-
MES her.
ANOTHER GAME.
Newmarket stop, played for prizes. is q
well-chartered institution at White Sui
phur. The initial game was played with
much eclGt on Monday morning. Mrs. u,
| ID. Langhorne won the first prize-an ex-
! ausite frame of forget-me-nots with pearl
centres. Mrs. J. W. Remnant won the
second prize--a handsome whisk-broom IN
q case of colored straw, tied deliberately
with blue ribbons. Other ladies playing
were Mrs. A. T. Harris, Mrs. Robert
| Bosher, Mrs. Calvin Whitley, Miss Annie
Williams. Mrs. Clarence Knowles, Mrs.
Ralph Elliott, Georgia; Mrs. W. u. Elliott,
North Carolina.
Mrs. II. 2. Letebvre. Of Baltimore, has
arrived to spend the season.
Rev. George Carter, of Baltimore, who
| has been spending several days here. left
| on Tuesday for Narragansett Pier, where
he will conduct the services on Sunday
! through the season.
THE COLONIAL BALL.
Preparations for the ball are being push.
cd vigorously by the Executive Committee
Mrs. c. ID. Langhorne Is chairman of the
| Committee on Dancing. As all the young
ladies who are TO dance the minuet have
not arrived the list is lot yet completed
| but those who are here are having two re-
| hearsals week under the direction of Pro.
| lessor Laube.
The decorations Of the ballroom are Ia
be most elaborate. The services of a well.
| known decorator in Washington have beer
engaged.
Miss Julia Coggill, Mrs. John Bohlen. and
| Miss Bodine, of Philadelphia, each serve
o'clock tea on their cottage porches IL
| the afternoon before the driving hour, and
thus creates charming point of rendezvous.
Augustus L. and j. A. Smythe, promi
nent lawyers of Charleston. 5. g., are
| spending the season al the White and add.
| ing greatly to the gayety.
WILD wEsTERyERs.
The second personally-conducted excur.
| sion OF the Chesapeake and Ohio, under
/ the courteous management OF Mr.. W. H.
! Oregon, numbering l25 persons. among
whom were many prominent society PEG.
pie from Indianapolis and Cincinnati, ar
| rived on Tuesday.
Mrs. George Mcintosh and Miss Nina
| Taylor, of Norfolk, have arrived to spend
the season.
Mrs. James Allison. of Richmond, is very
| handsome and charming. She wears most
stunning gowns of the latest Partisan
fashion. She will chaperone Miss McElroy
popular young lady OF New York, during
the season.
OTHER ARRIVALS.
Prominent arrivals during the week in.
clude Mrs. ". j. Johnson, w. II. Feltor
aud wife, J. j. Gresham, +. L. Ross, Muir,
raw Wheeler, Mobile; J. A. Gibbes and
wife, II. S. Holmes, James Chestnut
Charleston, s. c.: Mrs. II. Ernest Good
man, Miss Z. l.. Geary, Miss Bosher, De
Witt Bosher. Philadelphia; G. K. Skinkel
and wife. @. y. Skinker, Jr.. Mrs. JOSEPH
Augustine, l.. +. Sullivan. DIR. l.. NJ
Cowardin. j. Ii. Brailstord, @. ID. Chenault
7; S. Barnom; Thomas Rowlin and wife @
rutherford, Richmond, Va; Meade Min
nigerode. Virginia.