Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-17
SUMNER RESORTS.
FASHIONABLE DISEASE OF TOURISTS
AT THE WHITE SULPHUR.
Pretty Picture Of Oar "sum mer-Gsri."-
Her Scientific Doses and Their Effects.
Tho Seasons Amusemenla

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Tho Seasons Amuscmenis.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
WHITE SuIpauR Spsrsos. July 16.--The
vehement impetus with which the ball Of
activity has been here thrown shows that
It's force will carry it with great speed
through the season. and like SNOWFALL
1t gathers with the rolling until already
n,a belle is forced 10 keep in view her dainty
ivory and silver tablet of engagements
and bis royal hlghness, the prince Of white
fanDels and ciddy ties dons bis old lsp-oyer
look Of emu as the occasion Of the season
demands. One might naturally suppose
that White sulphur water, so infallible a
panacea for most aggrayating ma.adies,
would possess the power of alternating
this epidemic OF languorous noncpalenc',
but Its effect upon the masculine So
lourner. whether he hail from the green
and salad days" OF the college campus. the
austere court of the citi. or any hail Co
lpmbia, happy land, he proves an obstinate
case for even this magic atmosphere OF
human renovation. The facts of the case
can no LONGER be suppressed. Truth
will OUT ana il crushed TO earth with q
persistent ambition it insists upon rising
again If but 10 fulfill its present mission.
and prove that the summer man" has
voluntarily contracted the fashionable
disease of indifference. Their case has
become too common to be at all difficult
TO diagnose, and the symptoms are IN
miStakable.
THE SUMMER GIRL.
We shouldn't wonder If some of the con-
teutment under their affection wasn't due
TO the tender. sympathetic consideration
OF that noble, self-sacriticing band OF SIS
ters of charity known as tho summer
girl" She is q gentle martyr, and with
resignation most beautiful to behold and
q fortitude commendable in the saints she
bravely-aye. nairey and sweetiy-bears
with the crochets OF these poor tortured
creatures entrusted to her mercy. Thev
are her patients, but she accepts them as
the kind OF patients (pGtience) which the
proverb asserts as a sort OF virtue and
values them accordingly. There are social
as well as professional rules OF etiquette.
which make it breach of good form. to
express it mildly, and q case Of hateful.
scheming old thing, 70 put 1t accurately,
TO undertake to get up case with any
other patient than your own.
Now, the Lovely ou-like a sister or
charity summer girl is high graduate In
her subtle art, and whether she practices
his heart to deceive or his gifts TO re-
ceive; whether her interesting invalid
with a violent attack OF etnui Is made TO
yield to her treatment in frequent homeo-
pathic doses of sweet little pills OF poetry
under tie spreading chestnut tree. or
made TO swallow down gulps of opiate
iiattery in aliopathic masses, the result Is
the same, and the man who always remem-
bored to meander when he walked, TO
wander when he talked. and TO look with
lackGdaisical eve the whole landscape of
life DER finds a sudden metamorphosls IN
his being.
EFFECT OF THE TREATMENT.
His petticoated Hsculapius takes care
to make her prescriptions most palataole
There is an unconscious arousat OF his be-
numbed energies when the directions ne
has to follow are III sweet-scented and
shadowy lanes and with her bonny self for
q guide. Constitutional walks, when taken
tri-dsily through the enchanted bowers
of Lovers Leap, become more than
the wooers of mere health, the
wealth of happiness and the wisdom
of the true inwardness of life become his.
Away with lazy postures and wearled, not
over anxious looks; he is IN love. ana love
like drunkenness reveals the true charac-
teristics of a man, and hence the, Sudden
upheaval of latent energy. which. unfet-
no bounds. II plays tennis. 1t haunts the
bowling-aley, how e'er hot the day may be,
il she wills it so. 1t gambois upon
the green with many hitherto
scorned show of interest. 1t rides
over the mountain, 1t danced
death and destruction to the blase TAD in
the ballroom, and its enterprise finally
reaches such stupenduous heights that It
consents to sit on the pOrtico and look
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taken. And if these facts are doubted the
summer girl will be glad to send with a
testimonial of the curative powers OF her
treatment of the disease of eanW pic
ture OF some one of her patients before
and after taking it.
CARD PARTIES.
Again are cards, which at the White
Sulphur carries with it the dual meaning
of fascinating Newmarket, but more fascl-
mating married women. An artistic cot
tage, sounds of hearty merriment, and
pretty prizes are an every-moruing en-
gagement with a coterie OF loy-iovlpg
young matrons.. Delightful parties were
gwen last week by Mrs. Allan Il. Donnan,
who ia one of the greatest favorites at the
resort; Mrs. John ID. Potts, Mrs. George
TAYLOR, Of Norfolk. Mrs. Thomas X.
Rutherford, Mrs. Robert Kosher. and Mrs.
Barton Grundy will give like entertain
ments this week.
AN ATTRACTIVE coTERIE.
The charming young buds also beguile
their sunlit hours with the same sport. and
there is no more attractive cot6'ie at the
springs than Misses Carrie Reinhart, Ellie
Bosher, Mary Darlington, Lima Cleveland,
Pauline Dillingham;. Gabriel Page.
Florence Herbert. and a few others.
Riding continues TO lead in popularity,
and the excellency of well-stocked livery
is one OF the luxuries of this seasons life.
This afternoon party will take ride to
Greenbrier river. Those going are Mr..
and Mrs. Shirley. of Louisville; Miss Mary
Price. and Mr. Walter W. Price, Miss Muir
ray. of New York: Miss Judith Darlington
and Mr.. r. L. Wilson, DR., New York, and
Mr.. Clarence Knowles, Of Atlanta. Ga.
RICHMOND ARRIVALS.
The latest arrivals from Richmond are
Mrs. Leigh Il. Page and Miss Gabrielle
Page. Major Lewis Ginter, MIR. Anthony
Herman. Mr.. John +. 4. Anderson, Mr..
Frank A. Davenport, Dr. Christopher
Tompkins, and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Knowles. of At
lanta, who are so universally popular here.
have returned for the season.
Mrs. Il. j. Semmes and Misses Semmes
are also welcomed among the regular
habilues
A very charming and well-known party
from Texas are Mr.. and Mrs. William ID.
Cleveland and Misses Cleveland. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Dillingham;, Miss billing
ham, Mr.. and Mrs. A. IL. Belo and Miss
Belo. Mr.. Belo is one of tho most promi-
nent and influential journalists of the
South.
Miss Matoaca Gay is expected to arrive
this evening.
Little folks as we'll as big are planning
rampant gayeties. MIR. Laube keeps his
hands full and his feet nimble in teaching