The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-04-15
OPENED.
sr,soNs HOTEL is OPEN
% ~ = uARHoGATE, TENN.


.rd of society Present From
t's' the Countrywide Four Hun
~ we we're There. but They Were Not
',s,,a-a Bad Table and 'o'r SER
AGATE. Tenn, April II, ls92.-The
ai' Fan, Seasons Hotel has opened
.,, doors to the rich sick and the
seeking, and the inaugural ball
/ i If with success on Tuesday night
T.. we're representatives. of the British
.,,.,o,r here, members of New York S
4 society people from Washington,
.sa,,,. Louisville and Knoxville and
,nsricans from everywhere. A
,s.l,ri,jes were among them, social,
-, literary or scicntiiic.-Captain
q the Queens navy; Reginald de
E., who wrote the score of ROBIN
b.. NJ. Burton Harrison, author of
4. s1,Ionaniacs," and Prof. John R.
E.,,or. whom everybody knows.
tDouet, with much wine and one
.,,..s started the festivities early in the
.,;,r and the men ended them with
s,.i,, Nm and champagne early in the
tr:ar, After the banquet an irregular
|.r,relty cottillion, led by Mr.. Creighton
E,lb was danced in the handsome ball
r.. and was closed with a Virginia reel
/: after midnight.
lnonc the guests were-New York:
1. Burton Harrison, MIR. Creighton
Esb. John Armstrong Chandler, Mr.. and
l. Reginald DeKoven, Mr.: and Mrs.
srt,rd White, Miss Goddard, Mr.. Hall,
], Allen NcLaue Hamilton, and a large
Ijs,t who came by a special train.
Washington: Lady Paurcefoot wife of
\. British Minister. Misses Pauncefoot,
|paio Paset and attaches of the Rus
/, and English legations.
Laswile: Misses Wood, Pettet, Stani-
Bd, Anderson, Lindenberger, Leathers,
Fu, Sanders, Fink, Carr, Mrs. Gilmer
him. Mrs. Weissinger, Mrs. Wing, Mr..
!! Mrs. Sterling B. Toney, Messrs.
lufciill, 0diornc, Jacob, Smith, Green,
lAh.
knoxville: Miss Luttrell, the beauty of
b ball. Mr.. Clapp and crowd of eighty
|ig:.
lililcsborough: Miss Cary, Misses
t.t,, Arthur and numerous others.
Providence, r. l.: Mr.. Davis, the Mich
E'l Iron King, and company.
b: Stone Gap: Messrs. Howard, Payne,
b, Ferguson and Irvine, besides numer
+; ohers from Canada, the Northwest,
b lie United States in general.
None Of the 600 were labeled or num-
bed and it was really impossible to dis
|a7sh them in evening dress. But next
Fnns knickerbockers, an occasional
EaI?hemus Eyeslass and an air Of
n txclasiveness that was almost funny
PILED all doubts. During the forenoon
IN va; pigeon shooting and then
FIJI chase in which the hares, one of
I'm was Miss Goddard, an excellent
fSsonan, were not caught. The hounds
f. led by Mr.. Proctor and northern
SSs!echaser. The two came in at full
/ leck and neck, Mr. Proctor riding
&'aJoan Morgan cavalryman and win
sgoY head. In the afternoon every
II went to the Arthur fair and the
H. In fact there is a program Of
ssal's tor every day-driving, riding,
%as caves and other local curiosities,
/, ne hotel has widespread wings, is
r. |,%AI nuntred feet long, four stories
,., "Vou ana concrete, and capable
II,,."I'nmodating 500 guests. The rooms
/, handsomely furnished and all halls
/. 'alFVays are heavily carpeted.
+ -Sv are long piazzas for summer use
/. iS .n walkways for winter.
1, M is really magnificent and
f. ~nI M well suited to its pur-
/; IA s,u lAe grounds are graded, walks
4, % .'i garden in process of prepare
., aau numerous trees set out. Tween
/, ' ny miles of turnpike are finished for
\, t s"r OF the guests. Everything
ill., 'VAa comment except the table,
H. 3esa y not up to the average of many
~ sslFeady in the South.
B., h. saia'orlum, which stands on n hill
s,., %:' is beautiful building of native
1, ,s.a;.a and concrete, and contains all
Il ra,S SA'nss of a hotel proper; baths,
a&SS u' q spray, plunge, electric and
~ and o ,ns room lsa model of Roman
Ill., U another e, a copy of a bath in
f. e. ,nd ! full corps of physicians,
R,oias s4q Va. attendants to give massage
II, ronm 't ta are in readiness, and
Il .,o OG n has been spoken for.
y uecasa no'1lng to stand in the way of
ss Of Sont Of this venture but the one
8.seiertt V .a.a.e hotels, bad table and
II. gres st' y :, The writer of this is
E:ss f has IT, Of the management, and Of