The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-18
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS.
The Season at This Delightful
Resort About Over.
Special Correspondents Of THE TINES.


BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, Va, Sept. IT,
No longer do we dream Of days to come,
Tor gay Augustus past hearing memories
OF many festivities. September is here
less crowded with revelry, yet filed
with charms all its own. Some of the
old summer settlers" who have been
domiciled here the whole season are
turning their faces homeward. The
transient guests, however, that fit like
birds of passage through the mountains
during this month give fiutter and zip
to life more suggestive Of the beginning
than the waning of the season.
The last german of the season has
been danced. 1t was led by Mr.. Web
ster, OF Norfolk. The girls in their
bright and many colored gowns inter
mingling, intertreading in tho nav
dance, reminded one OF richly hLed
Persian tapestry with the warp and
wroof composed Of human beings.
Among those who participated were
the Misses Annie Gray. Helen Lea,
Della Gray, Anneta Johnston. Sallie
Alfriend, Ellie Williams, Evelyn Will
liams, Mary Frayser, Julia Morton,
Mary Patterson, Virgie CABOT, Blanche
McGruney aud Messrs. James, Good
win, Pascault, Gray, Granville, Gray,
Sheppard, Alfriend, Lazelle, Coffin,
Davis, Cardoza and Dunlap.
Miss Bell, of Mississippi, was the
oynosure OF all eyes, for she is very beau.
tiful and, il one may be pardoned for
presuming, we would suggest that her
name is indeed a fitting one with the
spelling slightly different.
Taken as whole the girls here are
unusually fair to look whatever
the summer girl may be elsewhere here
she Is we'll nigh without flaw. The
pulseless looker-on, whose sang froid
cannot be stirred by fem mime beauty or
soulful glances, admits her to be that
most charming part OF creation. the
sensible, free-looving, pure. hearted
American girl.
After the dances Misses Ellie and
Eve Ign Williams gave a charming sup.
per. So quickly did the time pass in
animated discussion OF the dainties
spread for us, and the evening as we'll,
that 1t was not until reminded by very
practical member of our party, of its
flight that VIC realized 1t was indeed
time to say good night, all agreeing that
it was one of those hours so quickly
passed our spell-touched hearts scarce
know they are ended
Oopoooi oporOS hCo mOr0 luQulGeQ In
now that the air Is 80 cool and bracing
and ceremony as to social life is less re-
garded except among The little people.
There it Is still considered for young
lady, aged five, on being invited to a
certain tea table where young gentle
man aged six usually sat, declined the
invitation. and, on being asked her rea-
son for so doing, said with q great deal
OF dignity: mo, cannot 60
for have never been intro.
duced to him" The youthful gen.
tleman on being informed OF the occur
renee said: That is not the truth for
she does know me, but she Is Just mad
because she called 10 me to come sit by
her the other day and would not do it,
and that is what is the matter with
her."
1t is so pleasant here that the crowd is
10th to disband, and though we are COM
paratively CIV in number yet the people
are very charming, and Mr.. Brown and
his corps OF officials remind one OF an
old colored gentleman's criticism of a
certain legal firm in Virginia. MARS
Jim Johnston" he declared, don't have
nair wheel unturned an dat wheel whar
he do have unturned Mars Henry Wilson
he come long an turn it."