Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-27
ALTON SELECTIONS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE TAXING A REAL
REST.
Something of q Contrnst-A Demo-
cratic Meefiag-FIood Speaks at
Avon-Many Ladies' Prescnt-Per-
sonn1 and General.

ALTON. VA, September 25.-(Special)-
1t Is always OF curious interest 10
watch the late migratory denizens or
summer hotel: the ultra fashionable
guests who stop over for season OF
real recuperation in the mountains. How
ever seclusive these may have been
in the closer-drawn circles OF the
Hot" "the Healing" or "the White"
they fraternize now with the cordially
OF bosom comrades.
In these transient arrivals. all sorts
and conditions OF city people are rep
resented. One wonders. seeing the
crowded incoming trains OF those VIII, 90
onward and those who tarry over ct our
picturesque inns and hotels, how many
were left in town to swelter in the sum-
mer's heat / believe il is Charles Dud-
ley Warner who says that Americans
have a fatality for swelling things
away" and that We have no bump for
moderation. or late Yeas this IS surely
true in the vacation idea. or course, In
going away, some definite place and
period OF rest is necessary, nor is the
beaten track always the best But there
Is such a thing as. an abuse OF leisure.
What brings one refreshment Is 10 an
other WEAKNESS. One needs 10 lie down
and rest under whispering trees. another
10 feel the soughing Of the pines IN
sharp cool breezes, and for still others,
the silence and solitude OF mountain
heights But with restless throng OF
pleasure-seekers. the summer season Is
"swelled away in mad rush Of excite
ment from lake 10 seaside. and from one
watering-place 10 another. until the un-
wise rover finds IN autumn the need OF
some typical, restful spot to wear away
the feverish sport OF the summers out
ing.
Perhaps they need as We'll a rest from
the seasons stilted dignity. The etiquette
or tine more exclusive watering-places is
essentially the same rs that Of large cities,
ard often quite correctly so.
TO EXCEss.
But did you ever see IL carried 10 ex-
cessS Did you ever notice a group OF
women on = hotel piazza-say at the
Saratoga OF the SOuth-as they CHAT to-
gether over vastly mOmentous things, and
compare notes on the servant girl and
the baby's first tooth? II a stranger
draws near the women, as they have
done and will contne 10 DO until the end
OF time. they harden their faces. sheath
the friendiiness i'm their eyes and NEIL
tally seem 10 say: From all strangers,
deliver usr'
Thinking IL over l believe that IL ]
lOnged for place as quiet as rose
garden at dawn, ana as free from cere-
mony as the silver campaign. l would lay
of for "A couple of weeks at sweet Al
ton"
SPEAKING.
Mr.. $. r. Whitehead. Of Nelson and
Mr.. Flood. candidate for Congress from
the Tenth District addressed the people
on cree silver az Avon yesterday. The
speaking was I'm a grove, with a deal box
for rostrum and tin cup Of water, as
one of the Hebron orators said. to run
the windmill The dollar of our dad
dies was cOnspicuously handled and the
surroundings were just as primitive. The
large crowd included many ladies'. The
best-loOking man on the ground. not ok
cepting the candidate. was a Mormon
elder who wanted 10 to l. but he didn
want IL i'm money Mr.. Floods speech
was cOquently delivered. Mr.. Donald
M1cGregOr got I'm a few points on Sound
money" but his main illustration was
Christian spirit Of forbearance against
great odds. FOR the people were for Flood
and Gree silver" Flood left last
night for the Warm Springs TO tackle Mr..
Yost I'm a joint debate.
Or. George Tucker Harrison. OF New
York. who is spending his vacation In
Virginia. is at the Mountain Top.
Miss Helen Barton Hays. Of Chestnut
Ridge" has returned from Washington
Mrs. Chambers. Of Lexington, KY, left
for home Thursday.
Mr.. William KeTbey IS better.