The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-15
AMID The BLUE MOUNTAINS
Pleasures Of the Fragrant Summer Time
at Allegheny Springs.
HOW The DAYS ARE WHILED AWAY.
More Than Two Hundred Guests NO"
Ihrone this Beautiful Resort, and FRET
a. Girls are There Galore Bal Games
snd Germans the Diversions.


ATIEGHANY SPRINGS. Va, August
-Special-Ncstling amid the plue
,nountains Of Montgomery. famed py inc
ozonc-nIIcd breczos. while in the distance
the Roanoke river winds us ai"uo"'
course among the hills and mufmurs from
rock 10 rock on it's way TO SVEN the
waters Of the mighty ocean tne N'lo
ghany Springs are indeed an loeal res u
and furnish charming scenes md whlch
"a spord tho fragrant summertime
A roonv. homolikc. old-fashi0ned house
ncrchcd upon an elevation. long lines OF
cottages facing a smooth, green lawn
shaded by outrageous trees, ana thete
YOU have picture OF Allegheny Springs.
A PLACE or GAIETY.
Just now there are more than 40
guests here among them many pretty
girls. and gaicty Is the order Of the day.
All sorts OF diversions arc INDUCED IN ana
the DAYS glide by almost without their
Night being noticed.
The event OF Yesterday. particularly Tor
the feminine contingent which is unusu-
ally ATTRACTIVE. was the arrival OF n de-
tachmcnt Of the Lynchburg /ouaVes'
whose snowy fonts ] can see from my
window as ] write this letter cleaning
among the green trees just beond the
limits Of tho lawn. The boys are constant
visitors "a The hotel. and tatir snowy
uniforms lend now beauty 10 tho scene.
Since tho arrival Cf he Zouavcs ono
game Of bali has bcol played between the
young soldiers aad a scrub nine from the
springs The score was unfavoraDle 10
Iynchburg.
A german lat night I'm tho large dining
room Of tho hotel called out the dcvntees
~ Terpsichore IN fun force. and several
hours wcro spcnt in worship at her
shrine. 10 the strains Of q capable and
well trained orchestra
Next Tuesday q similar event viii oc-
cur In fact. about two germans week
IS The average now.
TIE MANAGEMENT
The springs are now. as for many years
past. under the control Of Captain G. A.
Colhoun. n gentleman Of the old school.
VINO with his three sons. runs things I'm
g. manner that the most critical can find
nothing TO cavil at
Especially is tho efficiency Of tho man
ngement apparent I'm the culinary depart
mont. The bin Of fare is complete In
every particular and tie cooking is far
above the average.
Tho temperature hero is most delightful
and bracing Possibly a trifie chilly
morning and night. the mercury during
the dav takes SIS stand detcrmin-
edly AT temperate. AMI the girls
girls rcvel In shirt waists or white duck
suits while the boys are pictures OF com
fort I'm outing costumes Of various pat
terms. The nights arc delightful for sleep
ing.
Bicvclos. too. are much I'm evidence. for
I'm spite Of the fact that the adjacent
country IS mountainous there are many
pretty stretches Of level road for devotees
OF tho wheel.
SOME or THE GUESTS.
Among recent arrivals may be mention
&c tho following
A. H. Drewry, Jr.. Richmond; Lang
horne Lewis. Lynchburg. Morris Levy.
New Orleans: La; Professor A. Bcllczza,
Norfolk. b. l.. Spindle. Roanoke. Mrs. l..
D. Blair. Wakefield: w. r. Whaling, of
Pulaski county. h. &. Holland. Miss Do
rothea Lee. Jonn S. Gay. j. T.. West. Suf-
folk: Henry w Holt n. b. Balm, Wake
field: Miss Mary Howard, Richmond, Miss
Gertrude Howard Miss Vaughan, Rich
m0nd. Charles n. Lassitcr Petersburg;
Miss G. n. Reese. Montgomery, Ala;
Miss Minnie Reese Richardson, Mont
gomory. Ala. Miss V. Walker Memphis
Tenn. A. $. Johnson, Roanoke; a. b..
Stratton Jr. Lynchburg, and Guy NJ.
Langhorne. Lynchhurg.
SENATOR DANIEL STUMPED.
Several of the delegates from the Roam
oko Convention have stopped by to re-
cuperate from their arduous labors In the
Magic city.
one old gentleman. staunch silverite
and great admirer Of Senator Daniel ad-
mitted this morning, almost with tears in
his eyes that the gifted Senator had
more than met his match I'm Mr. w. A.
Jones. and that the latter had torn him
DanieD "all 10 pieces I'm the argument
as TO whether the convention should en-
dorse the election Of United states Sena-
tors by popular vote.
The nomination of Major Tyler for the
Governorship, of course, gives general
satisfaction here but the rest OF the
ticket seems 10 Doe received by some with
disfavor. ard ! heard "a lifelong Demo
crat say to-day that he hoped the whole
ticket would be showed under so deep
that II would never come 20 light again.
lie admired and loved Tyler. he said
but could not endorse his running mates.
II. ID. a.