Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-11
MOUNTAIN RESORTS.
THE OPENING OF THE SEASON AT
THE WHITE.
Good Company Already Assem-
bled-severnI states Represen'e"-
sors Of the Arrivals-The Rich-
mond People.

,co-rosnonaence or the D!spatch)
cpEENBRIER WHITE SuLphoh
K2RINGs. July s.-since the summer OIL
1871 60 large a number of guests nave no'
gathered in the dinng-room or the "hi.o
su,nbur Springs on the Fourth Oh jury
&c met there last Sunday. LOUISIANA
trorida- Virginia. West Virginia. Ken
lucky, Michigan. Georgia. Ma's
Ohio. New Jersey Alabama, New iorh'
and Washington city, each lent her quo'a
70 make I'D the cosmopolitan whole ana
n add the charm of variety 10 what III
tho DAVIS of the stage-coach. and even
within recent years, was exclusively Il
southern resort. Indeed, one still meets
here the best in the social lie Oh tne
South. and under spreading oaks ana
Colonial columns may turn RETROSPECT
tive eve upon the vanished splendors OF
that golden age, when all the woriu
was young" or reconstruct the shado"y
fabric of the legends that enriched child
hood. and glorified the nursery.
There is an ease, an absence OF EFFORT,
a happy acceptance of the hour, unham-
pered by one, fleeting arriere pensic Oh
town exgencies. which gives sense Oh
repose and tranquility altogether delight
full TO those who have yielded their necks
10 the yoke Of city life, and which. Is no
less grateful TO those who have come In
search of health and pleasure from either
the country or the smaller towns.
Golf. tennis, billiards, bowling, riding,
driving, bicycling, cards, and dancing are
the amusements Of young and old, re-
spectively, while the baths that have
proved more than once veritable pool
of Sloan, and the waters that renew the
blush of youth in paling cheeks have their
faithful disciples.
Monday evening the ballroom was
formally opened. The "whirl' does not
begin before the ed, but there are already
informal cards in the morning and i'm
promtu drives in the afternoon, and there
are so many pretty and graceful young
girls to gladden. the eye that the ball
room would be irresistible to many OF
the elderly folk, even If the music were
less inspiriting than 1t is.
One Of the pleasantest innovations or
this season is the throwing into one the
parlor, the dining-rooms. and the BALI
room for the evening concerts given dur
ing the supper hour.
However hot the summer. we are fam
to admit the delicious quality of noun
tain air, and the comfort Of cool nights,
contrasted with the gasping, binding
heat Of brick pavements and houses
crowded upon each other.
Among the guests registered are Mrs.
Andrew Jones and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Irvine Keyser, Mr.. and Mrs Henry Key
ser. Mrs. Floyd Jackson, the Misses jack
son, and Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Weld,
of Baltimore; Mrs. Thomas Rutherford
and family, Mrs. John Branch, Miss
Branch. Mrs. Alfred Harris. the Misses
Harris, and Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Daven-
port and family, of Richmond; Miss
Rogers. of Petersburg; Major and Mrs.
Ross. Miss Ross, the Misses Triplett,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Mobile; Mrs.
Slton, Mrs. Mcmillan. Mrs. W. Il. Krumb-
har. Miss Krumbhar, and Mrs. w. w.
Krumbhar, Jr.. Of New Orleans; Mrs.
Blackburn and Mrs Allison, of Kentucky;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Willard. Dr. and Mrs.
j. Boyd. and the Misses Boyd, of Wash
ington, D. c.; Mr.. A. j. Rankin, of Lynch
burg; Mrs. Cochran and Miss Cochran,
of stanton, and Messrs. John A. Howard,
]. Il. Seal, NJ. s. Davis, and j. Mason Mil
Ter. Jr of West Virginia. DIR. Stuart
Mcclure, the resident physician, arrived
to-day, and Mr.. and Mrs. John 7. Nc
Claren, of Detroit.