Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-14
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS.
A Large Company and Many Gaye-
tics-PersOnaIs.

ties-PersOnais.
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS. VA. August
13.-(Special.) 1.-THE summer girl is here.
in all her daintiness OF organdy and
lace. The prettiest gowns. that have
been concealed In the big "Saratogas'
have come forth. to shine on this mid
summer month of August, when the
whirl of gayety is at its height. The
women's display is. however. largely to
tantalize one another. for there is
deficiency of men just now, which our
host tells us will soon be filled, as the
fame OF the Blue Ridge girls has gone
out into the land, and re-enforcements
OF the masculine persuasion are expected
very soon.
No more attractive beauty show can
be found at any summer resort than
here. In fact, the large number or
charming girls here. from the sweet
bud" TO the perfect rose, is matter
of general comment and admiration.
Among these are Miss Mabel Vaughan,
Miss Hotchklss, Miss Lewis, Miss
Michaux, and Miss Edyth White, Of
Richmond; Miss Denham, Miss Halle,
and Miss Bessie Denham, or
Florida; Miss Chisolm. Miss Sue
CnlSOlln, MlSb DulSls anu <lioS
Nance, Of Charleston; Miss Moss, OF
Galveston Miss Ward, of New Jersey;
Miss McAlister, Miss Florence McAlister,
and Miss Sublett. Of st. Louis; Miss
Brennerman, Of Baltimore; Miss Olivia
Caldwell Miss Martha Caldwell, Miss
Evelyn Caldwell, and Miss Elizabeth
Caldwell, Of Memphis; Miss Elliott, Of
Danville; Miss Griffin, of Portsmouth;
Miss Higgins, Miss Johnston, Miss Per-
kins, and Miss Doyle. of Norfolk.
The germans here are always sue
cess. as Roanoke sends us of her riches
in dancing men," but the special"
from that city comes only once in two
weeks. 1t is a matter of boast, how
ever, that during the first week in Au-
gust two germans were danced ex-
clusively by men who were guests at the
Blue Ridge, and were very enjoyable,
as there was not so large a crowd as
at the german.
Friday evening there were forty
couples, with good supply Of that eager,
waiting throng known as "stags." Be-
ing the regular night for the special
party from Roanoke, 1t was a large
and brilliant affair.
On Wednesday morning progressive
euchre was played by party Of eleven
tables. Prizes were awarded, and the
victors We're Mrs. Nellie Il. Stone, or
Galveston, first prize Mrs. Johnston, Of
Norfolk, second: Miss Brennerman, or
Baltimore, third; Mrs. Lee, of Virginia,
fourth, and Mrs. Cooke, Of New Orleans,
fifth. Defeat was sweetened by a con-
ISOLATION prize, box Of bonbons. which
was drawn by Mrs. Gooch, OF North
Carolina Mrs. Lee and Miss Higgins won
deserved praise for having given the
guests delightful morning.
The crowd here now is so great that
Mr.. Brown has had to publish standing
room only" and could not take many
who applied for rooms on the first OF
this month, but the population at these
springs is fiuctuating, and il is wonder
full how, when there is a full house"
there is always room for one more"
The Lake Cottage Seventh Hand
Euchre Club has been reorganzed, and
had two meetings last week At the
first Mrs. Julian Chisolm. of Baltimore,
won the prize. and Miss Higgins, of
Norfolk was the victor at the
second. This club has become
one Of the institutions here, and
is revived each summer, for three years
past, with nearly the same members.
showing that. like the pilgrim who drinks
of the celebrated Trevi fountain, those
who come here once return TO drink
again of these waters.
Mr.. Winston (who, with his wife, has
been here for some time) was called to
Richmond Wednesday night to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Charles Taylor, general
traffic manager of the Fredericksburg ano
Richmond railroad. Mrs. Winston will
remain for awhile longer.
f. The arrivals during the past week have
been so many that 1t will be necessary
10 spread myself" TO tell the tale. and
are as follows Cornelia B. Stone. DR..
E. c. McSparren. Mrs. Luther Dawson,
child. and nurse; Z. ID. Hotchkiss. Jr..
II. p. Hotchkiss, Mrs. E. V. Breeden.
Mrs s. J. Ballauff and A. d. Ballauff. of
Richmond; Sidney Lloyd, Lynchburg; ].
M. Beck and wife, San Francisco, Cal
Mrs. John II. Griffin, Miss NJ. Zena Griffin.
and Mrs c. w. Coleman, child. and nurse
of Portsmouth; Professor f. V. n. Paint
err. Salem, Va; Mrs. NJ. II. Caldwell. Miss
Olivia Caldwell, Miss Martha Caldweu
Miss Evelyn Caldwell, Miss Elizabeth
Caldwell, and Mrs. r c. Chandler, OF
Memphis; Captain and Mrs. A. L. Will
lard Florida; J. NJ. Bolts, Norfolk: Mrs
/. X. Atwood and five children and nurse
Mrs ]. L. Chenault and j. T. Peers. of
West Appomattox; Willis j. Clark. Mo-
bile, Ala; Mrs. c. H. Robinson and four
children, Elizabeth City; Mrs. I. F. Cecil
and Miss Mary F. Doye, Norfolk: Miss
Wortley Wise. Portsmouth.
ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS.