The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-13
FILTRATION AT
THE ROCK ALUM
Maidens Who Would Give Happiness
and Pleasure to Her FeIlOwmen.
PRACTICED A FINE aRT.
August is Fulfilling Its Reputation as
Being the Height of the Season
in the Mountains and the
Hotels are Full Of People

ROCK ALUM SPRINGS, Aug. 10
| spocial.-What would the great world Of
! humanity. especially that contingent
found at the summer resorts do without
the young man and the young woman
who are 80 love OF are playing with the
cine art Of Irritation" And by the
way this last is surely no mean pas
| time
10 be in the swim during the summer
season We must all have some absorbing
| pursuit. Not 10 have some distinct line
produce as Stevenson says fatty dcgen-
Grafton Of ones moral being which SIS
J surely result 10 be guarded against. Inc
! prime aim of a young woman duiur
! the summer months should Doe that OF
] comforting happiness ana pleasure on
/ herself and her fellow men, IN other
words exercising the 'nne art OF nlria-
! ton
! IL delightfully."- whites away the hours.
| ut the Same dime if sharpcns tho wite
! it encourages suavcness Of disposition
| and that exquisite charm of manner and
ambition TO be pleasing which is WOO
| mans crown Of glory Filtration should
| be fostcrod, not frownCd upon. for ava
! institution that viii afford entertainment
! without responsibility should be che
/ Outraged. Taking 10 from purely
| ethical and philosophical standpoint
| without reference even 10 the many OPP
/ portunities pertaining thcrcunt1 for
J pleasantly and proAtabiy disposing Cf
! surplus time J should say it is am an
! round admirable institution.
! sometime guilcicss maiden or nu uu-
! susnccting youth may misundcrstand
! the purnorf of tho play and rr.Ik l'e
| or her heart in regulation good old
! ante-lelum stgle.
EXCEPTIONS no THE RULE.
! But those are individual cases and
| prove nothing. There may be the
/ idoallZcd foycr whom lil girls have lr
! their mind but at the same time
| think IL is a very good thing 10 have %
! Few Of what q summer firI calls 'sidf
! sneculations.' 10 koens un tho i"forcef
/ OF all parties. A suaye insiuuati0n or
admiration. o. pretty air. of haf cone
! cealeo deitrence, tetchnE touch az
| congcnialtV and the Uncertainty OF thc
| whole pursuit is insidious and fascna-
! ting
II has been said that even I've lost
! her Eden because She got wind of
! something she ala NOT know for -ure.
/ OF course In this pastmc we sometimes
| run our heads against "a slouehail,
| then something must ego and 10 Us gem
/ orally not the wall Set for an al
| round satisfying absorbing occupation
! for summer resorts there is nothing Ike
| the "h-e art of Irritation.
| Custom has long decreed that August
| should mean the height OF the season 300
| the mountains and in obedience 20 ils
unwrittcn law the guests Of this delight
ful resort have rapidly GNed the hotels
and cottages. bringing with them the
| promise of delightful possibilities as re-
| Sard9 entertaining and the meeting Of
( old friends and The making of new
A TALE THAT is TOLD.
IL is indeed true that az the springs one
literally spends the day like tale that
Is told, ana with very little variation
! TO the telling The morning begins with
a late breakfast for most Of the quests.
a.
chance 10 pass the post Office ana return
with papers and letters which occupy
them for AN hour or more. Then one
sees the different groups forming them
selves into numDcrless small card par
ties, or perhaps a bowling party takes
off q gay crowd. or numbers of "tramps"
VIII start for long pun over the noun
tain; or q fruit party given on one Of
the Vcrandas of some cottage made
beautiful by the home loving touch of
woman will bring together a congenial
Innumorable number Of card parties
have been given this week. Those most
interesting We're the ones given bv Afr.
and Mrs 4. T. FOX Thursday morning,
Mrs Clark OF Charlottesville and Mrs.
Rawlings of Richmond carrying Of the
prizes. Thursday night Mrs. Harris enc
tcrtaincd ~ this heguihnE game. Mrs.
HAYES Of Nashville winning tho prize
wednesday was made memorable by
those glvcn by Mrs. lfaAe of Baltimore.
Mrs p0ue az Louisville rf which Mrs.
Clark of Charlottesville was the success
ful one. carrying OF a beautiful clock as
prize. Mrs. clark gathered a very' con-
genial crowd io her private card party
MOndav morning. Mrs. Head or Louis
willie save "a matinee seven hand cuchrc
party of several tables I'D ihf hal OF
tho Central Hotel Tuesday lnornin, MS
Pope ana Mr.. Scssiord OF washington
wluuin- the PRICES
FULL. DRIsS GERMAN.
The beautiful fun dress german given
Friday night in the large ballroom or
the Grand Hotel was great sN-i.
Nr. Graves. OF Richmond, ono Of the
most popular young men OF the Springs
led 10 in the most graceful manner lu-
PRODUCING several new and pretty figures
There were over seventy -iFe couples ms
well as large party from the are
ghanv Hotel rh1rerDuCd bN Mrs l0aFI.~
Armcnt Of Cincinnati who IS ackn0wl-
edged 30 be the most beauufW and best
g0wned woman at the Allegheny. me
german was followed hy supper which
gave a greatly enjoyed finishing touch
TO "A very happy occa sion
Several driving parties have been given
recently 20 the Cold sulphur Aand MI
hor0 Springs. Those given by MT. hayes
ON Monday. Mr. Hand Of Rome Ca, on
Tuesday. Mr. Talley on wednesday We're
tho most ENJOYABLE. Thursday evening
Mrs Fox and Mrs. Rawlings chaperoned
d LARGO Marty Of the dancing contingent
strel performance. given by the society
contingent of stanton and fun dress
german afterwards.
PF AVTIFTrJ GlRlS.
The beautiful collection OF young girls
together with an unusually large NUM-
her OF handsome men make the the lai-
room at the Grand present brilliant
scene each night with its shifting coloIs
and constant movement 70 rnNthmic
music The ouaint coetuw"s ~ the 10
sent day make each girl loving
rfcfrre for their pompadoured hair their
rrfflod and beribboned gowns creates "a
gusuioion that our departed ancestors
have stepned down and ont OF their
frames aud have once more come 20
v-rogtle with the world the tcsh and the
devil Among the graceful dancers VIII
he found. Miss Spades The Misses
Cr,onoun Misses WaddN Miss Bowe,
MIR Tallev. Or Jones. Mr.. Sessfori, Mr..
ehackteford and numerous others. Several
"after-the- bah" suppers have been given
during the last week Miss g. J.. Gordon.
daughter Of General J r. Gordon a
blonde tan. alert Of movement graceful
and handsome wearing beautiful gowns.
hiit no airs Is already immensely nopular.
She c~te~ta tod - sf~~0~ 1f'"~ -"
german Friday night several OF her
friends.
Mr. Tallev by the came doiiehffH
method entertained the Misses Chenault ;
on the verapda Of their cottage Thursla-
night. The Misses Wadiill N their very
prcttv cottage on Monday night gave a
i-..sasa <.u6uiAa hv dsli0hffIl nansio Ia