The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16
GAY SEASON AT
THE GREENBRIER
Pen Pictures of the People Who are
There.
A SUNDAY SACRED CONCERT
Some Of the Pretty and the Popular
Girls That Grace the Views OF
Life at the Whitc-Dr.
Tudor Expected.

GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS. July 15.-Special-The season
at the Greenbrier white Sulphur IS fairly
i'm IT'S usual whirl Every train brings its
load Of gay sumner folk; or its sad-eyed
ones who are stricken with poor health,
or IT'S bevies Of little children, like yellow
butterflies, who are here just for the joys
Of living.
The ballroom IS reinforced every night
BY some new. sweet faces. and. Of course,
some new and ravishinG costumes.
marked feature Of the season so far IS
the great majority Of men. Here one sees
the pale-cheeked exquisite, with the white
shoes. the immaculate linen, the two baby
curls nesting in the corners Of his brown
noustache. and one knows him OF old
that u.s.. his beloved class
MARKED TYPES.
Here also is the little old man. with
the sharp, gray chin-whiskers, and one
is presented al table d'hote with sealed
envelope and his compliments. along
with a box Of his famous rheumatism
salve. This old gentleman, as wild-faced
as an advertisement OF Cherry PectoraL
tells one he is the famous salve doctor
from Long Island. When we get ac-
ouainted. we like him very much, even II
we have no rheumatism 10 cure.
Oh it's delightful condensation tho
ships that pass i'm the night and bespeak
each other ia passing.
And the costumes. How the cop-"eo
brains of fairies must envy the airiness,
HHr fH. "a tom IL
the ball dresses.
i'm the ballroom one gets o little weary
Of seeing only beautiful things. They
clog like too much chocolate. But one
looks on with pain at the pale youth
dragging the tat girl around in the waltz,
which seems To bee breaking him I'M every
joint.
Also the tangled rufies on the back
ward step Jars upon one Ike a smell OF
soap boiling on a summer day, when one
would fain smell only flowers. But these
sights are few and intrusive It IS only
of tho beautiful one IS able 20 think
long at q time, at the beautiful White
sulphur.
SACRED CONCERT.
Let me tell you of The sacred concert
Sunday night. / had been furnished with
a. programme, although none had been
printed. and the polio Professor DreXel
had one made up especially for me.
lie is from Reading Pa. and has with
him some of the men who have been
with S0usa. some from New York. some
from Philadelphia and some from New
Orleans. In short "a company Of picked
musicians and 1 assure you 10 Us quite
worth q trip out here 90 hear 10.
ln the part from Martha which was
given. all were 90 some extent prepared
for what followed but when the Fam
tasis THE Dying Poet" began. one
wished 90 close ones eyes 20 shut out
the pr0s8lc. stiff heads of the perform
crs. 90 hide from sight the giltterng i'm
strumcuts as discorls 90 ones vision
when such ETHEREAL ITS of delight were
presented
one became possessed Of wings In spirit,
which swept al once The swamp lands OF
sorrow and The sun gold peaks NJ joy me
wide wastes Of despair and the silvefy
drlperles OF hope. one followed on
waves OF light and music. the driftns
soul of the Poet whittier 30 went Lereft
of Cos clay Had he not sounded the
depths of every heart well. had he not
beItcd the gloves of thought and tested
au expression an emotion all heights.
lengths and brcadths of hfe2 a poet?
That is what a true poet is, the essence
of human life and love.
And the composer has well conceived
the commissions of harmonles which must
tear down the walls and open up the
yis,as for his departure.
THE RECOIL.
Such rythm OF sound such transcenden-
tai elorIes OF music one may not often
hear But the end comes. darkness
brools in yonder golden spot where he
disappeared darkness and silence.
Then we return with "a shock 10 the
wall seat in the great ballroom a. the
"Od White" we see the faces Of the
others. some have listened. but have not
heard some have heard. but have not
seen the ereat drama OF The Dying
Poet"
Ii is not until we return to the rare
intOXlcati0n which perfect pleasure IN
any emotion gives one. that repeated ty
the solo on the cOruet or the duet by the
two expert musicians. the one with his
lips at the flute. the other clarionet, or
some such silver-tonsued instrument that
one remembers how ephemeral Is such
pleasure and how uncertain that it can
ever return In the same degree.
THE FIRST.
DO YOU realize how vital to your soul
Is the FIRST Of anything which comes your
way. your FIRST meeting with anything
fine and unusual. a new friend perhaps
or a new gift. or a new musical concert.
the first of its kind. ] keep tally with
the seasons and ] record the first from
the dandclion 10 the black heart cherry.
from the song Of the wren TO the crOak
OF the rain crow. / can not say that
each recurring season brings me the
same amount Of joy. but the interest is-a
fair one and its a tonic 10 memory.
The concert closed with a crashing
rendition Of America" and the audience
filed out Of the ballroom.
POPULAR GIRLS.
Among the popular girls lately arrived
one cannot overlook Miss Nettie st.
Claire. who H. seen on the golf links in
the mornings and playing whist or seven
hand euchre during the day. while It
would seem a white Sulphur Mlnuet."
''The Rviie." could not be complete
without her. Miss st. Claire is here
with her father. her two little brothers.
and her maid. They have the Cottage
in Florida row.
Another young lady who has been here
only a few DAYS. but has fallen into line
with charming grace and Is very pop
ular. Is Miss Francis Saunders from.
Lexington. Ky. Miss Saunders IS with
her grandmother. Mrs. +. T. Bruce. OF
Lexington, Ky.
Miss Randolph. OF South Carolina. and
aiisa shaw, OF philadelphia, arc sttrac-
t,ve ana beautiful siris lately arrived.