Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-30

ishly expended in all directions. Just
now a handsome railroad station on
the verge of the hotel grounds Is
ing completion. Saturdays excepted, a
New York sleeper leaves at eight O'Clock
every night. Departing guests bound
west, take the C. & O. limited at Gov
ington, 26 miles from here.
The hotel is a spacious four-story
structure, capable of accommodating
over 600 guests. The style of architec-
Ature is novel and agreeable. 1t has
many angles, curves and gables; broad
piazzas of great length, roofs supported
by innumerable polished white mas
sive pillars, SO that in looking at the
hotel from any direction one observes
something new to mark his attention.
The inside is a model Of convenience,
neatness and comfort. Large reception
halls, writing and sitting rooms, light
and airy bedrooms, single or in suit,
and all richly furnished. The building
is amply heated by steam throughout
its length and breadth, but there are
fire places in some of the reception and
lounging rooms big enough to hold a
cord of wood. This auxiliary is often
requisitioned on winter evenings for the
sake of enhancing the cheerfulness, Tor
we all know the pleasant effect on the
senses of a great big log wood ire.
Electric lights everywhere in profus-
ion; the sanitary arrangements are
perfect. The CUISINE and range of ma
terial is good enough and broad enough
to cause one to pause and wonder.
Such excellent butter, cream and milk,
and the freshness of the vegetables sur
prise the guest, until he learns that the
concern has it's own dairy and truck
farm. The help is all colored, well dis
pciplined, clean, neat, respectful N In
telligent. In a word the whole outnt
is right up-to-date.
The Hot Springs is open all the year
round, and more guests are found With
in its precincts during fall and spring
than in summer
The ~"bathouse'' is said to be n OF
the finest and most convenient ever
built. Stone and brick are its eompo-
nent parts; Grecian in its architecture
and painted a glossy white; certainly II
is both handsome and imposing. Whlle
it is not as large as the famous Carts
bad bathhouse, the writer is positive
from personal observation that its in
ternal arrangements are fully equal, if
not more convenient, while the corps of
assistants know and do their duties
more alphabetically, in~telligently and
patiently. The natural temperature OF
the waters used in the baths is LOG de-
grees Fahrenheit.
The sources of amusement and fecre-
alton are numerous. Fine scenery and
good roads have made horseback rid
ing and driving most popular. 1t IS
not to see from Is to 20
handsome rigs filled with guests driv-
ing an afternoon. A fine casino and
ballroom accommodates a variety OF
entertainments, among which recently
was a cake-walk, in which a colored
woman, aged SO years, carried off one
of the prizes.
Not the least attractive of the out
door sports so popular here is golf.
The management in this, as in all else,
idiscerned early the growing popularity
of the game, and at once laid out, under
the guidance of a competent profess
sional, a golf course, and then went
to work to make it excellent enough to
good players. The nine hole
course is not a large one, covering a
distance say of 1900 yards, but it is
quite sporty with an excellent turf and
fair putting greens. The sport is so
we'll patronized by both sexes and all
ages that the course often becomes
congested, so much so that the manage
,ment contempfates next year adding
mine more holes, in which case it will
compare favorably to some of the crack
links of the country.
The undersigned could write much
more of interest to your readers about
this popular resort if he were allowed
space to go into further details, but
enough is contained in this letter to give
them an inkling of this delightful and
health-giving resort sc near to them,
and which is available all the year
round. 7.