The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-15
THIS THE TINE
FOR GOING AWAY
Society People Are Planning
Many Delightful Trips.
MANY HOUSES ARE CLOSED
The woman's Club Preparing Most
Attractive Programme for the Next
season-Fashionable Weddings
Soon to Occur-Personal.
MANY HOUSES ARE CLOSED

decide where to go and to settle the date
OF departure The sea-shore and noun
tatns are the fnvorltes.
It is rather hard to decide where 20 so
zach year. even IL you have moi got to
count The pennies Ono resort is adVer-
t:seG es having AL the natural condi-
lions united TO form an ideal health and
pleasure resort during all seasons of the
year. Towering mountains. miles of
new drives smooth boulevards and ro-
ncancic walks. are ut hand to crafty the
oleasure-seeker. The golf club. with its
well-kept links. Is special feature ant
as an outdoor exercise is one OF the chief
past11nes."
In thinking over q mountain trip we
are told on another circular That these
mountains have a beauty and grandeur
all their own. and have probably been
seen and admired, Il not visited by more
travellers than any other group on the
American continent Moreover. 1t Is
cheaper to board hero than live at home"
Now. II that were absolutely the fact
It might be thought Of. but the trouble
Is that the reality DOES not always come
Up to the reading.
What is becoming fast popular to those
who can "trip but two or three weeks is
Che tourists trips by water. to Canada
ana the Northern States. These trips
allow a day or tive to be spent ut large
cities and ere every day full OF new IN
terest Unlike all other vacation trips,
she who contemplates spending her sum
1uer this way, needs not the weary days
at dress makers and bargain counters
before starting. for with coat suite. pa
per novels and grip she has everything
that is needed. her cry being how few
things can I decently DO with, instead
of how many dresses and waists can l
''scrape'' together.
But nevertheless, the smart set with
few exceptions, will as usual flock TO the
fashionable spring TO spend the time in
endless gaiety. Driving. dancing. ping.
pong. Collin. bridge and euchre. making
the hours pass quickly. while the moon
light nights are turned into day. Here
uni ladi" will appear IN several elegant
toilets. different ones being donned two
end three times a day, the shirt visit
and skirt being an unknown thing in
these regions.
The main thing seems tc be to get
away and that quickly no matter what
section. and daily the trains are crowd
ed and the windows are shattered on
Franklin Street, till the stay-at-nome
seems forlorn.
European shores and the London coro-
nation have claimed the attention of sew
eraI of the smart set. Among those who
will be in the throng of sight-seers are
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Mrs. Joseph z.
Willard. Mrs. r. II. Fisher. Misses Eliza
beth and Jane Fisher, Mrs. Nirsinius
Hall. Miss Maria Blair. Miss Calvin
Bragg. Mrs. Shields. Miss Grace Shields,
Miss Getty Mcguire. Miss Margaret Lee,
Miss Celeste Weisigcr, Miss Edna Forbes
the Misses Straus. the Misses Ruther-
fords. Mrs. Matthew Bland Harrison.
Miss MAYER. Mrs. Charles Nflitlock,
Misses Elizabeth and Loullie Whitlock,
Later on in the summer Miss Ada Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Caskie, Miss Mar
garet Shislds. Miss Adele Williams and
others. Most of them will return in Sep
temhcr and October.
Miss Novel; Jones, who will be married
on the sixteenth Of July to Mr. Egbert
Leigh. will also so abroad for her we'd
ding trip.
Others who will be on the continent for
some time are DR.. and Mrs. Robert P.
Kerr. DR.. and Mrs. Moore. Miss Olive
.Archerson, Mrs. A. D. Lyons. and Miss
Loullie Lyons.
Many Richmonders will go or have
already gone to Virginia Beach. if no. to
spend the summer. to get a few sea
breezes before going to the moun+,
Among those who will be SEEN on the
pcarches or on the hotel ballroom floors
are Miss Florence Tyler, Miss Adanson.
of Bon Air: Mr.. and Mrs Richard. Misses
Maude and Louise STEELE. Mrs. Freeman
Dance. Miss Page Booker. Mrs. Preston
Womacl1 Mrs. Thurston. Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion Lambert, Mrs. William Talia-
ferro. Mrs. j. Arthur LEROY, Mrs Cliff
ford Caper;on, Miss Josephine Putney.
Mrs. Fitzhugh. Miss Eichelberger. Mr..
and Mrs Haynes Miss Mamie Monta-
que. Miss Meade Miss Kate Meade. Mrs.
w. G. Stanard. Miss Elizabeth Robins
Mrs. Miclaux, Miss katherine Michaux,
Miss Mary Carter Anderson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Christian, Miss Rosalie
Jones. Miss Lucy Christian. Mrs. Thomas
Christian Gordon, Mrs. John Farland.
Miss Catherine Watkins. Mrs. Charles
w Harwcod. Z. q qSt
The springs. as usual. are to be quite
the thing with the society folk, among
those who will be at the different re-
sorts during the summer are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Decatur AXtell at the Hot
Springs.
Sweet Springs.
Eweet.
Dr.. ". Ralph Clements at Variety
Springs.
Miss Aline Jennings at Mrs. Mayo's.
year Otterburn Springs.
Colonel Robins and family are at the
Narsennetta Springs. as usual.
Miss Augusta Daniel Is also near the
White Sulphur for the summer
Mrs. Jun;as Moshy will be at the Buffalo
L!th!a Springs.
Tt. Misses Watkins Will be noticed at
III. White Sulphur for a short while.
Rev. Dr.. Pitt and family at the Otter
burn Springs.
The summer visitors will be found also
!a Distant climes. amen them bring:
Nh James F. Netherland and the Misses
Alice ana Emma Netherland, who after
a ,.is!t to the mountains will go TO Nova
Scotia.
Mr. and Mrs Junlus Mosby ars spend
ing a short tlrne at Atlantic City. before
going to other parts
Miss Helen O. Ferrall is a. Norgans-
town. w. Va. for an extended stay.
Miss Addie Bowe. after returning from
West Point and New York VIII go with
her parents to the mountains.
Miss Louise Adkins and Miss Mary
I4ath.op VIII, spend July at Ivy clippe."