The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
Pen. Pictures .of Those Who
Have Come, and Gone.
WATER OF STRONG POINTS
The Southern Aristocracy Was Con.
trolling Force at the Old White, and
Gave Il its Observation-Disclosures
s ofGreat vlsi.orsto Springs
Especial to Tho rim os- Dlspatch)

August 16.-Your first object Of Interest is
the sulphur spring, circular pool Of
clear water with a greenlsh tint, sur
rounded by pavilion. with twelve col
umns, painted red gray and marblcd.
The ccillng Is decorated with a pink
Venus, who has q painful expression Of
countenance as she rides on pink ocean
4 in a wooden cradle without rockers. Old
Burrell, q mulatto, fishes UP four glasses
of water from the spring and you are
about to drink one when you stop and
consider. Tho water has an individuality,
30 to speak; a bouquet that gives you
the impression that death has lowered
near. and perhaps fallen In. Nevertheless.
you drink It, and then sit down with the
other dcvotces OF the birthstone cocktail
to watch yourself get we'll. Old Burrcll
says he water Is aIgrcat thing X you
want to git shet OF malaria. 1t prob
ably 49, No malaria, not even the mos
vicious and deprayed OF ITS kind, could
thrive In the same system with that sui
rhur water. 4, X
The ball room Is large hall In the
front corner OF the hrst floor OF the
u hotel. with a polished floor and a frescoed
ceiling. The frescoes portray four ladies
evidently belonging to preceding era,
for their single garment is prevented from
b
cret OF the modlste-either gluo or carpet
tacks-wh j.h has entirely escaped the
modern dressmnker The builder says
they are Juno Ceres, Pallas and Vesta,
md the bootback says their names are
Malaria, Insomnia, Pneumonia and Diph-
theria. The difference Is somewhat wide.
Z but az you pay your money you are per-
mlttcd to take your choice.
x Tho Old White Sulphur Is ono OF the
historic landmarks OF the country. It is
the golden link connecting the present
with the bygone glory Of nte-bcllum
! days. when It's habitues formed sepa-
rate and select society OF Its own, the
open sesame OF whose portals was the
possession OF a grandfather or two OF
renown.
@Ss CONTROLLING FORCE
For Southern nrstocracy was the con-
trolling force here In the long-ago days
when the wealthy planters journeyed up
from the Carolinas Georgia, Kentucky.
Mississippi and Alabama in their car
rlages with great baggage wagons and
retinuc OF servants, and when they came
FE the first OF juno and stayed until frost
fell, those we're gay old times here. when
HE was worth the pain OF living. Inc
plantations and negroes were left under
the charge Of the overseer. In the shut
1e OF time positions have been strikingly
reversed and the overseer and negroes IN
smany instances own much OF the lano
on which they once worked for their
landlord, who was monarch OF all ne sur
reycd One still meets here the best IN
the social life OF the South. and under
spreadng oaks and colonial columns may
turn retrospective eye upon the van
lshed splendors OF that golden ago. when
y all the world was young. or reconstruct
tho shadowy fabric OF tho legends that
enriched childhood and glorided the nur-
scry When gilded sunbeams were Hood
lou la
were weaving diadems and garlands ana
waving laurel wreaths before the eyes OF
,'falr women and brave men,, who met
hero In annual reunion. where wealth,
beauty and fashion held high carnival.
Since the place was founded some mem
FROM GENERATION TO ENERATION
One cannot walk the lawn or take a,
turn about the environment without.
stumbling over recollections. Mamma
came here and papa mace love TO
her And mamma remembers that
grandmamma said that grandpapa'
came In grand coach with darkey out
riders. that he might present his compli-
merits to her when she was counted the
telle OF the eason. And he would go
x IN ok to his home fettered with rose
chains, and swearing that when man
wants a wife this Is tho only place to
come and get the right kind. N
nhur was Indifferent about money. but
n stickler for blood. She held, backed up
nv the facts OF history, that most OF tho
good blood In the country was IN tho
Southern States and In n perfectly KIND
" way. she looked upon Northerners,
Fasteners and Westerners as less ioF-
tunate sisters, but, In spite of this cher
ishad conviction, she was incapable OF
arrogance. In repose and dignity OF bear
ine and in elegance OF ease OF manner
she suggested several generations behind
4 her.
She would regard the nouveau richie
woman OF fashion to-day with her ad-
mIrable grooming, her superb goTns ana nc!
acquired air as only to be described by
the most damning adjectiyes-coEmon-
place. III,
with an expensive dressmaker and her
acquired manner, sho Is self-consclous
where she would DO naughty, and her re-
pose Is mere lounglng Enormous LOT,
tunes shocked to her of Vulgarlty ana
dIsnlay. She was supremely Indifferent
TO social vogue, because there was liter.
ally no ono whom she Looked up. to. II
The could look upon Newport society to-
day, gloss 1t as you may, she Woulo Pro
nounce 1t at base n parade ana pane
gyric OF money put to Its worst usesIh
school for the deterioration ana y, uhn .Rat
1ng of The proud traditions OF the pes'
!. ter days Of the republic
No Southern girl who was ever q belle
at the White sulphur ever cared 70 pc
anything else there except that or ma
trop. For she WAS a happy girl she ex-
pected to be married some day, and she
expected to be mother some day. She
didn't think all this out but still y thn
question were put to her she would tell
you that 1t was the truth. This Is a
pretty phase, this mother feeling Some
body said there were no mothers IN hc-
tion, but evidently he forgot the stories
Of Southern llfe for even when Thack,,.
cray came to write OF 1.-THE 3Virglnlans''
no made the mother heart OF Nine, Es-
uaond respond when her boys were IN
trouble, and always beat most lovingly
for the one who suffered the most,
a SOCIAL, LANDMARK.
The White sulphur has stood for much
In our social life It has stood for more
than a summer headquarters, for health
and revelry. In loving honor to Its name
We would erect memorial through which
the living will he quickelied and strength