The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
BEAUTIFUL
lNTERMONT
Many Now Flocking to This
Very Popular Resort.
THE TEE-DEE GIRLS HERE
They Arrive and Are Accorded Warm
Welcome-The Amusements Now
in Vogue-Sone Of the
Summer Guests
THE TEE-DEE GIRLS HERE

Especial from staff Correspondence
GoVlNGTON, VA, August s.-Girdlcd
by mountains. embowered in green trees,
and surrounded by far-stretchingI green
lawns, wherein fountains play and fra
grant flowers bloom, the lntermont pre-
SCENTS at this season a scene OF beauty
calculated to charm the dweller in low
counties, and even to impress those ac-
customed to mountain scenery.
The cool summer season up to the pres
ent mas proven disastrous to many noun
tain resorts, but now the summer tide Is
lowing from the cities. and all towns
on the Chesapeake and Ohio are crowd
ed to the limit. or this travel tne Inter-
mont is securing its due proportion. MS
attested by the register, which now
Drlstles with names from all sections.
MANY ADVANTAGES.
The many advantages of the lntermont
as summer resort are manifest on the
shortest acquaintance 1t is a veritable
rus In urbey Situated on high point
within the city OF Covlngton. all the con-
veniences OF n city are at It's doors. At
the same time, the stretch of lawns and
trees surouning the picturesque struc-
ture makes 1t for all practical purposes
country resort The depot is but few
hundred feet away, as is the business
portion Of town. where everything needed
Shii NC opAalHeu. L lle Hltiil SCI 10 oA-
cellent. Good teams can be obtained at
the livery stable, and farorite form of
amusement is driving. there being many
level highways Iii this pretty hollow
among the hills.
The ball room Of the Intermont Is one
Of the best in the country. 1t presents a
gay scene nightly when the guests of
the hotel and visitors from the town as
semble to trip to the strains furnished
by an excellent band from Philadel-
phla.
BY no means the least important feature
here is the table. The mountain air is
most appetizing, and the menu three
times a day Is such as to tempt even an
invalid
The usual forms of amusement are be-
Ing INDUCED in as the number Of guests
grows larger. There was a euchre party
Thursday evening, and other pleasures
are projected for the coming week.
Richmond has contributed generously
to the quota OF guests here. Among her
fair representatives are Miss Irene Rob-
inson and Miss N1elcha Schaaf, chape-
roned by Mrs. Robinson. These young
ladies' were among the winners of the
Tec-Dee outing contests of The Times
Dispatch. They are receiving much at
tcntion here.
The manager OF the Tntermont Mr.. w.
Z. E1undIey, Is well known IN 1tlCnfnOnQ,
where he was lonk engaged in business.
His constant attention to the comfort Of
his guests adds much to the pleasure OF
those now domicled at the Intermont.
Among those who are now here some
to spend the rest of the season are P. l..
Gillunn. Milton johnson. S. l.. Van Meter,
D. S. Cornell. e. w. Oppenhimer, Thos.
Atkinson and Thomas Atkinson, Jr., Of
Richmond; Misses Resale W. Robinson.
Elizabeth Baker and Edna Branch Rich
mond: Mrs. Eubank and Miss Eubank,
Waco, Texas; Leon W. Sizer and A. Car
rington Davis, Richmond; Miss Irene
Robinson and Miss Melcha Schaaf, Rich
mond: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Easley Win
ston n. c.; Ashby Miller. Minneapolis,
MINI; l.. ]. Davis, Richmond; Mrs. c.
Hilger and Miss Margaret Hilyer ST.
Louis. Mo-; Miss Fannie sproul, Miss
May II. Christian, Miss Akers, j. A.
sproul, Clifton Forge; N. G. Watts.
staunton: c. R. Norman, Richmond B.
T. Board. Louisville. KY; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Va. ]. w. Goodwin. Huntington, w.
Va; n. B. Edmunds, louisville. Ky.
T.. P. Davis, Columbus; w. II. Kelrey.
Staunton; T.. D. Fem. p. F. Shanahan.
r. A. Palmer, Baltimore; NJ. G. Jones,
New York; w. T. Hoffer, Thurmond, W.
Va: Mrs. ]. C. Montgomery DR.. L. G.
Mrs. George M. Hancock,
Master Kent Hancock, Montgomery Han
cock. Lawrence Hancock. Miss Mont
all of Montgomery, w. Va;
Edwin S. Wods, Chicago; T. Walter Bell.
Ronceverte, w, Va,