The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-23
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The Past Week the Cayest Of
the Season.
PROPHETIC r s Gle RMAN
The Gayety for theWeek Wound Up
With a Phantom Call on Saturday I
Night--Gues.s Booked w.
III October.
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SWEET cIiALYBEATE SPRINGS
August 22.-Never In the history Of the
present management have there been &c
many guests ut this place. for since the
first OF August every room has been
filled and people turned away each day
Tho crowd is most congenial, and every
body Is having a good time The out.
look for September Is very bright and u
gny month is promised. A large number
Of guests here now will remain and rooms
are already engaged by others to come
until October LIST.
5 y, A GAY WEEK.
The past week was the gaycst OF tho
season. and on "Wednesday night the
manager, Mr.. d. r. Ealtle, gave his large
german. as has been his custom for years.
and this was no exception In brllllance
and enjoyment. The ballroom was beau.
tifully decorated III evergreens, ferns and
potted plants. and behind this screen sat
the band. who dscoursed sweet music
Mr.. Ben. Blackboard blew the whistle and
began leading the couples through some
beautiful figures, with his partner, Miss
Nina Armstead, Of Baltimore. At II
o. clock the march to the dlning-room was
led by Mr. and Mrs Floyd Hughes, OF
Norfolk. followed BY the other chaperones
and then the dancers. Here the many ia
bles were most artisticaly decorated IN
flowers and ferns. each one having DIFF
ferent design, and were beautiful. Re-
freshments, with punch, were served, az
ter which dancing was resumed until 1880.
when Home. Sweet Home, :" was played
and all said good might. The chaperones
were Professor and Mrs. Dabney, OF
Knoxville, Tenn; Mr.. and Mrs =. D;
Enslow, Of Huntington, w. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Hughes, OF Norfolk! Mrs
M. a. Cushman. OF st. Louis; Mrs. Charles
Willis, OF Richmond; Mrs. George Nc
Cauley, OF Jacksonville; Mrs. sterritt, OF
Alexandria; Mrs. Adam Treadwell, OF
Norfolk; Mrs. Arthur Floyd. OF East
Orange, n. j.; Mrs. Scyd, Of New York;
Among the dancers We're Mrs. e.. M
sanderson. Mrs. Holden. Mrs. Ora ham
Hobson Mrs. DuBose. Mrs. Charles Web
ster. Misses Margaret and Alice Old
Mary Marshall, Nina Armstead. Mary
Lewis Nora Houston. Helen Smith, Mar
CARTE Garland, Isabelle Jenkins, Carolyn
Cohn. Mary King. A1essrs. Pelham 17laek-
ford. Bynum, Garner. Denmcad, William
A. Boykin, Jr., James Patton, Ben Black
ford Harry Fenwick. Pattee, Hall, James
sterritt, David Edmunds.
On Sunday morning Rev. Arthur $.
Lloyd administered holy communion at
I ~FASSSi~~.'~'-S
In the parlor, and the servce was mos
Impressive. at II O'Clock Rev. y. e.
stahl held services in the ballroom, and
the Presbyterian service was used, when
the room was filled with worshlppers.
On Saturday last the members OF the
Long Bridge sunday-school were invited
to the Springs for their annual picnic.
About fifty came from the neighborlng
country, and they had their lunch on a
large table on the lawn beneath the trees,
afterwards enjoyed playing games, In
which number Of guests Joined.
PHANTOM BALL.
Saturday night was the phantom ball,
and ghostly sight itwas to see the
twenty couples arrayed in white robes.
with high peaked hats and masks, ming
ling in the canoes. Most amusing mis-
takes occurred throughout the evening,
for many a man mistook his best girl.
claiming some one he hardly knew Ten
young ladies In white invited young
man (not masked) to escort them to the
spring, which he gladly consented to do,
not knowing that the GHOSTS" were
dumb; 80 the only reply to his many ques-
lions was the nod Of ten high caps. until.