The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
AUTUMN DAYS
At Blue { ] |: RIDGE
Southern Families Lit1ger On Ac-
count Of the Yellow
i Fever.
CONGENIAL COMPANY
Delightful Days and Many
Pleasures to Bcguilc
Them.

II BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, VA, Sept.
e3.-All nature Is. in harmony with these
bright September days and has donncd
her richest raimehti Of gorgeous coloring,
growing more and more brilliant us the
days go by, as though inviting and al
most compelling n longer stay iii the
nountalns. The commercial spirit
though, lnvades these sacred domains
and impes the bread winner TO return
10 the cities, and 50, the Blue Ridge coll
ony grows smaller and more sadly less
when the pleasantest time OF the year
z has come for outdoor life. Ssj 81
The families from New Orleans and
yicksburg Miss find this a comfortable
4 haven, while awaiting more favorable
conditions at their own homes-for, while
the yellow fever reports are encournE-
Ing. ut is not safe to return, where It
\ prevails Much sympathy is felty for the
stricken cities. for any suggestion b OF
such q vista ton entails great CONNER
Y cnl loss, which is not TO be compared
with the possible greater loss of life. In
the fever, however, which has visited
the South, this season. the proportion
of mortality has been very small q
The depletion OF numbers here, has
and all are united in filling the hours
with pleasure. TO this end. many cosy
little card parties are nightly planned,
while the young people who hold the
fort" still Indulge In the dance. Mrs.
w. l.. Moody, OF Galveston, charming
1y entertained q seven-hand .euchrc par
ty during the week, at which refresh
lncnts were served. Mrs. Stone enter
tained with an attendance luncheon at
Lake Cottage. which she has occupied
for so many seasons. @ AXE
n Col. Spaight, the dean OF the encamp-
ment was host OF duplicate whist
party on Wednesday evening
4 The Madames Cowaw. Of Vicksburg,
have had two bridge whist parties, and
4 they always entertain In the best style
On Thursday evening. Mrs. Thadeus
6t Clark, OF Washington, D. &C., was hostess
at an entertainment with cards, compli-
mentary to Mr. John Langaw, OF New
York, q prominent business man OF that
city. who has stopped over to take a
taste OF the elixir OF llfe,""5 as found in
the ever flowing fountain OF Blue Ridge
Springs He makes annual visits to
friends in Albemarlo county Va, but
will not pass this resort without stay
OF a few days. and always finds here q
warm welcome. from those who have
known him before, and appreciate his at
tninments.
Major E. NJ Todd. OF smlthtield, with
his family, was one OF the losses in our
party, recorded during tho past week
The major Is unique character, Bcornlna
oil OF the shams OF social life and tex-
y pressing himself thereon. In an original
style, all his own, but loyal and sound to
the core as a friend. He Is a Joker"
that captures all in sight. and told one
& on himself while here. that is worth re-
4 peating. From some rela tive he had an
inheritance, and when asked. what OF the
personal property he desired, he replied
that he wanted bronze boar's head, that
he might have 1t placed upon his grave
s with the inscription, Lord Buckingham"
He isj 30 we'll known as the MANUFACTURER
OF the celebrated Todd hams OF Smith
field, that the point OF this Joke Is not
obscure. The bonrs head is now in his
possession. and may It long await his pur-
pose. He and his family are annual pa
irons of Blue Ridge. and we miss them
greatly. Some OF our colony will 20 TO
New York for October, while a few will
still remain here, knowing that nowhere
else can such comfort and care be found,
than under the roof of Mr.. and Mrs
Brown. who expend on their guests more
individual thought, than one usually
finds in hotel life.
The distressing condition OF ex-Gover-
4 nor O'Ferral Is deeply felt here and your
correspondent who was the guest OF him
self and Mrs O'Ferrall Mt the mansion
during his administration as Governor OF
Virginia would pay tribute to his great
worth as a scholar and gentleman, and
extend as an offering from Texas a
loving sympathy to Virginia for the pos.
sible loss OF one of Her noblest sons and
servants, as we'll as brayest and best
solicitors. "a
The arrivals OF the week are: Mr.. ].
p. and p a. Cowan, Vicksburg. Miss;
Mr. r. G, Daily. Roanoke Va; Mr.. A. T.,
johnson. Roanoke. Va; Mr.. Fl, ], Scath-
ard, Roanoke. Va; Mrs. L. s. Boatwright,
South Carolina: Miss Alice F. Lynch,
Norfolk Va; Mr.. and Mrs N. Citizens,
Chicago; Mr. o. ". Huddleston. Roam
oke. Va: Mr.. and Mrs v. Thomas. Silver,
s.. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. ] u. Sindall Silver,