The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
SEASON AT HEIGR7 blue RIDGE SPRINGS
AT THE 10XAWAY linn 'DDNsI SUMMERGARMENT
Many Anglers Visit the Sapphire Gue
Country for Trout
Fishing.
follow Close on the Heels.
. Of Regular Spring
Cleaning.


Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, VA, June
1G.-Mnglcd with the worry and drudgery8
Of putting q summer resort In order, is
the compromising pleasure Of again meet
ing friends OF former days, who APP
prccintc the efforts made for their cons
fort and regard Blue Ridge Springs as
their summer home. BIZ
Very few can understand the amount
OF work required in opening the season
after six months closing. &, ~
The painstnklng housewife, who has
eight to ten rooms in her dwelling, un-
3dergoing Spring cleaning can realize
: tho immensely of an undertaking to put
one hundred and twelve rooms in spic
and span order.
Among those who have already Sc
cured their same room accommodations
for the season are Major e. M. Todd,
wife and daughter, Miss Julia, OF Smith-
field, Isle Of Wight county, Va. Dd.9and' 4
Mrs Randolph Barksdale, 81 Petersburg,
Va; Mrs. Cornelin Branch Stone, Mrs. y
w. "A. Moody, ST., and Colonel A. Wood !
Spaight, of Galveston, Texas; also Mrs
Harriet s. Gould. and family, OF Augusta,
Ga. The first to arrive are Mr.. and
Mrs. L. d. Drewry, of Martinsvllc, Va,
soon followed by Mr.. Douglas Arthur
Teed and wife, OF Binghanpton. N.
Mr.. iced Is an artist of considerable
fame, having studied and travelled IN
the Orient for seven years. fie& VIII
have his studio at s Blue Ridge Springs
for the season s. Nj
FrhLara n ra ttr1rtfvn objects
subjects for an artist, and Mr.. Teed will
find his time full OF interest.
The velvcty green lawn never looked
more inviting to the weary and care
worn seeker for health and pleasure,
while in the lcafy foliage of the shade
trees sweet songsters minse their melody
with the bahbing brook that flows
through the grounds.
Each spring season marks the arrival
jof some new variety OF song bird, until
now there arc. at least sixty species.
n The Wilson Hermit Thrush" or wood
robin now, build their nests along the
brook and GLADDEN. the heart with their
peculiar melody. 81 n e .;
d This bird inspired the pen OF Kate
Upton Clark to write: III
5'"rhe song OF the wood-robn. how It
thrills my heart to hear. ig
The song of the wood-robin in the suns
me, Of the year iss
How I long for wings 10 follow. where
his music carols free, n
And for words to learn the secret of his
K magic minstrelsy.''5 81 e.
The same writer wrote of the REDS:
/ breasted robin. whose characteristic fea-ss
i cure is to sing while a storm is ragiDg:s
docs he sing because he ;revels lin the
fury of the storm? 2, 81 Is
g1nS tile thunaer and the Tightening, does
he find n hidden charm $i
Or with prophetic eye enlsptilrcd, does
he see the darknes s4past
And the beauty that will blossom when
#:9sfs3 S, the clouds disperse, at last?''ys
when Thy rains on me. descendcth and
Thy clouds around me roll,
Grant, Q God, the power of singing to
my inmost shaken soul. y
May I see. Thy brightness shining far be-
You'd the outer gloom?
! May I hear Thy angels chanting: may I
& see Thy lilies bloom ?''tt:;Sss 4 I;
SWEET Ct!ALYBEATE