Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
Hot Springs.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
HOT SPRINGS, Va. November 80 1872
Mrs. Clarence Moore of Washington is
nearing the end of a long stay at the
Homestead and during the past week has
again been accompanied about the Home
stead Hotel, where she has apartments
by her young son, who has had pneu-
monia, which he contracted after coming
to Hot Springs. The fact that he was
seriously i'll was not made known until
his recovery was assured. The youngster
is now about the hotel again and quite
himself. but his mother has been greatly
worried over his condition.
Mrs. Moore. who lost her husband in
the Titanic disaster, found herself one Of
three widows who came to spend the fall
here, having lost their husbands in the
same disaster. The others were Mrs
Edgard q. Meyer of New York, who was
returning from her wedding trip on the
Titanic. and Mrs. George Wick of
Youngstown, Ohio. Mr.. Wick and Mr.
Moore were close friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville E. Ingalls,, jr.,
of New York and Washington came to
Hot Springs the day before Thanks
matnder of the week here.
Representative and Mrs. Livingston
Beeckman of Providence and Washing
ton terminated their annual fall visit
a lew DAYS ago. ana just before leaV-
ing gave dinner on board their private
car in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Russell Pope. who have been here on
their honeymoon. Mrs. Pope was Miss
Sadie Jones, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pembroke Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clendenin J. Ryan of
Oak Ridge, Va. joined the Hot Springs
villa colony few days ago. They have
leased the Pillars. one of the largest
places here, for the winter.
One Of those CQD1i-SariOuS re
which sometimes provoke broad grins
occurred at the first tee on the golf
links the other day, when J. F. Car
Isle Of Washington accidentally hit his
ball while lot Of other golfers were
waiting their turn to start Mr.. Car
Isle teed his ball and addressed it. and
| then pressed little. The result was
who had already driven and was stand
ing at one side about fifty feet away
full in the chest. The blow took her
breath, and, clasping her throat with
but her husband caught her before she
would have fallen. After a few min
utes she was able to go on with the
game. Oddly. it is Mrs Carlisle to
whom the game is new. she having
taken it up this past week Her hus
band on the contrary. is one of those
old time experienced players.
Sportsmen have been hunting all the
week at camp established on Back
creek mountain by the Fassifern Hunt
Club, and have gotten several deer.
Andrew Cameron of Hot Springs We'd
nesday killed three with three shots
fired in quick succession at a range of
$50 yards, making a record for deer
shooting in this territory. John River
comb of Charlottesville, Va, was made
the butt of one of the camp jokes. From
his position on a stand near one of the
runways he got a shot at a deer the
hounds drove near him, but missed. AS
a penalty, and in accordance with long
established custom, several of his COM
panions set upon him, while another
with his hunting knife cut off the tail
Of his coat.
Barton Lodge has been occupied but
little by Mrs. French, who is we'll known
in Washington and Philadelphia, since
the death of her husband, formerly one
Of the partners of ]. P. Morgan & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. archibald McCrea of
Philadelphia and Petersburg. Va, had
it under lease until early this fall, when
Mrs French returned from a long
European tour. She then planned either
to have Mr.. Wilson occupy 1t or to
use it herself, but the sudden illness
of Miss Clarice French. her daughter.
who is in school in Paris. has called
her abroad again. and the villa will
probably be closed until spring.