The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13

Summertime affairs progress with
leisure and deliberatcneSs at most Of
the fashionabl resorts, and tho real
summer season will not be in full
swing until the first week in August
when all the cottages will be occupied
with n smart contingent of society folk
from all parts of the country. Some OF
the prettiesi balls given each year
take place in the historic old ball
room OF the Greenbrier White. and
handsome dinners and evening parties
follow each other III rapid succession
at that mountain resort. when the Au-
gust season is once begun. There. as
we'll AS at the Hot. the cottages are
occupied from one year TO another by
much the same people, and great
deal of interesting and delightful hos
pitality is exchanged between these
two fashionable watering places.
Midsummer finds society i'll town mar
rowed down to the fewest number Of
people, and the Country Club and the
Hermitage are the lone gathering
places OF interest in the evenings. Three
times a week there is music and dane
ing al the Country Club. with fasci
mating little dinners served at flower
laden IA bles on the terrace 10 preccde
the hop and several conEenial parties
are given every night in the week.
-hc dancing on Tuesday and Thursday
and Saturday evenings attracts the
Younger girls and men. mostly, and
all entertaining done there is of
strictly informal character, and gen
orally the meals are served alfreSco,
luncheons frequently being given at
one Of tho many little summer houses
that dot the pretty grounds of the club.
Next month will mark the return of
great many parties from abroad. and
many OF the town houses Will he open
ed up earlier on account OF daughters
end sons 20 I've gotten ready for board
inc school and college.
y good many Nircinians are abroad
this summer. and, as rule YOU find
them taking short motor trips about
England They visit the quaint and
historic little towns in the British isles
and have tea where the author of such
aud-Such lunched and dine where
great painter ind!ted verses to a ladys
eyebrows, as we'll as sketched the view
from the windows OF the cafe. and they
return with Il charm and an atmos-
pherc entirely different from the year
that they FASTENED with weary feet
At the heck and call OF n party leader
he dash from one place Of interest TO
another. followed by fleet footed friends
through Europe and marked by showers
OF colorcd cards To the friends at home
has more or less been discarded and
one now travels whittier the way is
interesting and thc path a plea sing one
The summer season is n light one,
and the affairs and functions that mark
its way are usually very airy. charm
ing entertainments. like the gowns Of
the hostesses and the manners of the
men
Al Rockbridec Baths.
The Rockbiidgc Bath Springs is n
very old and famous resort in this
State. and is the gathering place each
season for a large contingent OF cXclu-
sive Richmond society Mrs. Edward
Palmer and her children left yesterday
for this resort. where they expect to
remain until late in the coming fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyndham r. Meredith
and their daughters. Misses Alice and
Marion Meredith, will leave town Au-
gust and Viii also spend the summer
at the RockbridCe Baths
Al Virginia ncnch.
y number Of Richmond people have
gone to Virginia Beach for the remain
ire weeks in July. Some of those reg
istcred recently at the kinsey Cottage
there include Mr. and Mrs. G. c. James,
ton; =. NJ. Steward, Miss Mary Har-
wood Miss jamie Patrick, Miss Sallie
Wh!tmore Frank i. Jones. Mr. Banks.
Emmett II Hoy, Or Hoy. Preston Hoy.
lr.. all OF Petersburg; MIR. and Mrs w
i. Neville. Miss Adele Walker of
Portsmouth; c. L. Noel, OF South Bos-
ton; Miss Helen McGhee, OF Meridian
Miss; Miss Grace Nelson Miss Helen
Nelson Air and Mrs J. G Nelson. j.
c. Nelson, Jr., MIR. and Mrs L. II Pau
lott, Miss Bessie Paulett. Miss Julia
paulctt Il 5. Paulett, Miss Turnbull
Of farmNillc. J. Campbell Berkeley OF
DanVille Mr. ana Mrs {. Crcyke. COT
frey Creyke il, OF Washington; Miss
Rosa Trant. J. W. Trant OF Richmond
+. y Pritchard, OF Huntington. w. Va
NJ II sykes, OF Chicago. Miss May