The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
White Sulphur Springs

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
VA, March 1.-THE spring season
is on here and the big throng that has
arrived. from the Southern resorts
TO spend Lent, will be augmented by
the arrival in April of the annual
New York. Boston. Philadelphia,
Washington and far away Canada.
Aiken is already well represented
ia the crowd which has assembled
for its annual ttkur' and daily arri-
walls from Palm Beach have added to
the gayety.
Mr. Herbert Mr.. Hartman, who
spent January here, arrived from
Aiken ten days ago and was joined
by Mrs. Hartman They are both
taking the cure, as is George A. Cor
mack. one of the prominent members
of the Aiken club. who is here for
the spring season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert S, Carpenter
and Mr.. j. J. Watson. Jr., of New
York. were among those arriving
this week from Palm Beach for the
baths. Other Palm Beach habitues
arriving this week have included Mr..
and Mrs William Thaw. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank F. Frazier, General and
Mrs. Howard Carroll and Miss Car
ANAL Carroll. Judge Morgan j.
O'Brfen, Mr.. and Mrs. Middleton
Burrill. Mr.. and Mrs. George p Ben
jamin. Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer NJ.
Singer the Misses Elizabeth and
Catherine Singer, Mr.. and Mrs. II,
A. Rerwind and Mr.. and Mrs. Colgate
Hoyt.
I.enox and the Berkshire hills col
ony is we'll represented among the
devotses of the cure. who divide their
time between taking the baths. riding
NJ, ay.tx -it1 or at tn
nearby points of interest, or vieing
with the dancers of the furlana, the
tango and the maxixe, in The spring
room afternoons during the concert
and tea hour.
Mrs j. Frederick Schenck. of Le-
nox, lis here with Mrs, c. G.. Guth
RE. of New York. Mrs. Robert 7.
Bacon, who arrived with her son,
MIR. Eliot c. Bacon, has been Joined
by Miss Martha Bacon, who rides
daily. usually with Miss Anna
Wright. who is here with her moth
err. Countess Emile Del Sera. who
is one of the most ardent devotees
Of the "kur," walks an average of
seven miles daily in the stoutest and
smartest English walking tweeds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryce ]. Allan, of
Boston, who are taking the baths.
rarely walk, combining their exercises
TO riding, their MOUNTS pSIHk TWO
handsome Kentucky thoroughbreds
they have engaged for their stay to
insure exclusive use.
New arrivals at the springs who
have fiockcd in from New York and
the Southern resorts. have found
many changes in the old hotel. for
years known as the White" 1t
has been entirely remodelled, only
the stately six inch walls remaining.
When the structure was put up, sew
enty odd years ago. no provision for
bath room or clothes closets were
provided. but ample space known as
pockets" a species OF enclosed inner
rooms, were a feature Of every sleep
ing room In the house. These were
for the negro slave attendants Of the
Southern visitors, and have provided
clothes closets. which are now a fea-
the old hotel, which has been paint
ed and papered throughout. New
furniture. dainti1y enamelled, and
caned. and upholstered in English
chintx, is being installed, and when
the work Is completed next week.
the spacious old hotel, which Is con-
nected with the new Greenbrier hotel
and the "kurhaus' by two long
wide palm garden loggias. will be d.
formidable rival to the new house.
Many who are arriving for the spring
season and have seen floor plans OF
the suites at the White have en-
gagged rooms there. while IL Is prac-
tically booked solid for the summer
season. from the middle OF June.
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