Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
GATHER At HOT SPRINGS
An Unusually Large Number Of Traf-
fic Men Come to Resort in
Their Private Cars.
Afternoon Dances Every Day on
Clubhouse Neranda Are Intro
duced, and Prove Very Popular.
Find Man Who Never Saw a Movie.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
HOT SPRINGS, VA. April ia
large proportion OF young people and
especially OF young men here at pres
ent; tho introduction OF afternoon
dances every day on the clubhouse
rcranda, where they set as large n
following as did the tea grove DANCES
at Palm Bea ch last winter the loom
ing up Of tho racing season Tor the
FaSsiferr Hunt club. and the presence
of an Unusuall, large number Of raii-
road presidents, even for The Virginia
Hot springs. were tho matters Of chief
interest AT the resort this week.
The railroad men here. all OF whom
came in their private cars. most OF
them bringing their families. were w.
II. lyford. president Of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois; L. Pennington.
president OF the Minneapolis and ST.
Paul. A. j. Earring. president Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and 81. Paul: +. /.
Gowan. general council OF tho rennsyl-
vania Railroad, and George ingalls,.
general freight and traffic manager OF
the New York central Lines Fros-
dent Howard Elliott. OF the New York.
New haven and Hartford, who was here
in his private ear tew days ago. IS
expected again NEXT week :" join his
wifi. and daughter. Miss Edith Elliott,
HON he let here.
NJ. snd Mrs Josiah e. Thaw Will
arrive from Aiken In Il private car ON
THURSDAY. hrincins with them Or
Alexander Biddlc. and his daughter.
Miss Christine Eiddle. OF Philadelphia {:
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence rcrrtn and
George Singer. OF FittsturEh and New
York. They arc coming Ia spend the
spring season here and expect 10 stay
well into MAY
Mrs. Melville T. ingalls,. who is in
mourning. has leased ihslccote, ths
family Villa here. and is living a; the
White cottage with Miss Gladys In
gals. her daughter. Miss Ingalls, i
entertaining as guests there At present.
Miss Mildred Eddy. OF Morristown.
whose father Jesse /. Eddy. was down
until few DAYS SO. and VIII to back
later III the spring. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe. OF Washington.
the latter Of whom was Miss Mary car
,isle. daughter Or the late John Car
Isle. and before her marriage was II
Hot Springs frequently
\ more recently welded couple now
her. are NJ. and Mrs Francis Z. Sears.
OF Rostou. whose wedding occurred
about ten GAYS ago in Duluth. where
the bride, who was Miss Marie Merrill.
daughter OF Nj. and Mrs. Charles Mer-
ril. lived. They were both here last
fall before announcement Of their en-
Easement, when Miss Merrill. who is
an unusually good hOrsewoUau. figured
consricuously in The FasSif-rn hunts.
carl II. HUnz, general manager Of the
Hamburg American Line. now under
going investigation AZ Washington on
charges OF violating American iIcu
tralty, is one OF a probably Very small
community of people in this country
who have never yet seen moving pic
lures He got on the film OF an Easter
parade moving picture here last sunday
by mistake. and il WAS IN lamcntinC
the fact that he made the statement.
MIR. BunH also admitted hc had never
posed for his own portrait, and while
tho conversation was going on news
paper photographers got number OF
snapshots Some of the other people
who got into the Easter movies here
We're Mr.. and Mrs. q. +. Swift and their
Young ofsprinr Mrs. William Lowe
Rice and her daughters. who have just
come up from winter at ralm Beach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Richard. OF New
York. who came down last sunday FOR
fortniChts vacation; MIR. and Mrs
Ecrtram G.. Work. OF !,rkon, -. ana
New York Mr.. and Mrs. William Elklns
Howard Elliott. Jr.. Mrs Arthur Glib
Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Henry. Mrs. 4
Howard Iiinkle. Miss Katherine ingalls,
and Or. Leighton Parks, OF New York
City
william r. CharpeM, a New York
hoy now at Yale, has been spending his
Easter holidays. hSsc, lie led torch
light expedition down into cave. a
couple OF miles from the hotel the other
night. Fred c. Innlan. one OF the starts
or the West Side Tennis club. New
York. got in from Pinchurst the tirs,
OF the week lie and James K Hyde
;hc 1918 Florida golf champion. stopped
on there for ten days ON their way up
from Palm Beach. Mr.. HYDE going on
10 New York Burton Thompson
Frank Thompson Miss Dorothy Thomp-
son and Mcrwin sherman motored over
from White sulphur Springs for the
day on Tuesday.