Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31
RAILROAD MEN GATHER
ON ANNUAL VISIT AT HOT
Riding Mountain Trails, Dinners and
Dances Furnish Adequate
Entertainment.
THIRTY MEMBERS IN PARTY
Many Of Them Are Remaining Over
Sunday Further to Enjoy Pleas
ures OF Noted Rcsort-Bridge
Tables at Premium.
THIRTY MEMBERS IN PART
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Snetl3l 10 Inc llfltS- blSpa ten.
HOT SPRINGS. VA, January ga
few years ago several railroad officials
spent their vacations at the Home
si..u. They were here independently.
hut mingled together goifinG and
horseback riding. out Of their two
weeks $otourn came The idea OF meet
img regularly in a body ut the springs.
The thirty members arriving last We'd
ncsday comprise the gathering as Il
now is.
As tho golf links are snow-covcred,
that sport was impossible, bu, the i'm
rcnsc Punch Bowl as the fifteenth
green Is termed afforded an ideal
stating point for the mile toboggan
ride into the bowl" and along the
,urvinr stretch of road by. moonlight
to the Homestead entrance +. J. He'll
iry representing the Erie Railroad, en-
Unused so over the speed attained. that
lie lauEhinEly admitted il outdid that
uf the trains on his own line. Riding
the mountain trails. driving to Fas-
Sfcrn Farm for dinner last evening
and II largely attended dance in the
Japanese room o-night, furnished adc-
uuatc entertainment. ~ majority of
them remained here over Sunday. The
club members boarded n special car at
covington. H..
The vacationists included Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip J. Kelley. or New York,
Eric Railroad; a. j. Dillingham;. Of Phi
ladelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad; Mr..
and Mrs. Llcwellyn Snowden, OF Phila-
delphia. Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road: c. II. Poumairat. OF Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; William
Young, of Boston. Boston and Maine
Rail Dad; Mr.. and Mrs. George S. lie
Ga OF Wilmington, y. c.. Atlantic
Coas: Line Railroad; j. 3. Mitchell. Of
Topeka, Kan, a. T. & S. T.: Charlton
Mcssick. st. Louis & South Western.
and S. J. Parks. Wabash r. II. Of ST
Louis: O. j. Gffin, Of San Francisco
raul. Mimi Great Northern; H.. j.
Frederick, of Detroit Michigan South
crn; T. T. Pomar. of ST. Augustine.
Florida East Coast Line: o. r. Coleman.
Houston, Tex, G.. II. & S. f.; II. NJ.
Dudley. c. NJ. & S. p; Lloyd c. Es-
c. e. f. ]. r. r.: c. ]. Weaver. Rock
Island Lines, and w. r. Van Bergen,
{. e. N. w. r. r., of Chicago
Miss Ruth S. Baldwin. and Arthur
Cowl. OF New York. went skiing from
The Pillars. Fred Sterrys residence, to
the Homestead. yesterday afternoon.
Fridge tables were at n premium last
evening. While the younger element
danced, their fathers and mothers
played auction. Among these were Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Ballard. Mrs. Clark
son Cowl. Miss Ruth S. Baldwin, Mr..
and Mrs. L. M. I.ntta, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
vel Long, DR.. and Mrs. w. B. McKenna,
q. 3. Coleman, Mr.. and Mrs. r., r., Par
IRISH, Mrs. Dale B. Filter, Mrs. Harry il.
watkins, Mrs. L. G. Thomas. Mrs. A. C.
Forrest. Mrs. Henry L. Turner, Mrs.
Cation l.. Decker. T.. c. Houston, Miss
y. J. Wyman, Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Brins-
maid, Mrs. Edward S. Wales, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert MacFarlane. Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Helme, Fred ]. Lingham, and
~, and Mrs. BENJAMIN LYONS
The cabaret this evening in the jap.