Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23
MERRY -CO-ROUND ON ICE
WHITE SULPHUR CRAZE
Slangkalke Finally Installed, and
Proves Instantly Popular
With Guests.
no DANGER or RUNAWAY
Plenty Of Skaters To Push the Ice
Clario, in Newest, EaIlilarating
Sport Imported From Sweden.
Trails Still Eagerly Sought.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w. VA
January @2.-Thcrc may be finer spor,
'nau riding on a. mcrry-go-rouud on
zee in the moonlight. but the Green
:rfie: guests have not found II. The
>,anRkalkc vas installed on Tuesday.
aui ever since il has been in merry
wiirl. The sled is snuglr and com
f"rtably built. according TO Swed OH
dimensions II is unique i'm appear
ancc. and conjurcs up all tho legends
of imperial ice clario,s that have
dashed over prehistoric ice.
Securely fastened to Il long pole
which In turn is anchored TO II heavy
wooden standard frozen deep in ice.
there Is no danger rf Il runaway. When
m" passengers ar" tucked III. the go-
I'M, gong il soundcd. and the fun he
gins. The Sled is generally propelled
10y skaters. who work up speed behind
tho whirlinc sled After a dozen swift
rounds. tho skaters have acquired suf-
ncicnt mom"ntum - Scnd themselves
' almost across the lake. leaving the
merry -ro-rounders 10 an cXciting fcw
.sInomcnts. until il is time TO let the
ao!d eat die"
}. For those wh" prefer q more mod
@ratc cutting Of circles. ;her" are plenty
Af pikers and trottcrs to push the sled.
M'ut 1T It's slcwcst, there Is q wonderful
~ wish 10 the wide circle. and those who
a lite and those who push share equally
III tHc lhNlpOfHltIE sport. Ms nearl:
sts IL can he pronounced in English. il
rs slang -chalka-the al" as in Albert.
4 Tho skating has been exceptionally
good tho last few days. and nearly
ever" one has been keeping up with
tho latest social fad. Mr.. and Mrs.
Karl Jungbluth. Of New York who are
here for an extended stay. We're among
tho first seen on the ice. T. I. White.
vice president Of the Cleveland Trust
: Company. who is here with Mrs, White
Con their honeymoon. is another excel
gent skater. Macmillan Grab who
game down from New York thia week
go take the cure IS going back to skat-
tug, after several years away from II.
kIrs Il. r.. Lucas. who IL here from
Sew York, Is skating daily with tho
! Instructor. Charles Norciius. and there
arc a score Of others daily ON the ic"
Theodore f.. Shonts has been in the
saddle daily. going over kat.'s Noun.
tain. 'atamount. Grecubrier and many
Of tho longest trails. He Is frequently
accompanied by =. 7. White. and dur
have also driven 10 the Log Cabin for
luncheon and TO Elni.urst for wHa,.s
and tea.
Elnlhurst warics are still ono or thu
lures II the Allcghauies. and MANY
PARTIES take the ;.r-iniie round trim
drive. Mir and Airs. {. & Case. who
came down from New FORK last week
4" join Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mayo.
"f Pelham. y, Y. at the Grccnbricr.
went out during tho week. Mrs. case
ana Mrs. MAYO were ~ the swimming
pool every day, while tho mon made ii
daily round Of the golf links The
party started for home on Monday
night.
NJ ava Mrs ". Serge Friede. -
'.trosr"d, were fre'lu"u' visitors ~
ElmhurS,. MIR ETicic has been nere
several weeks iakius tie cure Mra
Fricdc VITO came down with their Son
10 spend New Years, recently rcjoiltca
her husband, AMI they have gone on to
Palm Beach. Thcy will stop At White
sulphur Springs on their way $orth
in the spring
Mr. ard Mrs Pins Fisk. who lave
heeu here for several weeks. hav. gone
ON TO their plac. J-hyi Island Ga.
H. j., pcnuy, 81 New York. came down
for the Weekend with them
MIR and Mrs. l.arz Anderson. VINO
came ,dowu from Weld" their country
place near BOSTON = fortnight ago
have gone on TO Washington for III"
remainder OF the winter, MIR. Audcr-
<Non. who has been taking the cure
proved his right 10 membership ia the
-aireenhrier Sun-Cp Walking club dur
ing his stay. Mrs. Anderson joined her
husband for a tramp over the trails
later in the day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Slocum left
for New York on Tuesday night. sailing
Nassau. Later they arc going on To
Havana. returning by Palm Beach and
other Southern resorts. where they Will
make short stays. They expect to re-
turn about the middle OF February
Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow :. Pierce and
their nephew, Arthur Pierce Coates
have returned To their home in Bays
Vile, l.. l. Mr.. Pierce stopped several
days in Baltimore. Md. Mr.. Pierce and
Mr. Coates played around the links
daily. regardless OF the weather.
George Stafford Bucknall did some
fine diving in the swimming pool during
his visit here. and participated in sew
eral games of water polo. With his
father. Henry w. j. Bucknall he has
returned 10 New York.
Benjamin stern. who has been here
for some time. has returned to New
York. Mrs. stern and her sister, .Liss
NJ Shaffer. who came down during the
last of their stay, have gone to Wash
ington ID. c.. where they Will pass a
few days before returning home.
Tho luncheon musicales have been
very popular during the week. and
many Informal parties have been given.
Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop Brown had Mr..
and Mrs. LarZ Anderson as their guests
on Friday. Mr.. Brown still plays his
daily round of golf, sun or snow.