Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20
WHITE SULPHUR FAMOUS
FOR -FOUR GENERATIONS
Noted for It's Curative Powers Since
hays Of Revolutionary
War.
HAS MOST EoUABLE CLIMATE
Never Not Even in Midsummer, and
Nights Arc Cool and IRviting to
Refreshing Sleep Favorable Re-
sort Of Society,

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great forests. svee, waters and eli
mate unsurpassed by any in the worid'
SO wrote ore of the early settlers
OF the Virginias soon after good Queen
Rsss bestowed on the territory the
name by which she desired 10 b" known
in history.
Raleigh. Captain John Smith the
Cavslicr~-a long line OF explorer
aavantu-ers passes: rolonia! days with
stlEen-eias beauN and helios, the brave
to be q world power. over 500 years
Of historv--and the comment of the
first settler still holds good.
West Virginia Is u land of wonder
ful mountains, magnificent forests and
tho waters that bubble out Of the earth
Tho cures" of Europe are no more
famed than thoss OF White Sulphur
Springs
There are authentic records Of per
sons treated at White sulphur Springs
as early as lTfa. and IN The carly days
people Travelled by horseback and coach
from all parts OF the East. South and
Middle West TO drink the waters and
to regain their heslth and spirits The
old registers OF white sulphur Springs
contain the autographs of Commodorc
STEPHEN Decatur. Henry Clay. Rufus
Choate, Willard Fillmore, Franklin
PieTee and the Prince OF Wales (aftcr-
wards Ills Majesty, King Edward NlID,
written there during his tour through
the United States in the early SOS.
ron OVEN ,en WEARS THE
FAMOUS RESORT Of SOCIETY
The environment Of White Sulphur
Springs Ia peculiarly attractive. II is
situated an thN south aloro Of the
Grchnhrter Mountains. 1000 feet above
sea level. and the protecting mountain
peaks assure a most equitable climate.
1t Is never hot even in midsummer, aud
the nights are cool. inviting TO sleep.
Surrounding the hotels are tho broad
meadows and gentle slopes ~ the wide
valley, and 100 years OF gardening care
have brought thom to the appearance
Of a weN-kept English park, through
which there are walks and drives Dor
derea by groves Of forest trees
white Sulphur Springs is easily ac.
ccssih!e to the outside world II is
on tho main line OF the chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, which has through
Pullman sleeping, dining and chair
service between all the important cities
East. West and South.
Recent extensive improvements made
At White sulphur Springs make it pos
sible for the guest 10 enjoy every
facility for trcstmcnt that can no found
In the Aest regulated European spas.
In tact, the treatment IL based upon
the same scientific basis as that en-
nloycd .ahrosd, and the assertion has
been eftsr made that II ~ now possible
TO take "a European cure without going
to Europe"
FHvlR0HS ALONE
CONDUCIVE TO HEALTH
The environs Of White Sulphur
Springs are alone conducive 20 health
Mountain air. mineral waters. baths, (
die,, unhoundeh opportunities for en-
erc:se. reat--all constitute u system OF F,
nasural Therapeutics, tho value OF
which has been Endorsed for hundreds !
OF years by the medical profession
The reu' bath estahliahront is the !
atost luxurious ard complete institu- !
tion ct It's kind in America Every
facility Is offered guests to enjoy the
same kind OF baths such a. arc given /
at Sauheim. AK les Rana Nirhy
Carlahad. Raden Radcn and other ,
Famed EuroneaN resorts. The sulphur
water baths are unsuYpas sed, aud are
used In u variety OF ways
One OF the recent additions 20 the !
estahiahmen, is the magnificent new
c"lonnadtd clubhouse which sits in IL
gentle valley with blue mountains IN
the distance. and SURROUNDING 1t are
tennis courts maintained in profess
aienai style. The new" clay tennis
courts arc famed tho. country over.
corps of competent caretakers roll and
water the courts until they are 49, level
AS billiard tables, and lines nets and
sachatopS are kept In the best of con-
ditior