The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS
Special to The Richmond virginian.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Hot Springs, Va. May 1t.--Now
that the liberty loan drive is over.
sojourners here are again turning
their attention to Red Cross work,
and several times week, large num-
bers OF ladies' meet, and make band
ages and dressings for the soldiers
In spite of the liberty loan occupying
the center of attention during April
the ladies at the Homestead, make
over 5000 sponges and congresses
during the month. Hot Springs went
over the top magnificiently in the loan.
as did the whole of Bath county, and
there was not town that did not
win a flag with star, and every town
| is planning a big celebration in the
near future to raise their flags.
Quaint old Warm Springs hotel
! opened for the summer season on
| last Thursday. and the following party
| from Chicago was the first to register
! for the season: Mrs. r. p. Jeffries
| her daughter in law, Mrs. j. G. jeff
ries, and her child. and Mrs. L. o.
| Ering and her three children, all Of
whom will make long sojourns there.
| Warm Springs has entertained many
people of prominence in the old days
II
| the mountain in a stage coach to get
there. notable among them being
Thomas Jefferson, whose name Is still
! preserved on register at the hotel
! Old Aunt Sally. the colored many
who has charge Of the swimming pool
there, has been in charge for over
| forty years, and Horace Thornsel the
| colored head waiter, has held his posi-
ton for the same length Of time as
hos leo A Nrg.l Irz EA aA1z
! ed housekeeper.
| At the Homestead hotel. one finds
many people of note and prominence,
and the first of the cottage colony
! To arrive, was Mrs, Fred Sterry, who.
however, will remain for only a short
while. Mrs. Alexander Biddle, of
Philadelphia. has returned to the
Homestead, and is with her mother,
| Mrs. William SculI. They have lately
been joined by Mr.. Scuu Mrs. r.
| K Devereux. of Cleveland. who also
! has a beautiful winter home in
/ Thomasville Ga, is here for a. long
stay, and her daughter, Mrs. l.. Lanier
Winsow. is here with her attractive
young son Peter aged three. who Is
the youngest member OF the golfling
colony here. He Is on the putting
/ green every day, and at present
! makes 1t around the eighteen holes
in about 1892 strokes, but says that
| he has hopes of i'm proving that score.
Most of Hot Springs turned out to
see MY Own United States" which
was given here last Tuesday night for
the benefit OF tho Women's Naval
| service OF the national aeronautic
committee, and enough money was
raised to completely supply a full
squadron of United States aviators
with athletic equipment. Every one
| in Hot Spring agrees that there is
hardly a man in the state that has
worked any harder than J. r. Nc
/ Allster, in the interests Of Uncle Sam
/ In the recent liberty loan drive. and
+ in the war savings stamps campaign.
/ He is devoting his time whole heart
! eddy 10 the cause, and It IL to a very
great extent to his credit that Bath
county has made the magnificent
showing that she has.
| Prominent among those who have
! arrived at the Homestead during the
/ past week, are Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
I Seligman, the we'll known banker of
New York city. s. X Conctantinick,
OF the Greek legation in Washingt !;
Harry II. Ward. the well known bridge
expert OF Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
/ Evans. OF New York, and George
Ahrens. the well known globe trotter
and Palm Beachite, who is accom-
/ panied by Lewis Strauss, all of New
+ Y ork.
Canadians here include the Timmins
family. who own the Hoilinger gold
mine at Hoilinger. New Ontario,
Canada