New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
Famous LaneImark
Al White SULPHUR
is Doomed by Time
old White, known Thro,,..
out South as Symbol !, !
Old. Fashioned Hosp;,sll i
ity, To Be Razed e.. -
Special Dsspasoa 10 Tia r,,,.

WHITE SULPHUR spR Ne ~
Va, Nov. 1f.-Wreckers began I, z
week to destroy the old White s,,., ,aa
Springs Hotel, the "old WbitAs s.a'p a'pAai
which FOR the better paYt Of a.-s ssa
clustered many Of the Hnes, @ .a..s
political and historical srad;tior. s, !,
the South. Though it has bs., -. V
continuously until recently duriss ssss :
summer months TO house Soutbe,r' !, -
itors who have clung to ii, thu ....D
Of the weather Throughout III Ion, ,,.sa ~
has at last made IL unsafe soy -. ~
pancy, and 1t has been closed ds,is. =.
the last year.
The passing Of the "old gEis.o !,
Of the landmarks in this counts - =
the carly Victorian perioa. s,,s., y !.
mind many Of it's early traditions I ~
ing its heyday White sulphur Va, 4.
typical Southern resort, the r,,a..
vous Of ali that was mos. chaYae4er,.
tic Of the South. the meeting place !,
its politicians, the haunt Of its b.,,s,
As it is on the line Of entrance ;n,,
tie Valley of Virginia from the va.
it became the headquarters for b,4a
the Union and Confederate forces du,.
ing the Civil War, its great receptio.
rooms also doing duty as bosuiui
wards. At an earlier date, when hossI,
and drawing-rooms we're first svucr.
seding taverns ard parlors and q,
American society was being formed ea
European principles, history says tie.
Henry Clay and John Calhoun, shs
young Chief Justice Marshall and
President Tyler, with the bellies Il
their day, walked the famous "Trsaa.
MILL" in the stately ballroom.
Its great dining hall when first buia
was said to be the largest room Of n
kind in the United States. An old re-.
ord says that visitors gathered at lonr
tables seating fifty each, but had ID
difficulty in finding their places, ss
the plates were labeled. Twenty shesp
and beeves were provided for one days
rations, it is recorded, and there were
still hungry people to patronizs tie
cake man who sold sweets and dainsiss
from basket hung about his neck.
The building also held the fsmoss
old barrooBl, approached by spiral
staircase.
The November colony at the Gssa.
bfier is occupied with the cure sad
with outdoor recreations and pastins.
Mrs. Parmely Herriek, who until few
months ago performed the dutias d
hostess at the American Embasy ID
Paris for her father-in-law, Ansssa.
dor Myron T. Herrick, arriyS tkss
week for q course Of baths, and oshsss
engaged with the cure are Ars. Frsak
S. Witherbee, Miss Martha Stsvxr
Bowers, Mr.. and Mrs. James Cressea
Parrish jr. and Mr.. and Mrs. Hying T.
Bush, Of New York; Mr.. and Mrs;
Peter Williamson Roberts and Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard M. Cadwalader jr.,. OF
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Richard Ste
vens, Of Castle Point, Hchoken..
Mr.. William II. Porter, member o.
j. P. Morgan & Co., arrived this wees
with Mrs. Porter from their summer
place on LattingwGcd Road, Glen
Cove, L. l., and will remain through
November.
Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran Joined ths
New York colony and Mrs. Roswell ].
Skeel came from her summer place,
Seven Gates Farm, at Vineyard Hsssr.
Mass, and will make a three monsas
stay.
Mr.. Avery Hopwood is here tar a
fortnight of riding and golf with H.
John H. Floyd, of New York.
Miss Mercer Dunlop, daughter II
Mrs. Archibald McCrae, viii be her
until the middle of the month viii
Mrs. Charles Newbold Welsh, Of Phil.
adelphia, and Mr. William 4. Garter,
Of Rcsemont, Pa, has come from NsN.
port fer few weeks Of horsebacs
riding.
MIR. and Mrs. Frederick A. Snow. n
New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrene-
D. Buhl, OF Detroit, are others whe
will be here through the month.