The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-18

stately.
The "Old White" as the.
Greenbrier was known back in
1778 and until we'll after the
Civil War, has had many wings
added to it with the passing
of years and many improve
ments, but none have taken
away one atom of its original
charm. They have only added
to it, in fact. and today even
the most travelled and discrim-
mating visitor will find it
startlingly modern as far as
service and comfort is con-
cerned, but with so balanced an
adjustment and blending of the
old with the new that at all
times it is in character.
One passes through its
Splendidly proportioned halls
to reception rooms, lounges
and the like, each of which
have their complement of Sec
retaries, desks, chairs of beau
tiful design and other pieces
wrought by master craftsmen
which have had the finest care
and which today might well
rival any to be found in the
early American wing of the
Metropolitan Art Gallery in
New York.
Space is the keynote of this
hotel which is set amid lawns
which rival golf green's in that
they are so we'll kept and these
form a perfect setting with the
snowy whiteness of its exterior.
Sunshine filters through age-old
oaks and trees of every variety
known to the region grow
around it.
Men, young and old, in sports
attire, mostly white. divide
their time between tennis, golf,
motoring, the swimming pool or
the baths and the feminine con-
tingent engage in much the
same pursuits, with luncheon on
the Casino veranda, which COM
mands a view of the three
courses each with holes that
challenge the ability of the best
golfers silhouetted against row
after row of mountain peaks.
Dancing at Dinner Hour
Dancing, a very necessary and
pleaSurable part of holiday life.
is enjoyed during the dinner
hour at the hotel to music
that would charm heart
of stone. Everyone dresses a
la the English fashion in the
evening - the dowagers and
jeune file in diaphanous tulles.
! laces, chiffonS and the like, and
the men in either black or white
dinner clothes.
It is gay, frivolous and delight
full at the Springs, but with all
it has a dignity that is inherited
from the forebearS generations
back of many of the members OF
the summer colony that wend
their way there each year. The
bellies of White Sulphur Springs
made history then, as they do
now, and the love of the place
is ingrown in them.
A number of Army officers
and their wives will go to
White Sulphur for the polo
matches. The War Depart
ment and Greenbrier Polo Club
teams are to play tomorrow
and Sunday and prominent
among the visitors of the re-
sort are Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
w. Taft, of New York, brother
and sister-in-law of the late
President Taft, who during the
latter'S occupancy of the White
House we're frequent guests of
! his and of Mrs. Taft. who still
makes her home in the Capital
I Mrs. Henry Taft, who is
noted for her fine taste and
splendid qualities. takes with
her husband a very active part
in the social life of the resort.
1T a recent dinner party she
wore a very graceful gown of
lowered chiffon. the pattern
of roses in deep pink and ma
genta shades scattered over a.
black background. 1t was made
with an unlined finger length
cape of the material cut on cir
Cular lines and her ornaments
of diamonds included long drop
earrings.
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