Winter journeys in the South; pen and camera impressions of men, manners, women, and things all the way from the blue Gulf and New Orleans through fashionable Florida palms to the pines of Virginia . e looks of water containing iron; in abottle it reminds me of nothing so much as a crosssection of a pool of pollywogs not all hatched no amount of persuasion could make me tastesulphur water. Yet many drink them both, andsay they thrive thereon. The winter days at White Sulphur Springs varyin character from a mild balminess which makes youthink that buds must be preparing to break, sum-me


Winter journeys in the South; pen and camera impressions of men, manners, women, and things all the way from the blue Gulf and New Orleans through fashionable Florida palms to the pines of Virginia . e looks of water containing iron; in abottle it reminds me of nothing so much as a crosssection of a pool of pollywogs not all hatched no amount of persuasion could make me tastesulphur water. Yet many drink them both, andsay they thrive thereon. The winter days at White Sulphur Springs varyin character from a mild balminess which makes youthink that buds must be preparing to break, sum-mer-loving birds to sing, and blossoms to appearon the road side. These are the days when one goesriding or driving over some of the beautiful roadswhich a century of pleasure-seeking Americans haveplanned through the mountain country roundabout. Then, again, there will be a day, or a weekof days, when the air is sharp and brittle and cold,and one bundles up in furs for an outing, and c6mesback to sit with the contentment of a cat before theroaring fires in the great fire-places in the lobby. To fit these winter days, the management of thehouse has devised a variety of sports such as skiing,224. FAMOUS SPRING HOUSE, i ) WliriK


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