The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ms, and many a marriage, fateful in its destinyto the South, was here consummated. These days, filled with their life, their bright-ness, and with the romanticism of the Old South,shed their sweetness around the old corridors, andthe whole place is redolent of the smile of themaiden,—yet resonant with the merry laugh ofher devoted cavalier. After the War, clothed in cotton and calico, in-stead of in silk and satin, these bright maidens andsplendid cavaliers laid their hand to the workt
The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ms, and many a marriage, fateful in its destinyto the South, was here consummated. These days, filled with their life, their bright-ness, and with the romanticism of the Old South,shed their sweetness around the old corridors, andthe whole place is redolent of the smile of themaiden,—yet resonant with the merry laugh ofher devoted cavalier. After the War, clothed in cotton and calico, in-stead of in silk and satin, these bright maidens andsplendid cavaliers laid their hand to the workthat Providence had set them to perform, andturned bravely to another day and another after the storm had passed over, at this placethey again assembled; and recognizing that theold days had gone forever, they did their best,men and women, for the rehabilitation of theSouth. Here General Robert E. Lee, Gen-erals Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston, and Peg-ram, and ex-President Davis met to discuss theconditions of the South and to attempt to bringback life to the desolated land. With the collabo-. ^ The White Sulphur and the South 407 ration of our brethren of the North, the work hasbeen grandly accomplished, and here, on thesebroad lawns and under the shade of these corri-dors, were worked out many of the plans for therehabilitation of the South after the War. The life of the White Sulphur had a potenteffect upon the life of the people when dispersedto their homes. The place was in its way an idealof the people,—and with the passing of this oldcivilization,—joyous and splendid, happy andromantic as it was, full of defects, it is true, thereis the hope and the belief that a greater and moresplendid life will crown The White, and that itwill affect for good the whole country as it didthe civilization of the Old South. This is the parting word of the Old South tothe Old White, and the prayer of every true manand woman of the New South is that the sweetshades and pleas
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