Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-29
LONG BRANCH LIFE.
Our Wealthy Society People Aping
the English.
TIE Deprayip Which is Undermining Social
Life-Fsst Men, Women and Horses
Females as they Come From the
Bathing HOuses-A Hand
some leweSs.
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British attempted one hundred years
ago TO subjugste the United States they
sigually failed. That which could not
be accomplished by force of arms has
been peacefully effected by fashion.
Today sees the wealth and social in
fluence Of the country entirely under
the control of England. Parents who
have manageable daughters find q
market for them in England. Those
who do not succeed in marrying Brit
ish subject look to England for the
style in which an American marriage
shall be conducted. Our men own and
run race horses because the nobility of
England do. Our young men refuse
TO become business men because the
youth of England are i1lers. They
drive stage coaches because
The Young Lords
Ofthe little isle fancy that occupation.
They ape to be ''cadS," because that
term is purely English. England die
tates to this country in everything ap-
pertaining TO folly, and we find married
women aping the professional beauty
business, aud appearing in public with
cavaliers, aud speaking with English
abandon of matters which were once
considered too indicate for public dis
cuSsiOn, aud throwing aside that re-
serve which once was the characteristic
of an American matrOn.
Evil influences are rapidly donation.
aliZing our country, and in another
hundred years we will be a hodge-pOlge
Oi the vices Of all nations.
The Pa, hiOuabIe summer Resorts
reveal the dePravity which is under
mining social ifP. Fast men and wO-
men are conspicuous at these places.
They are seen bathing in the ocean and
frolickiDg on the sands; they are seen
at the races, on the piaZZas, and on the
fashionable drives. They dress eXtrav-
agantly, have fine horses and carriages;
drink champagne and go in for lively
tire. | once held sleeping cars, sea
bathing and the Beecher scandal re-
spOnsjble for the loss of modesty in our
women, and still think that these causes
are potent factors in the general de-
mOraliZatiOn Of those who travel much
or grow accustomed to the sight of
others
In Bathing Dress,
frOliCking i'm the surf or sporting in the
sands or who have read the famous or
infamous, trial.
The sun shOne hot upon the sandy |
beach to day, and the summer houses |
and platforms were covered with spec
tators. There issued from a bath-hOuSe |
a female thusly attired: Black silk |
stockings reaching to her thighs, and a |
tight fitting red bodice without sleeves, |
and very short tunic of red belted with |
black and a black border around the
tunic. Her arms were bare to the
shoulder and her head was bare. She
bad two male attendants, who were
bare-armed, bare-breasted and bare
legged.
with y SwAEger the Female
walked through the hot sand, and,
after allowing the spectators to view
her standing for twenty minutes, she
sat down on the sand, and the men did
the same. For full half an hour they
sat browning themselves in the sun
and warming up for the bath. The tide
was out and the water shallow for
great distance; the three figures walked
on and on until they reached the large
breakers, and then she vaplted through
the surf like circus rider going
through the paper balloons. The trio
performed many circus feats for the
amusement of the large audience
Then they came out and sat on the
sands; one Of the men stretched him
self out, and the female proceeded To
hurry him; she soon had him covered
from neck to toes, and then stood over
him kicking the sand in higher heap;
would run in and out of the water and
cut all sOrts of antics on the sand. Two
hours were devoted to this sport. and
left.
Two young girls chased each other
out of the water and in conspicuous
bathing suits wrestled on the beach uu-
til one succeeded i'm throwing down the
other, then she laid full length on her
and tried to force sand in her mouth.
The Under Girl struggled
and sbrieked, but the one on top held
her down until she filled her mouth
with sand This gave desperate
strength to the under one, and she sue
ceeded in getting her opponent down
and serving her with the same repast,
then released her and both ran into the
water. These girls only thought OF
having bit of fun. but, before this era,
would modest girls romp in such attire
before such prOmiscuOus crowd? An
other girl came out of the water aud
threw herself, face downward, on the
sand and kicked up her heels in the air.
Formerly young ladies protected theiE
compleXiOns from tan and sun-bGrn;
now The tom-bOys and hoydens try to
brown their arms, hands and faces.
After two hours in the water, and on
the hot sands, they are rs red Is their
dresses, their paraSolS and their rib
bOns.
One of the most attractive families
here is that of Mrs. De Embil, Of Hs-
vana. Nine. De Embil is very hand
some and dresses very richly. There
are two daughters, who are the most
beautiful girls at the West End. These
girls have perfect compilations, creamy
and without 3 blemish; they have
large, liquid dark eyes, and thick, long,
glossy, dark hair. They dress alike and
have lovely toilets. All the family
speak English fluently, they are bright
and yiyacious in conversation, and re-
fined in manners. The young ladies are
graceful dancers.
There .. y Hasd>Ome JeWess
here, who dresses richly aud in good
taste. Her husband is hne looking,
and both attract attention. One of her
evening toilets is of white surah, with
waist, with long side panels OF garnet
velvet, embroidered in daisies; the
sleeves of this waist are ofwhite chenille
in diamond squares, the meShes filled
with crystal beads. This Is only one OF
the many elegant dresses.
This morning there sat on the piazza
of the "West Endn lady who wore y
blue satin tea gown; there was yoke
and full breadth of satin shirred 70 the
woke. and finished with quilting. The
gown hung loose, back and front, and
Mas without trimming, save a plating
around the bottom and thick ruchinS