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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-08-02

treatment. What her mamma hoped
the Partisan dreSsmakers would be able
to turn out for her daughter which
would prove more attractive to the
casual loungers on the French coast it
is difficult to surmise, but it must not
be supposed that at foreign watering
places costumes used by ladies at the
court OF Neptune and Amplitude are
more becoming than those in use in
America.
1t is conceded in all polite society that
at certain time of the year when the
icy waters Of the Atlantic began to
modify their temperature and the waves
court the swimmers or merely the wad-
ing bathers who seek for ozone and the
invigorating tonic Of a plunge, that men
and women may cast aside much OF the
conventional covering propriety de-
mands and appear together on the sea
beach in costumes that would not only
be comical but utterly reprehensible in
ball room or on Broadway. For one
of these reasons only known to
the lawmakers Of society lady
may show a great deal more than her
ouOulQOtC III q Odll-lOOll, Oub UOAO ShO
to exhibit ten inches above her ankle "a
modicum of leg which the ripple OF the
shore look on as prudery compared with
what they often wash she would be re-
garded as a brazen thing, unfit for
Newport Casino or Delmonico's Patri-
archs. But let the bathing season
commence and how few pretty women
appear on the ocean whose figures cam
not be OWNED beneath their dark
bathing suit, while many are the won
derful outlines Of Fictitious beauty
which fade into terrible reality
when their frauds are given away by
the heartless sea, and of course one
of the most fruitful joking-grounds for
the summer journalist is the watering
place-not merely for the flirtations on
the piazza around the hotel or board
house, nor for the chase after man
when the week days takes the fathers
and husbands away to New York; but
more especially for the never ceasing
attacks on girl bathers and their vani-
ties; their diminishing suits and their
out-of-sight modesty. After studying
marine life among the bathers of most
SehSQOI6S CduuO1 say Vuob .WOA4Sh III
America display more than the natural
amour prOpre every woman ought to
possess, as evinced by desire to look
her best, and as little ridiculous as pos
sible in trotting across the sands from
her bath house to the water.
The most trying moment for bather
is the entrance on the scene; the prom
enade down the beach when the eyes
Of those in the water and the eyes OF
those lounging around will detect any
flaw or deformitY, any incongruous ap-
pearance or unfortunate tendency
which nature or want of taste may ac-
centuate.
The woman who knows she Is well
made, can walk with the demdrche OF a
goddess and is certain there is nothing
in her costume which calls for criticism
or cavil may set out from her boarded
boudoir where she left the fig-leaves OF
fashion and calmly traverse the strip OF
sand separating her dressing room from
the sea, conscious that no unnecessary
decollete, no meretricious makeup will
enhance her attractions or prevent her
beauty making It's mark. While the
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est, Ovel-faced, glorious-eyed and su.
perblY formed in an exouisite dove-oray
costume Is admired by all the gaping
on-lookerS. Mrs. DeForest is the sister
or Miss HargouS, and one Of her many
accomplishments is marvelously grace
ful dancing, especially Of French and
Spanish measures. Miss Hargous, all
In white, driving with her fiance, Mr..
Duncan Elliot, flashes by, the embodi-
ment OF youth, beauty and happiness.
Miss Spriggy Post, over whose engage
ment TO Mr.. Hamilton Fish Webster
Newport is now gossiping, is also
pointed out 1t is rumored that the
proposed marriage suits nobody; that
the families on both sides are not
pleased. Miss Post, although an ex-
eeedingly pretty girl, Is not so popular
as Miss Hargous, being somewhat def
ant, careless Of the feelings OF others
and more aggressive than is becoming
a young woman. Miss Post often for
gets to bow to her superiors in years,
and it is said is fond of snubbing, while
Miss Hargous is always approachable and
afiable.
Mr.. Frank harrington Foote, the
English singer, who is great pet of
Newport exclusives just now, is tall,
dark and dashing. Mr.. Foote has sung
at most of the prominent houses here
and has been seen driving with Ward
McAllister, so his future is assured.
Society too Is petting two pretty Jap
anese girls, exquisitely graceful, who
having had the honor OF dancing before
Lord Salisbury have been taken up
here. They are quite CONNIE ii fault,
their father always travelling with them.
They are IN demand to dance in Japan
csc costume at garden parties and alter
ward TO pour tea.
The Baldwins have the distinction OF
possessing the most bizarre cottage at
Newport. 1t is is q curious conglomera-
ton Of stone, brick, wood, hay and stub
BILE, otherwise mating, piazza portleres,
the whole intensified and embellished
by scarlet awnings. Everybody draws
a long breath when this mass of mar
tistic rubbish comes in sight and asks:
What is it?"
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Men bathers are Just as open TO crit
icism as the opposite sex only as they
are not so attractive they are often
spared observation. But OF all comical
shows on the watering place beach
nothing comes up TO the fat old gentle
man who cannot swim. The way in
which he splashed like water-logged
balloon amid the breakers, jumping up
and down while he rubs his bald head
or pats his protuberant stomach, Is q
farce-comedy of itself, but when he
persists in making ring with two or
three children and couple OF forlorn
old maids and dancing round and round
In the surf 1t would compensate any
feminine spectators for all the criticisms
lavished on girl bathers.
Judging from personal observation,
/ should say that swimming Is less rare
as an accomplishment among English
and French women than among Amer
ica's daughters. And yet the under
tow, or as IL is called In some parts on
our coasts 1.-THE sea-puss," is as strong
In the Dover channel as in the open At
lantic. Every child should learn TO
swim. 1t may mean life not only TO the
child, but later on TO others, as no fear
less swimmer ever hesitates 70 plunge
in when a fellow-creature Is drowning.
To those going to Europe IL may be
useful to- know what are the most
characteristic bathing resorts. In Eng
land, Scarborough, on the coast OF
Yorkshire, is far the most lively OF
watering places, though its more modest
neighbor, Filey, is much more beautiful,
the rocks and cliffs being more than
picturesque. In the south, Eastbourne
has .he most attractions, Brighton be-
ing a winter resort for Londoners. Mar
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cruel smile goes round from lip to lip
among the groups on the sands, where
the babies are making castles and moat-
ed oranges with their spades as some
abnormally thin old maid helplessly am-
bles past into the ripping water, or
some overgrown matron shakes the
shore in her laudable attempts to con-
ceal her avoirdupois among the break
ers. In England this ordeal is not one
OF the miseries of life. The English
have 90 bath houses such as we have In
America. All bathing In the ses is done
from what is called bathing machines
These are simply cabins on wheels
drawn out to the axles, higher or lower,
as the customer may demand, with
steps at either end 70 enter or descend
into the waves. On many shores these
machines have awnings like the head OF
a bassinet or the hood Of = perambula-
tor, effectually concealing the fair oc-
cupant till she emerges beyond its pro-
tecting flounce into the open sea; and
though the lounger on the beach Is de-
prived the pleasure Of witnessing the
plunges OF the siren and the frolics OF
the nymph the unwieldy matron and
the ossified old maid are saved the cha
grin OF an offensive notice which often
verges on contempt.
In some places IS at Brighton.
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At that time the English women wore
for sea baths a dark blue flannel gar
ment which tied around the neck with
a string, and coming down TO her ankles,
made her look like shapeless bag;
added TO which she concealed her hair
in yellow oilskin cap. Very proper,
no doubt-except when some libertine
wave insisted in pulling IL over head
but tasteleSs and encumberlng to de-
gree.
But at Biarritz tho Frenchwoman In
PRODUCED the artistic boomers. Some
OF the beauties of the imperial court
following suit to the empress innova-
ton with elaborate faneies; and frills
and ribbons soon graced the robes that
Madame de Mouchy and the Countess
de Pourtales wore when bathing, while
every woman wore sandals on her bare
feet and carried long Louis Seize bath
ing stick as she paraded the beach be-
tween France and Spain.
On the French coast the sandal Is
necessity in some form, on account OF
the prevalence of an annoying hsh
(Trachtnus Drdco) known In England as
the weaver. This name comes from the
French ViUe, given IL by the coast fish
ermen in recognition OF It's power OF liv-
ing out OF water for some time after
capture.
Ammonia is always kept by the pro-
prietor of the bathing establishments In
case OF accidents caused by this partic-
ularly Objectionable fish. He is not
large, but the prickles Of his gill-covers
and dorsal fin sting almost like a hor-
net, and l have seen foot and hand
swollen to double their normal size
from the injuries it has occasioned. In
France it is compulsory by law for
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-08-02

The Van Allen cottage is very good
specimen Of the extraordinary freaks
which architecture takes at the sea-
shore. II was at this cottage that
Lillian Russell came to sing last season.
A high stone wall has now been built
around it to shut away its sacred beau
ties from the eye Of the vulgar.
Newport driving is all done up on
week days. Nobody drives on Sunday.
To do this would mean social ostracisn.
Not that it Is wicked. Oh, no! only net
the correct thing. On Sunday afternoons
all the world, the fashionable world,
may be met on the Cliff walk, which
runs for four miles along the high cliffs
against which the surf pounds cease
lessly. The Vanderbilt arch, built By
Mr.. Fred Vanderbilt, is one of the feat
ures of this beautiful path.
Newport is nothing il not respecta
bic. This famous resort is polished be-
yond description. Those in the whir
here live in the same glare Of publicity
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AGAINST the turquoise sky, looms up
from the surrounding foliage with
trnIv Pantheon or Coliseum effect
Aronnd the Vanderbilt estate or burial
LOT. as YOU like, is built marble wall
tOpped of with objects that look IKE
funeral urns, SurmOunted by pineapple
cbeeses-a truly rich and chaste design
There is nothing so love as build
inc >, Mrs. Vanderbiltis reported as say
inc next TO building love furnish
inc and least OF al living in the place
vvbeD it,s finished" The only idea
vbfcb this marble edifce suggests is the
Vanderbilt millions m.
Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt drives up bele-
vue avenue, dark, stunning, aggressive
in a black foulard splashed over win
nsle iodiVo blue flowers as big as your
hand, and wearing very Smaii inu'sO
hat. ~ .ho vbo
fought a burglar and rolled Downstairs
with him, is also pointed out on tue
drive. LA
dark-eved AID intelligent-faced, roliS
bv. Mrs. Elliot is the only literary
woman. save Mrs. Cruger and Mrs mar
rison, whom the four hundred tolerate.
She is giving a series OF readings On
early and recent English and American
literst1re and IS invited everywhere
Mrs. Elliot is devoted to hideons green,
cry, gallery gowns, shOrt-waisteo anu
huge" seved, which, however, cannO'
make a fright OF this charming woman
Mrs. Henry Clews, tall, distins nisneo,
IN elegant half-mourning, Is always
pointed out, and beautiful MIS- lie F9S-
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and the boy there asked me If 1 we're
going up to the lOl floor.
Yes l responded. Why
"A hundred and one will throw F0u
out OF the window II be catches you.'
said the boy.
asked.
Why, there is s bride in a room IN
lOl, and you have been firing ice water
Into their room all the evening, and the
man Is wild. He swears he will muir.
der YOU
Upon investigation I found that nv
sisters room was not i0l at all. but was
". Ny room was 90. aud, as my SIS
ter's room was next to II. thought 10
was lol. Therefore Ihad sent about ten
pitchers Of ice water TO l0I, and didn't
know il.
II had left call IN the Office for %
and l0l for 4 o'clock the next
morning when l was down stairs last.
and never thought 20 have IL changed.
so at 4 o'clock the bride and the groom
were awakened by laundering knock
at their door, which made them furious
ana they were firmly persuaded that the
early call was part OF the Ice water
lends scheme 10 annoy then.
II escaped with my life, and was glad
OF It,"
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THEY LAG suPERFLuOUs.
some OF the Expressions that Might as
Well be Dropped.
Dramatic Mirror.

some OF the Expressions that Might as
Well be Dropped.
Dramatic Mirror
The Mirror suggests that mass
meeting OF dramatic critics be called to
protest against the further use on the
American stage Of subjoined express
sions:
'sYou will learn to love me-"
Listen (muSlc) and tell you the
story Of my life"
"He was the only man that ever
spoke a kind word to me-"
Papa, kiss mamma"
And you, whom l thought my dear
est friend have done thi.
II must tell you one more thing be-
fore go-nOt very much TO you, per-
hapf. but to me everything. love
you"
MY time will come"
"HOw changed the old village seems. !"
Chow dare you to touch me?"-L For
female.
,Be brave, Jack; you have me-"
"Ah, little one, you don't understand
these things"
"For some weeks I have noticed a
change In your manner towards me"
~ could k-i-l-l your
"Why did listen 20 his words?"
"And now-how changed"
at is long story, but will tell 1t to
you"
TO face. A-h-h~ As ne is
stabbed in the back.
"Your proud spirit shall yet be
broken"
ssBut the witnesses are all deadr'
"We have come too latel' Takes OF
81 have come to tell you that must
leave for 10 years in 10 minutes. BE
brave"
II was but boy then"
"Motherw
ME c-h-e-i-l-dF'
@Arthur Claversand, 1 have known
vopr true character from the very hrst
Say YOU came to the old hail." For
female.
ssRahi you fool, don't make so much
no,ea or we shall be discovered.
ssWhat was that2-Only the snap OF
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amman 10 cnt off the strings of these

fishermen to cut of the strings OF these
fishes when caught.
The bathing sandal is much thought
OF by its wearers In France. Not so
many years ago, Paris was placarded
with the colored advertisements OF a
sea-sandal christened Amanda by its
manufacturers. Nae lez pas dltr Baths
De Mcr Sans amanda don't go to the
seaside without Amanda) stared the
Partisan and bis guests In the face from
every wall.
AS much care and taste are displayed
in these sea shore sandals as Helen OF
Troy or Phryne Of Athens could have
used in past ages. On the French shore
Is there doubtless some variety OF color
and form in the dress seen in the waves.
Every Partisan dresssmaker wishes to
stamp even bathing dress with his or
her individual taste; but IL Is not by any
means good form or bon ton 70 show
too much of the figure as caricaturists
would lead people 10 suppose, and In
deed anything Ike immortality Is left 70
those few individuals OF bad taste and
worse morals, who will always find .
way TO make themselves conspicuous In
public.
In every country and on every shore
there are thoughtless people with no idea
bevond their own selfish vanity who en-
courage girls 10 make idiots OF them
selves, in no country perhaps more so
than in France. II q bathing costume
is wanted more exaggerated and extrav-
agant than another's IL viii be found
either on the Trouville shore IN France
or on the variety stage in America; but
rarely, II ever, on our eastern coasts,
from Atlantic City TO Narragansett
Pier. In most French watering
places part Of the bathing area is
roped for men alone only these with
ladies and families being allowed
70 battle together. Ropes are used as
with rs; but there are always one or
more boatmen rowing Up and down con-
tinually during bathing hours to guard
against accidents, and there Is one sc-
commodation universal which might be
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INTERRUPTED HONEYMOON.
A Dozen Pitchers OF Ice water Cruelty
and Wantonly Sent TO Bridal Cham
Der without Being Wanted.
NJ. vi lfo~-fao Iosfrn0f

~
and wantonIy Sent TO a Bridal Cham
Der without Being Wanted.
Mr York AorniH0 Journal
1.-THE funniest experience ever
had" said Col. A. L. Leonard, OF Cincin-
natl, recently, ''was during visit re-
Gently made TO New York In company
with my sister. We went 10 the Grand
Union Hotel, and requested the clerk
10 give us q couple Of adjoining rooms.
81 understood the clerk 70 say that
we were assigned 10 rooms Nos. % and
lOl. We were conducted 10 the rooms,
and was shown No. 90. Shortly after
ward my sister informed me that she
could not succeed In getting any one 70
answer the bell, and requested me 70
ring mine and order pitcher OF Ice
water for me. / rang and requested
the boy who responded 70 take pitch
er OF ice water 70 room No. 101.
before going down stairs, few
minutes later, asked my sister II she
had received the ice water. ! rang
again and told the second boy TO take
pitcher OF ice water 70 room No. l0l.
went below and soon returned, and was
surprised TO learn that no Ice water had
been served In my sisters room.
"By thai time I was interested, and
told nv sister that would see that she
got some ice water II had 70 20 after
It myself So / rang once more and
told the bell boy that . pitcher OF Ice
water must be taken 70 room No, lOl
right away, and he said he would sure
~ attend 70 II.
After waiting some time made In
quiry Of my sister again, and she SAID
that no ice water had come, and begged
me not 70 bother myself about II. a. u
seemed 70 be a hopeless task. Bot i re-
piled that water was cheap, aud she
should have some sure. went 70 The
person in charge OF our corridor snd
preferred request that q picthcr OF Ice
water be sent 70 room No. 10l. re-
ceiyed a promise that 10 should be a.
tended 70 instsnter. But IL wasn't
"My next attempt was to prevail upon
the elevator boy 70 take pitcher OF Ice
water 70 room No i01. he declared
tina, he would do 50 on the next trip.
"He failed. In despair ! went 70 the
Office Of the hotel and asked the clerk II
IL were possible 70 have pitcher Of ice
water sent 70 room No.. 10f-
Certainly was the answer; that
can be done without any trouble
"sI have been trying 20 have II done
ever since i came here, and l hayent
made the rifiie yet said, and II II 10
. possible thing ] would like 10 have 10
done
"Laser I stepped into the elevator,
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twig. How faint me heart feels today.
Some superstitious dread seems to be
over me-"
I'VE are discovered.
"Don't be afraid of me, little one. I
once had a child who, If he had not
died, would have looked just as you do
now" Looks earnestly at the lads
face and toys with his hair.
"Margaret de Lupang, knew you
when you were child"
my God! my Godl'
"My child Who shall take you from
me?"
'sFurther delay is useless"
"You know the rest"
''I see 1t all now"
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which surround them in cities. Every
body is on a continual dress-parade. No
Taxation, no laying off, no sloughing
around In loose, easy, comfortable fash
ion, hobnobbling with nature and chum-
ming with earth and sea. One wonders
if the smart girl in yellow Grape gown,
yellow hat and parasol on top OF the
dray yonder, doesn't ever weary of the
endless dressing, going, dancing and
eating, and long to get away somewhere
to rest, anywhere out of the world, or
II the man with the impassive face and
tired, blase eyes behind that matchless
four-in-hand, wouldn't like to don bag
ging trousers, flannel shirt and rugged
shooting jacket, pack up pipe and
gun and take to woods?
EDITH SESSIONS UPPER.
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where the beach is precipitous or shelv-
ing, the machines are let down by
cebles from a windlass. but usually
horses are used, and when stranger
finds himself for the first time left in
his wooden cabin in a raging sea while
his hull and drivers depart to haul an
other machine, his dismay may be bet
ter imagined than described.
In England the bathing woman is an
Institution. Though living all the sum-
mer in the sea, she looks more like a
porpoise than mermaid, but she is
most useful in giving confidence to be-
ginners and even in teaching ladies how
TO swim. She is replaced in France by
the bGjgneur, who takes ladies In his
arms into the deeper waters and is much
patronized when strong bearer and a
good swimmer. Such bdigHeltr is the
hero Of a French play by Meilhsc, in
which Nine. Judic used 10 delight her
Partisan public.
The English bathing machine has
been adopted at many OF the French
watering places, more especially those
contiguous TO England, Calais, Boulogne
and Dieppe are all fond of the bathing
machines, and the French have intro
duced family cabins divided into two or
three compartments for ladies and chill
dren. At Trouville, Etreat and Bar
ritz, at Ostend and Blankenberg, all
fashionable resorts either for French or
Belgians, the cabins as at Long Branch
or Narragansett are In use.
Fashion first began to trouble her
head about the modes for bathing when
the beautiful Eugene, empress of the
French, made Biarritz the only place
for lovely women. She wanted sea air
at that period. There the fair Spanish
MileSian first instituted the costume dc
barre, which has since become so neces-
sary an adjunct TO thu trousseau OF
every fashionable beauty.
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gate and Ramsgate are more like Coney
Island. Bournemouth and the Isle OF
Wight are most fashionable and admir-
able for bathing and yachting, but very
expensive. In France, Trouville still Is
queen OF watering places. Boulogne has
too many English visitors, but the bath
ing sands,ar superb. 0stend has great
attractions for the German and Belgian
visitors. Dieppe has annually whole
troops Of French and English. and may
be we'll recommended a. a typical
French watering place.
DAVID WEcHsLER.
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well introduced into America. II q
bather is tempted to stay In. the water
too long it is not necessary to wait till
he turns blue to discover it. His feet
will grow cold. Now to avoid III effects
on reentering the cabin or machine the
BdigIetse or old woman in blue
bloomer and rough straw bonnet will
bring a foot bath of hot water into
which the benefit is incalcuable and the
institution has saved many from sick
ness, If not from consumption.
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BATHING FASHIONS.
BATHING DRESS AND METHODS IN AMERICA
AND JUROPA
The Bathing Machine Of the English Woman
Going Down to the Beach By Swinging
Cable at BrightOn-Ihs Singing
Fish Of BiaritZ
TcoPYRIGHTED.l

Modes and modesty. English bathing
women and French baigneurs. IRE
member, my love, we are going to Trou-
vile this year. You must have your
bathing dresses made in Paris" were
the words said by an American mamma
to her daughter who made such SEN
sation last year at Bar Harbor by wear
ing white flannel suits which were
everything that was respectable until
dipped In the water. After that their
color changed to pink, so indiscreet was
the ocean swell and so transparent its