Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-16
WILL NOT DANCE.
LOndon'8 Smart Young Men No Longer
Delight in Balls.
Society Finds Itself in a Bad Way
and Even the Shopkeepers Find
Their Leading Patrons in Amer
lean Visitors-A Dearth Of Court
Functions, Owing to Hard Times
Copyright, 1895.

OOpH right 1870.
London, June 5.-Suange as it may
seem, in spite of the fact that London
is more thronged with visitors and
tourists than for several years past,
there is a general complaint that the
season is not up to the high water mark
Of former years. 1t is claimed that this
is due to a paucity of court functions,
the frequent absence of the various
branches of the royal family from the
capital. and last. but not least, to the
fact that many of the great English
families are still compelled to curtail
their expenses considerably in view of
the losses of various descriptions due
to the hardness of the times, resulting
in contraction Of rent rolls and other
such inconvenience. As a result Of
this economical spirit prevailing among
members of the aristocracy, none of the
entertainments given have approached
in lavishness those of former days
Naturally this state of affairs caused a
good deal of grumbling among the swell
West End tradesmen, but they are
somewhat making up for it by catering
to the crowds of rich or we'll to do
Americans who are now here, for time
at least, brilliant birds of passage, who
spend their money royalty.
Then again in social circles the old
complaint is heard that the young men
who appear at the ball are recruited
from the highways and that the
REALLY SMART YOUNG MEN
will not dance and are daily becoming
more difficult to please. AS a proof of
this assertion, it is stated for a recent
ball the Warehouses of Londonderry
herself sent out invitations to 500 bach
elors and yet she only secured the at
tendance of $50 of them.
Another marked feature of the season
is the declining popularity Of Hyde
Park as an outing ground. This may
be due largely to the fact that bicycles
have superseded horses to a great eX-
tent and il is found to be more divert
ing to watch the wheel riders in Bat
tersea Park than to watch the eques-
trians i'm Rotten Row. Indeed il is
now quite the thing to picnic in Bat
tersea Park, formerly looked upon as
quite a plebian resort, and especially
to breakfast there.
So far as business is concerned, the
shop keepers only salvation lies in the
Americans, who are arriving here in
larger numbers this season than ever
before. As a result of this influx of
transatlantic visitors, the various
prominent hotels of London during the
past few days have been doing really
phenomenal business. The managers
of four of the largest hostleries have
been interviewed on the subject, and
they Joined in saying that never before
, i'm early June has there been such a
rush Of ocean travellers 10 London.
Hundreds of people have been turned
away from the big hotels and among
them were many Of the passengers of
the new American line
STEAMSHIP ST. LOUIS.
which fine vessel completed her mai
den trip across the Atlantic on Thurs
dav morning last incidentally. it may
be mentioned that many of the passen-
gers of the St. Louis had trying expert
ences after arriving in London with
their baggage, large and small piled
outside and inside cabs. They spent
most of Thursday driving about the
CITY looking for accommodations at the
hotels or elsewhere. Naturally. this
state of affairs is causing hotel men of
the British capital to swell with pride
and they say that they are more con-
WINGED every year that London is TAX
Inc the place which Paris formerly oc-
cupied I'm the hearts of Americans for
sbopping purposes. Be that as it may,
There is no doubt that all the American
tourists are making a longer stay here
this year than usual.
So far as fashion is concerned. il is
noticeable of the ladies are becoming
more and more startling as the season
advances. For instance. a fashionable
west End milliner displays the very
latest" in ladies' headgear. Poised on
it's front is a dove with outstretched
wings around a small riviere of dia-
monds.
The investiture for the birthday hon
ors. which will be attended by the new