Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-16


to b. a catching match that will out-in-
terest all previous fishing experiences
and will deprive the ssa u its largest
fish.
Or some day, to be determined soon,
Mr.. Charles Oelrichs will attach himself
TO line, such as tarpon are caught
with, and will fling himself INTO the SEA.
For twenty-five minutes The summer
dWeliers Of Narragansett are TO land
him with rod and reel. He is 10 be pull
ed ashore. The match takes place off
the rocks, between here and Newport.
and the WINNER will have the $500
which Mr.. Oelrichs will put up. He can
be played" pulled and tired out in any
legitimate way except by hook or net;
and he, on the other hand, is to be a
typical fish, without hands TO break his
bonds.
THE BEST SWIMMER.
He is an expert swimmer and is eX
pected to win. Tbs challenge was the
outcome Of a swimming match which
was given up because a match between
Charles Oelrichs and another swimmer,
except Herman Oelrich, was considered
oS uutludl d a DpAIuS llldlNl bOeN WIN
Sandow and Marshall Wilder
Narragansett is very cliquey this year.
You see the Balumortans in one group;
the New Workers in another, Miss Riv-
ers and Miss Thompson, two beauties
of the former place, holding private
court at one spot en- the beach! AID at
another there will be distinctly a South
ern Political group, with Mrs. Jefferson
Davis and Miss Winnie as its centre.
Both ladies talk well and both always
have a crowd of listeners. They are
to spend the rest of the season here, eX-
cept for occasional trips away.
Summer places ara lamenCng this
summer the peregrinating instincts OF
their guests. To-day it is Narragan-
set, with its board walk and its pier
and its Casino. Tomorrow all is chang
ed FOR Atlantic City, with It's walk made
famous through prose and verse.
Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, was quietly
entertained here this week. At least, 1t
was said he was here. And during his
stay little groups watched fer him at
the corners. The Governor has been at
Newport. only little way off, for a cou-
pie of weeks, and has been making MS
excursions TO the surrounding spots lie
often goes incOgnitO, for its IS his eX-
press.d intention to study up the ways
of the Eastern summer resorts, where
all the mill .onaires OF the United States
20 to spend their money. And Ait
geld was liked here. He may own
strong ideas and may have strong ways
Of expressing them, but his summer
friends declare that as a summer man he
is a very gallant Al,geld.
THE TEAS.
A summer feature here is the after
noon tea. you sip and resp" explain
ed a hostess who was draping her piazza
with Turkish stuffs for tea pouring that
afternoon. and tomorrow somebody
else sips and resips. You might as well
be back on your dinner invitations, as
dilatory about tea"
Another summer point that makes
Narragansstt different from ether re-
sorts is the Saturday night dinner. This
is. with nearly every family, table
d'hote affair. The chefs go TO town Sat
urdav and stay over Sunday, and sat
urdav night you take a table dhote at
the Casino or some oIhsr nee eating
Mace. All your friends are there. On
SUNDAY night you coach away into the
country. or go and dine with some one
whose cook has remained on duty or
YOU nibble crackers and cheese 81 nome.
Two letters received here aroused
much interest among the TWO sexes re-
snectively. The first concerned the
men II was to the effect that pierre
the Great" Pierre Lorilard, has for
saken This country with MS horses and
has united in England win Lord Will
lam Beresford on the horse question.
Their united stables under a un-ted
name would. so the letter said, run To-
yetber. II was stated, moreover mat
both would come to this country fcr 'Ae
next great stake events. Great news
this for spCrtsmen!
The other letter was a peculiar one
T. referred to the fact that Miss Br.ce Is
visiting Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cruger al
The latter's country place, and limited
that Miss Brice had notion of entering
literature. All Of the summer girls nave
done so in different ways, from compiI-
ing books of poetry to scribblng sem
timent upon fan. Bu1 If Miss Brlce
does literary work openly she Will be me
first daughter of a politician to thus en-
ter the ranks of writer's.
MANY YACHTS.
MANY yachts touch here daily. 1t is
mart of the days fun TO 90 down TO the
nier and see them land and note the I'M
certain walk of he ladies' aboard, the
uncertainty of their sea legs. no
Su,;ana. with the DreXsls aboard touch
cd here the other day, and there are
others. The famous yachts lying OF
like tim.d white birds in the ocsan, draw
nigh. flap their sans and vanish, WheA
the crowd gets big enough to scare them.
In their private car John r. Mclean
and family. looking not al all dlsap-
pojnted. arrived the other day ana De-
ean holding a series Of receptions by Inc
side of which. in size. the chicago con-
vent;on was a limited affair.
When in doubt the Narrag ansect poo
ME 90 down and sit and watch the oatn-
ers Who these bathers are, where they
come from. and whence they 90 Is
matter shrouded in mystery. NO one
Of he summer colony knows them. Ana
tbev expect no recognition. There IS
a story that the bathers are the college
iris who are acting as mattresses in the
smaller hotels. and another shore yarn
is 70 the effect that these fair nymphs
Of The spray are fashionable town type
Ca-tors down here for their two weeks
7.acatjon As each set disappears for
tbe city another set arrives and takes
rcssess;on of the trim litLe short-skirt-
Cd batbing suits. But you mustn't De-