Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-27


aDnearance robing her self as gorgeous
1vas sbeba's Queen and with much bet
Ter taste. She arrives late, is anaoIe
70 everybody. and fits away before peo-
Me have had timet either to snub or
I.oz- her. The only drawbacks 10 her
1.gh social position so the most wins
rerv OF the Newport gossips SAYS
thai she has become very stout, and
society will not be led by an Amazon
over $50.
That one little detail Is said TO have
stood in the way Of the absolute queen
shin of Mrs. Calvin S. Brice, who has
overcome all Obstacles except that OF
avoirdupo.s. She is beautiful well
bred winning e-I gracious. She is
generous. thoughtful lavish in hospi-
taIitv and a bern entertainer, and IL she
were rs oueepv woman as Mrs. Pot
Ter Palmer would lead Newport by the
ve-v power Of her personality Both
ladies would De Newp1rt's most cher
izbed rpests if only because they rep
resent the government for which we
bar, q reverence NOT second TO royalty,
no matter what you say!
Mrs. Cleveland VIII be guest. / am
assured Of Mrs. Sidney Webster The
Brices have taken Beaulieu, the Wal
d5rf Astor villa as usual. and, as for
the last three seasons, they are pay
inc q kings ransom for its rental. 1t
IS said that BcaHeu practically be-
longs TO Calvin S. Brice but that some
sentiment prevents Mr.. Aston from part
ing with its tue But TO satisfy Mr..
Br'ce's desire for the place and at the
same time preserve his sentimental
feelings for the place his wife loved ne
bthss given the Senator a long lease Of
i- with the privilege of doing anything
10 The house. provided be leaves the
walls standing.
As soon as the jubilee is entirely over
there VIII be O mighty inflow for New
mort. Thou-n "excursionists do not ar
rive by every train. the summer resi-
dents come by every steamer. 1t is as
teDish'ng how much is known here
about ocean traffic. steamer day is
rs important to the residents of New
mort as il is to the clerk in an import
ing house. Everything vital arrives
via the ocean liners.
Mrs. William Aston comes soon with
those young Van Aliens. her grandchild-
rem. She is 10 give a coming-ouJ ball
f-- -.e younger one which has been ap-
praised among the Newport tradespeo-
uIs ct sj5.0OO-ond only the first cost
tod. tl his bail Mrs. Aston will dance
with her grandsons and play aJ pitch
and c--eh in the German with her de-
5utante graud-d2ugEter. At Newport
You ale never old until you feel tired OK
h,,. and it is no unuual sight to see a
woman Of surely sixty driving a man
around the ball room by white rib
hons and whipping him with a rose
leaf lash.
Among the herioles at Newport this
sumner will De Mrs. Potter Palmer,
VINO. it is stated upon the best Of New
port authority, intended to sweep New
port this summer with her entertain
ments. her gowns. and her jewels, but
who. becoming interested in the Red
Cross movement in Greece, sent over
by Clara Barton q sum of money large
enough to cripple even her vast re-
sources. That is the gossip anyway.
Other beroines are Mrs. Harry Payne,
Whitney. formerly Miss Gertrude Van
derbiil. who welded an untitled Amer
i.a4 instead OF a tiJled Englishman;
1Irs. /. Townsend Burden, who lost as
many Jewels as any other three women
i'm Newport ever owned; Mrs Havemey-
or. who cannot even give a bicycle
party on account Of the death of the
sugar Baron. and Mrs. Crccker, the
San Francisco beauty who has taken
the Scott villa on Belleview avenue for
her first Newport year. and is said TO he
S. besielcd with attentions every sum
ucr tna- she. Tor very self-delenss,
i-es her face Old The public highways.