Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-01

beginning the season OF 1897, is aosO-
lutely ended. and with it is ended also
apparently long run Of good weather.
Cowes is crowded in anticipation OF
next weeks regatta, when the prizes
will be unusually magnificent On Mon
day the Aurora will sail her maiden
race with the Meteor, the Bona and the
Britannia, under the auspices OF the
Royal London Yacht Club, which Will
probably prove the most interesting
event of the season.
The Duke of Leeds has been actively
engaged in getting signatures to an ad-
dress to Emperor William on behalf OF
the yacht owners who were entered Tor
the Emperor cup in the recent race 10
Heligotans. But this action Is being
quietly criticized in the higher yacht
ing circles and by leading members OF
the Prince of Wales set, who are dia-
metricaily opposed TO the kaiser and all
his acts.
The Prince of Wales however, has re-
considered his determination not TO race
britannia against the Meteor this year,
and she arrived at Cowes on Thursday
in full racing rig. The Duke of Abru-
| sizi's new Bona, the Duke of Suther-
lands Catania and Mr.. Ogden Goetlets
/ Mayfo.ger and other well known yachts
/ are in the roads.
Vanity Fair, reviewing the season,
congratulates the country on its BRILL
! ancy and gives list Of the season
/ beauties. which, it says, no other coun-
! try can rival. 1t adds that among the
American girls Miss Goetlet and Miss
| HAY. the ambassadors daughter, have
been most successful because or the
personal charms and animation OF man
ner. In the same issue appears q letter
from an English girl with reference 10
the newspaper agitation over the decad-
ence of English society. The writer
saws: "The trouble lies in the unwill-
ingness of the poor members of the aris-
| tocracy to earn honest liytpest, II is SO
! dreadful fcrtthe1zls N.-.oriSaii Srrfs
T VINO love to come here to excel English
beauty and wealth. If this continues to
| 60 on all England will soon be owned by
the Americans, for they are buying land
as well as men.
1t is announced that during the COM
ing Parliamentary recess Il Q Liberal
leaders will openly formulate plan
for home rule all round in place of Mr.
Gladstone's scheme. The are counting
on the Irish support
Mr. John Redmond however says: 81
opposed the motion for Home rule all
round in 1895 and would oppose il
again now. 1t would never satisfy
Irish national aspirations. Besides, it
| is a mere dodge to evade the main ques-
ton The scheme in itself is outside
! the range of practical politics. Ireland's
| only hope now is to move boldly for
ward the parliament free from all out
| side control, as Parnell said"
The Hungarian government has au-
| thorized the state bank at Budapest to
engrave on LEGO form notes the por-
traits of the most noted singers and ac-
tors of Hungaria.
NJ. Faure's villa at Havre is situated
in a hollow and is overlooked by the
boulevard and large crowds are paying
half a franc a piece TO see the president
walking in his garden or seated in his
chair on the lawn.
The crusade against the frock coat
and the stove pipe hat for summer ga
therings like the Goodwood races, has
received a set back. This year the
Prince Of Wales and the men of his
party instead of appearing in the low
crowned hat and morning coat, as they
did last year, all wear black frock coats
and high hats.
The forthcoming issue Of the Nation
al Review will contain a long article up
on the success of the American bime-
tallic commission. The article confirms
what has already been cabled on this
subject by the correspondent Of the AS
sociated Press, and says: ''It is now
generally recognized by all that
Great Britain's chief contribution
will be the re-opening Of the
Indian mints. which all who appreciate
the question must regard as a splendid
subscription to the common pool"
The opera season at the Garden has
resulted, it is said. in a handsome pro-
fit to the syndicate. Mr.. Gram says he
will have the De ResskeS and all the
other male singers next year, and pos
sibly Iamaganon. He expects to have
Melba. Elms, Calve and Nordica.
The person who seems destined to
shine in the stellar position in the Uni
ted States next season which Anna Held
filed during the last. is Mile. Cleo de
Merod. This young person for. some !
years graced a comparatively humble |
sphere in the Grand Opera Of Paris. but |
has become known to a wider circle |
than her theatrical attainments might |
seem to warrant because her name has |
been linked conspicuously with that OF |
King Leopold of the Belgians. Mile.
Merod is booked to make her appear |
ance in America on September ) for a |
season of one month in ballet The sal |
airy which will be paid her for the one |
month is officially stated al $4,000 |
francs. The compensation given her in
Paris is said to be but 200 francs per |
month.
One of the transactions booked for !
the Garrick is a Chinese tragedy the |
plot of which is said to be located in
San Francisco. The principal charac-
ters will be played by English actors,
but genuine Mongolians will be drafted
for minor parts
Bassett Roe, who has been one of the
leading supporters of Julia Marlowe. is
visiting his former home in London
Nat Goodwin and his leading lady,
Maxine Elliott, are frequently to be
seen among the diners in the London
hotels. .z,...x..s.ss