Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
FOR THE CHILDREN

Channel on Friday on their way to
Cannes, where they will arrive on Sun
day. They were greeted by crowds on
leaving London, and on their arrival at
Folkestne. Dr. Habershon, Mr.. Glad
stine's family physician, reports that
the general heath of the former Prime
Minister is very good and that there is
every prospect of his neuralgia pains
disappearing in a milder climate. Dr..
Nettleship says the distinguished pa
tents eyes are in good condition and
not affected by his neuralgia.
The loneliness of literature had two
valcanic demonstrations during the
week. Swinburne, the poet, having
been named in the Academy as one of a
selected forty to form an English
Acadamy Of Immortals, wrote a furious
letter to the Times, saying:
The notion Of an English academy
is too seriously stupid for a farce and
too essentially vulgar for a comedy"
In conclusion, Mr.. Sanburne re-
marked:
1T seems to RE that the full and
proper definition of so preposterous an
impertinence must be left to others
than the bearer of a name selected for
Sarah Grand's latest work is causti-
caly criticised and the author of THE
Heavenly Twins" has written a letter
to the Daily Telegraph's book re-
viewer, couched in the most stringent
terms. Among other things, she says:
THAT you are of ancient lineage
am willing to admit, since your putting
in my mouth words and sentences not
D,ino shows tbot inf Wi h
the blood of Ananias That you should
take yourself to be a serious judge of
art is crime for which it is painful
to think that you must one day settle
between you and your God; but that
you should write yourself down an adj
mirer of mine is the ugliest blow my
art has dealt me, and | take this oppor-
tunity to publicly apologize for it,
There was a great crowd of pilgrims
and visitors at Rome on Monday, the
feast of st. Cecilia, gathered to see the
catacombs lit up with thousands of
electric lights and other curious sights.
Priests. sisters of various orders. Ger
man students. Americans and tourists
Of many other nationalities were pres
ent at services of all sorts at the little
affairs Of the catacombs. which now re-
semble a mundane museum.
There is marked change in the pre-
vailing style of fashionable hairdress-
ing, which follows an inclination to re-
turn to the chignon.
The doubts raised as to whether an
English aristocrat was permitted to
marry an Indian have been dispelled
by the announcement that Lady Ann
Coventry and Prince Dhulep Singh are
to be married on December 20. The
Coventrys are opposed to the union.
but their objections have been over
ruled and the Indian government has
agreed to settle upon the bride the
sum Of e2,000 (S10,000) annually.
1t is claimed that the electric rail-
roads at Cairo, Egypt. are beating
those Of Brooklyn in the record of
numbers Of people killed. The Egyp-
tan roads have been running a little
over year. and 40 people were
killed or injured by their cars during
the first twelve months.
The Prince of Wales had a success
full shoot with the Earl of Durham at
Lambton castle. One day eight guns
killed 2,10O pheasants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martins par
ty in Scotland is also establishing big
records. It's members killed over 1000
| pheasants and other game in one
week.
At a public meeting in Dublin on
Wednesday last, Lord Dufferin. pre-
siding in commemoration Of the CEN