Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-07-25

Women as Bad as Men-Long Be-
fore the Social Season Ends
Pleasure Is Only Pain and the
Women Drag About by Aid OF
Stimulants-The American Girl
at the Wagner Festival-Resigna-
ton of Lady Somerset.
London, July 24.-According to Van
ity Fair, the London season, which is
now nearing its end, has been remark
able for bringing into prominence the
Incorporate habits of society. In the |
course of a long article, Vanity Fair |
says: "The women are as bad as the |
men. Probably the length Of the Lon
don season is chiefly responsible for the |
evil. From the beginning of May to
the end of July the season is one
stretch of fatigue. Long before the
first six weeks are over, pleasure has
become nothing but pain. The women
drag themselves wearily from house to
the aid of excessive stimulants."
The rife competition at Bisley this
week have provoked curious variety
of opinion among the experts, but they
are all agreed as to one thing, and that
is that the shooting has been too
GOOD" Dozens made the highest pos
silHe score, repeating the feat during
the shooting off. Some new method of
scoring is now imperative.
Gen. Miles, having finished his in
vestigations e military system in
England, has 70 Carlsbad, from
which point hd Sussla, wnere
he will meet Il Sas asked
permission to inspee Russian
army.
! In England Gen Miles hs af-
forded every facility. He IL H
permitted to visit the arsenals and
racks, to sample the soldiers ratioifsl
and to examine their equipments. AL
though the newspapers recently pro-
tested against the granting of such
privileges to foreign officers from the
continent, no mention has been made
Of Gen. Miles in this connection.
The development Of the inquest
!
Mrs. Frances Samnelson, whose hair,
while in the hands Of the hair-dresser,
took fire as the result of the petroleum
hair wash being used to dress it, have
caused the most intense interest. 1t
appears that this wash, which is called
petrol, has been very generally used of
late in Lendon. The newspapers are
filled with interviews on the subject;
and a question will be asked in the
House of Commons with a view of pro-
hibiting the importation Of the article.
For the derby Of 1899, Mr.. August
Belmont has entered two horses; Mr..
Curee; MI. PIerre LUfhna4L Bs-Keene
Mr. Foxhall Keene one.
For the Oaks Of 1899, Mr.. Croker has
entered three; Mr.. j. r. Keene two. and
Mr.. Pierre Lorillard two.
Lady Henry Somerset has resigned
the Presidency of the British Women's s
temperance Association. She recently
addressed a circular to the presidents
OF the branch associations asking them
not to approve or sign petitions to Lord
George Hamilton, Secretary of State
for India, against the renewal of the
| contagious diseases acts for India. The
| III.
fused to be governed by Lady Henry's
request and she has consequently re-
signed the presidency Of the associa-
ton.
The letters of Mr.. Stevens, the Daily
Mail correspondent now at Beyruth.
give an amusing picture of discomfort.
solemnity and eXtortionate prices dur
ing the progress of the Wagner per-
formance. He says: "As we crawled
nearer the town we seemed entering
an outlying province Of country town.
All down the long train buzzed the
| American tongue. Out Of each window
looked a group of American girls. Four
| girls and woman TO one elderly.
weary looking men was the proportion;
and as it always happens the man was
working away with the baggage the
porters and guards, and getting re-
freshments for the comfort of the
girls"
1t is announced that the Hon. Wins
ton ChurS III, eldest son of the late
Lord RaSlolph Churchill, will stand
for Parliament in the Conservative in
terest at the next opportunity. Lord
Randolph's younger son, John Henry
Churchill, now II years of age. will
study for the bar.
The Earl of Rosslyn, who has been
prominent in the Prince of Wales. set |
and mixed up in private theatricals |
and sporting matters with the Prince, |
was in court Thursday in a money lend |
ing transaction, anything but credit |
able to him. The Judge, in charging the
jury, said there was only one word to
describe the transaction, and that was
shady" Earl Rosslyn had asked a
money lender to let him have $500.
The latter had agreed to make the ad-
vanc IL the Earl would give him a due
bill for e375 and purchase a perfumery
business for eco. This, continued the
judge, the noble Earl did and now
sought to evade payment of 600 pounds
because the perfumery was not worth
so pounds. ''The noble Earl" contin-
ued the judge, "has put himself In a
very awkward position; but the money
lender is entitled to the ordinary rights
of British subject and Earl Rosslyn
cannot eyade payment"
After his disastrous attempt on two con-
tinents to infuse the breath OF popularity
into the Seats Of the Mighty" Berbohm
Tree has hit upon an undoubted success
IN ''The Silver Key" The play Is another
pretentious display Of the romantic school
with gentlemen in velvets and buckles and
wigs and laces and many fine phrases and
much gallantry. as was the ili-fated THE |
Seats Of the Mighty Yet It pleased the
public. which IS the final test. TIE seats