Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-17
DOWNRIGHT. 1881

| W nile Aunllral sampson DOWN IN 'ubd
is pounding into submission the naughty
| spirits of the Dons the Admirals family
is winning golden opinions in Glen Ridge,
| n. j.. on account of the calm and philo-
sophical way in which its members view
the fortunes of war. Glen Ridge is
| town about Is miles from New York on
the Delaware and Lackawanna railroad
| 1t is as quiet and sedate town as even
| New Jersey can boast and is sufficiently
near to the Oranges to lay claim 10 some
| reputation as an aristocratic summer re-
| sort. The Sampson cottage is about three
| blocks away from the red brick station
| that looks not unlike a miniature edition
| of Moro Castle, with it's tall, ivy covered
| turrets, its cut stone buttresses and high
| bridge.
| The streets of Glen Ridge are broad.
4 we'll paved and lined with large shade
| trees, and the horses patter up and down
! the boulevardS with frequency that
shows the inhabitants to be fond of out
| door exercise. The large picturesque
| houses are surrounded by many acred
| velvet lawns or else look down from ter
races that suggest the hanging gardens
of Babylon. Churches are numerous and
! sufficiently elegant TO advise strangers
| that religion is popular In the prosperous
circles of Glen Ridge. Clark street, where
| the Simpsons occupy very unpretcntons
cottage, has on its principal corner the
| Congrega tional church. where on Sunday
| morning the entire family minus the
| brave admiral. gathers to ask at the
| throne of grace that the angels keep
| special lookout over the commander OF
| the Cuban fleet. Every one in Glen Ridge
| goes to church, and the fact that the
| Simpsons occupy one of the pcws In the
Congregational church has given a new
interest to the sermons OF the minister,
the Rev. Frank Goodwin, an Amherst
college man of earnestnsss and ability,
Right here 1t may be mentioned that
there Is no shorter road than talent to
the interest of the Simpsons, from the
admiral down to S-year-old Harold, who
claims disAnction for his pet cat as the
brightest kitten in Glen Ridge and able,
as a naval cat should be, TO thrash every
other feline In the town without reference
to its age, size or previous experience. In
the bright lexicon Of the Sampson cat,
! where a scrimmage is concerned, there is
no such word as fail. For this reason
the neighborhood since the arrival of the
Simpsons has been pleasingly free from
midnight musicales, to which the whis-
kered pets of the town used to treat that
section.
The stranger who approaches the Samp-
son home will be particularly impressed
by the luxury of flags and banners with
which the outer walls are adorned. One
large flag bordered with gold fringe is
the gift of the patriotic ladies of Glen
Ridge. Another flag floats from the big
cherry tree, while over the porch is a
smaller one. The bicycles of the boys.
which, as a rule. stand upon the lawn,
are generously adorned with red, white
and blue ribbon. and the small Simpsons
themselves from time to time bloom forth
in the latest mode in patriotic pins and
personal decorations. The family ooi-
sists Of Mrs. Sampson, Miss Nan, Miss
Olive, Masters Ralph and Harold Samp-
son.
If midnight burglar by mistake should
wander INFO the Sampson parlors 1t
would take only a flash of the dark la.-
tern to discover the fact that he had
struck the residence of a naval officer.
Tn. furniture of the Glen Ridge cottage
does not belong to the family, as the
house was rented, furnished, but those
odds and ends win which clever women
manage to add charm to even the most
pleasing interior take the form of naval
souvenirs. Flags and sort Of ladder of
hatbands stamped with the names of diff
ferent ships Admiral Sampson has com
manded line one corner of the parlor
wall, and sketches and photographs Of
the hero Of Santiago are plentiful These.
it must be explained, are all treasure
trove of the present war and were sent
TO the family by the artists who went
to the front as representatives Of the diff
ferent journals to make pictures for their
papers The large photograph from which
most of the newspaper cuts were made,
was never seen by the Simpsons until
sent to them by the enterprising pho
tographer who had secured a snap shot
at the admiral.
One would suppose from the aversion
that the Simpsons have to being photo
graphed that they had deep and unaI-
terabe suspicion OF cameras and photo
graphers. The only photograph of Mrs.
Sampson which Is known to be In exist
ence reposes safely at Santiago in the
left breast pocket of the admiral. No
amount of eloquence has so far been suf-
ficient to persuade her TO have that pho
tograph duplicated for the accomrnoda-
ton Of the enterprising journalists who
make frequent pigrimages TO Glen Ridge
Mrs. Sampson is distinctly intellectual
looking woman. She Is tail. with a fine.
commanding presence and thoughtful
brown eyes. Her hair is dark and without
a single silver thread. She is strong and
vigorous looking. impressing one with
her good common sense and amEablity.
IL Mrs. Sampson will not have a photo
graph taken, Master Harold, the youngest
son, so resembles his mother that one
has only TO imagine him ip feminine at
tire, with luxuriant dark brown hair
smoothly parted from HIS forehead, and.
behold, one has fair picture OF the adj
mirals wife.
| This aversion to being photographed is
one OF many traits that mark Mrs. 5amp-
| son as being unmodern.
There IS, however, one kind OF club
which the Junior members Of the Samp-
son family find agreeable-that is a ten
mis- club. When Admiral Sampson him
self isn't smashing Spanish batteries,
| he is never SO happy as with a tennis
racket In his hand A few years ago he
I had the reputation Of being the finest ten