Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-26
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= LONDON, November 25.-~Among the
serious minded, conservative English
people there is growing feeling of
disgust at the spread of the nauseating
mandy pambyism which finds an ex-
cuse In the war. The historical out
break which has ensued since Tommy
Atkins and his officer became a full
fedged society craze has already been
the subject of satirical articles In the
better class of British publications,
and now all signs point to a reaction
from that unreasoning enthusiasm
which is responsible for so many I'M
dignifed antics. Never were the old
English army officers so aghast as
when they read of the Queens decision
to send box of chocolate to each man
in the field as a Christmas present.
Compared with her simple speeches at
her farewells to the troops, this an
nouncement appeared as sudden de-
scent from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous. On top of this came the heroic
accounts Of Correspondent Churchill
lighting battles and commanding
troops, and regular officers poured in
letters to the papers protesting against
this. Though not belitteling Churc-
hills personal bravery in the Tirah
campaign, an officer was obliged to tell
Churchill that his help was not needed
to command a company. Other in
stances of this young officers readiness
to interfere have been printed since
the glowing accounts of the armored
train affair. While it is pointed out
that he does not deserve good treat
ment from the Beers, having violated
the usages of war, the reports Of his
expected release is contrasted with the
alleged action of the French and Ger
MANS, who, it is claimed, during the
war of 1870, shot all non-combatants
found carrying arms.
While the big West End caterers are
busy shipping hundreds of cases of
champagne and pate de fol gras to the
regimentA messes in South Africa, So
ciety women are working feverishly,
making plum buildings for these un-
fortunates. Many of the buildings con-
tain costly jewelry, tie-pins, rings and
other mementoes from adoring wom-
ankind. Lady Colin Campbell has
made no fewer than LOG plum buildings
for the Dublin Fusiliers, and several
buildings have been sent to Winston
Churchill, addressed to Pretoria
Though the majority of such efforts are
doubtless prompted by genuine patriot
ism and desire to alleviate the suf-
ferings of the soldiers, the charitable
movement Is taken advantage of by
notorious self-advertisers, both social
and mercantile. Women who have not
been received in society, in spite of
the efforts of years, have been untiring
in their endeavors to get publicity for
their particular scheme to raise money
or articles to send out to South Africa.
Incidentally, 1t is announced that the
Duke of Abercorn has ordered for the
field Red Cross three hundred dozen of
Messrs. So-and-So's handkerchief,
which are famous for their softness
and delicate texture" etc, and every
theatrical press agent in the country is
reaping harvests by obtaining gratiu-
tious advertisements from hitherto I'M
heard of actors and actresses who are
willing to recite war poem or do a
turn to help the war funds. This, of
course, scarcely applies to the few lead
ers of the profession who originated the
idea of an American quota of charity,
q movement which eliminated in Mrs.
Brown-Potter's 1.-THE Chantant," though
the latter has not escaped criticism.
The Times set the example by giving it
meager and uncomplimentary report
In its news columns. and since then