Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-01

them been seafarinE folk SO that she
comes naturally By her love Of the
ocean wave.
Mrs. George Gould always accompan-
les her husband on his trips on their
steam yacht, the ATLANTA She looks
her handsomest in nug-ftting yacht
| ing costume and is an excellent sailor.
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Iselin are very
warm friends, one OF their mutual in
terests being a love of sea sport. The
Gould children always go with their
parents in their yachting excursions
and there is no prettier sight than to
see them in their sailor clothes, follow
ing their father over the yacht or lin
gering about their pretty mother as she
idles over book in the shadow of one
of the deck awnings. The Goulds
yacht is beautifully furnished and well
adapted for entertaining. There is no
doubt that the Atalanta, with party
of fashionable friends on board. will
witness the defeat or the victory Of Sir
Thomas Upton. Mrs. Gould probably
knows Sir Thomas, for, in England
where the Goulds have been on their
yacht several times. and where they
were with the vigilant, once contestant
for international cups, almost all the
yachting notables have entertained or
been entertained by them, not except
ing the Prince of Wales. who has ex-
pressed his admiration for the smart
ness with which Mrs Gould is always
gowned on shipboard Most English
yachting women. by the way, have a
dowdiness that is in inverse ratio to
their requirements as sailors.
Mrs Howard Gould. who. with her
husband, has been ON their yacht, the
Niagara, cruising in foreign waters,
where they have entertained emperors
and princes, is also fine yachtswoman.
During their voyage the emperor OF
Germany, himself an enthusiastic
yachtsman, paid them a visit from the
Hohenzollern, his own vessel, and great
ly admired the beauty of the Niagara,
which was built in accordance with
many suggestions OF Mrs. Gould when
she was still Miss Katherine Glenn
mons.
The women of the Vanderbilt family
have never been notable for their love
of sport. Although Mrs. o. H. p. Bel
mont, when she was the wife OF Mr..
W. K. Vanderbilt, spent part of each
season on board his magnificent steam
yacht, the Valiant, the largest in the
world, it was as a hostess rather than
a deyotee of yachting that she was
notable
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is skilled in
all sorts of fashionable sport, and her
requirements as a yachtswoman are
quite equal to any. Mrs. Aston has
score of handsome yachting gowns to
wear when she and Colonel Aston are
cruising about on the high seas on
board the Nourmahal. White the
Astors are generous with their hospi-
tality on their yacht as they are in all
other instances, Colonel Aston is too
much of student and a sportsman not
TO regard the privacy of his sea palace
as welcome after the sedentary life
which his position and his possessions
compel him to lead on land.
The ladies of Commodore Gerry's
family and those of Mr.. J. Pierpont
Morgans, although their names appear
but little in print, enjoy the time that
the heads of the family elect shall De
spent on board their yachts. Mr. Nor
gan is president of the New York
Yacht Club. His yacht is the Corsair.
His daughter, Miss Louise Morgan, is
particularly interested in yachting.
Mrs. Sarah Drexel Fells, Of Philadel-
phia, owns and sails very luxurious
yacht called the Dacoutah. Mrs. George
Lewis is another expert yachtswoman.
Miss G. De Forest Day, owner of the
Scythian; Mrs. G. L. Thompson, owner
of the Oenone; Miss E. l.. Breese,
owner of the Elsa; Mrs. A. Van Rens-
selaer, owner of the May, are other