Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

against the proposition to make bend
in the street. Thereupon the Lbre Pa
role denounced the decision as Job
berry," implying that M. Faure eXer-
cised his influence in the interest of
his sOn-in-law's mother. The president
was much upset by this attack, foresee-
ing in it only the opening of CAM
paign against him.
The boOl8of the week, Glove Letters
of the Brownings," published on We'd
nesday, makes interesting reading, al
though the story is simple, and there is
little variety in the sentiment and
there are no lovers Quarrels. Brown
ing, writing in 1915, speaks thus of the
late James Russell Lowell: He has
refined fancy and is graceful for an
American critic; but, the truth is he
knows nothing of English poetry, or
next to nothing, and has merely had
dream OF the early dramatists."
About the same time, Mrs. Barrett
had a proposal from a firm of Boston
publishers to collect and edit certain
letters. She asked his opinion on the
subject and Browning, replying and
advising her to accept, characterized
the offer as a good, straightforward,
un-American thing" at the same time
intimating that American publishers
are given to printing incorrect copies
and 'eking out with suppostitious
matter, as they did with the book of
Dickens" But, he adds: Il like the
progress of these Americans in taste;
their AIMING leaps, like grasshoppers,
up to the sun
Mrs. Bradley Martin, it is now as
serted has decided finally to take up
her residence altogether in England
and sell her New York establishment.
She intends to entertain lavishly dur
ing the coming London season.
The engagement of the Earl of Crewe
to Lady Margaret, youngest daughter
of Lord ROsebery, is of exceptional in
terest in social and political circles,
where both of them enjoy unusual pop
ularity. The fiancee is known to her
friends as Peggy" She only recently
came out and has great personal charm
and many accomplishments. She will
inherit great wealth. On the other
hand, the Earl of Crewe is one of the
ablest, best looking and richest of the
Liberal peers, with a distinguished pO-
litical future. He has beautiful houses,
great estates, owns race horses, writes
poetry and has a grown~up daughter.
Another interesting engagement is
that of the Hon. Mary Hughes to Lord
Edward Pelham-Clinton. The latter is
a widower and is an uncle of the Duke
of Newcastle, who he will also prob
ably succeed, as both the Duke and
Lord Francis Hope, who married the
American actress May Yohe. are child
less. Lady Mary is granddaughter of
the first Earl Ravensworth, is a maid
OF honor and is a great favorite of
Queen Victoria, who presents her maids
of honor, on their marrying, with the
traditional dowry of $1,000 and
Cashmere shawl.
The Prince of Wales on Thursday
presided at a meeting of the committee
having charge of the national memoir
ial to the late William E. Gladstone, at
which it was announced that the sub
scriptions had reached the sum of 925,-
90S. During the course of the proceed
ings the Prince of Wales made q very
graceful reference to Mr.. Gladstone,
saying: 81 am sure that my wish will
be that of the country generally, that
the statue memorial may be worthy of
! him and worthy of our country. No
body had higher admiration for the
great, statesman-like qualities of Mr.
Gladstone than I, and / may add that
bore him great personal friendship"
Theatrical circles were absorbed most
of the week in the charges Of Manager