Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-22
Copyright, Associated Press

ed to state" said the Times on Thurs
day, that the tall hat and frock coat.
which had hitherto been recognized as
the costume for Sandown Park on the
occasion of the royal visit, may be dis
pensed with tomorrow and SATURDAY..
in favor of the straw hat and other cos
tune more suited to the present tropic-
al weather."
A few days of intense heat have done
more TO break down the established
traditions of England than would a
dozen reform bills. Long established
rules of state, social, business and po-
litical etiquette, have been swept 70 the
winds, or rather into the humidity
which the lack Of wind produces In
land where few years ago sunstroie
was almost unknown, the hospitals are
now crowded with cases of that de-
scription. For the first time in the
history of Parliament one of the front
bench members, Mr.. Herbert Gladstone,
has appeared at st. Stephens wearing
straw hat, to the ama2ement of the
members of the House. Royalty, driven
to desperation by
The Hottest Weather
England has ever known and Obliged
to appear at public functions, has com
pletely discarded the usual forms Of
dress.
Lord Ronald Covers annual letter
to the Times inveighing against the
tall hat, instead of being useless pro-
test, this week voices public opinion
with remarkable unanimity. Well
known men CT fashion are frequently to
be seen at the West End wearing white
duck or flannel trousers with immacu-
late frock coats and silk hats. This
latitude of dress extends also to GER
wants. Bepowdered fiunkeys. thick
with gold lace, may be seen gravely
sitting upon the boxes wearing sailor
hats of varying pattern; and fashion
able nurses have given no the hot veil
and bonnet in favor of light straw head
gear. In brief, this metropolis of the
world, with it's countless arbitrary
forms of dress and procedure, has, in
the short space of a week, been turned
topsy -turvy and has become as free
and easy as Haitian village at the
height of summer.
The serious phrase of the matter is
the
Rapidly Increasing Death Rate
and the prophesied continuation of the
heat wave. The papers never tire of
pointing out how utterly inadequate
are the provisions to deal with the
present conditions. Ice is luxury OBJ
tainable by the rich only, and by them
in limited quantities. For the poor
there is no alienation, not even the
opportunity to battle. The idea OF
flooding the heated streets has not vet
dawned upon Englands municipality.
The supply Of facilities at the London
hospitals TO deal with heat prostrations
is absurdly inadequate. Hence. il is
small wonder that business is practical
ly suspended and social functions are
cut short and made as Informal as pos
sible, TO say nothing of all the military
manoeuyres at Aldershot being post
poned.
Even the CHASTITY news from China
ELECTS but half-hearted interest In
nation which finds itself suddenly trans
ferred from temperate to tropical
zone, with all the disabilities OF sub
artic clothes and institutions. Lon
dons method Of transit-undergro
trains, inside buses, etc.-never well
ventilated, can now only be described
as sweat boxes.
What with the Christian Endeavor
thousands permeating London this
week,
The American Invasion
may be said TO have reached its zenith
Scarcely any event connected with
American enterprise has created sucn
general interest in England as the pro-
ceedings at Alexander Park. The Bishop
OF London, RI. Rev. Mandell Creighton.
d D., while facing the thousands that
waited 10 hear him speak, turned TO
one OF the Americans that was on the
platform, and said: How wonderfully
you DO these things in America The
transportation OF such an immense
contingent Of so many thousands OF.
miles has tremendously impressed all
prominent Englishmen. vino have come
into contact with the delegates.
Another class OF visitors 10 London
attracting attention on the streets is
the men OF the United States training
ship Saratoga, who have come IN on
leave from Southampton. Commenting
on these the Chronicle says:
They go about in twos and tbrees
and conduct themselves to the admJra-
ton OF all. although there is no on
Ger In charge"
This is in striking contrast with the
behavior Of many English Jackies. The
Saratoga goes 10 Calais, when the an
prenrices viii have chance to SEE
Paris.
English harbors are dotted with
American yachts Al Snu+har 49,,