Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-11
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r1aS decision TO stay III HeI OWN W.
minions, instead of going to Italy, ana
all the jubilations in England In con-
sequence are not entirely due to the
causes attributed by the English press.
1t is learned that the italian govern
ment had daily been growing more
nervous as the date of the Queens visit
approached, and, finally, notified Her
Majesty's government that it would not
care to accept the responsibility OF the
sovereign's safety, owing to the
strong recrudescence OF the anarch-
istic movement throughout Europe.
Reports from other powers confirmed
the Italian impressions. This, ap-
parently, was the chief factor in the
Queens sudden change of plans,
though doubtless many of her minis
ters always thought it would be better
policy for her to remain at home while
the nation was in the throes of war
In any case, the result, with the ac-
companying celebrations, and the an
nouncement of the Queens coming
trip to Ireand, has had the most BEN
eficial effect on the United Kingdom
Gaiety reigns, though, perhaps, it is
tinctured with some of the undercur-
rent of the nervousness that Thack-
cray described in
The Bell Before Waterloo.
Trade has revived, and shopkeepers,
especially those of the metropolis, look
forward to big business. 1t has long
been a standing grievance that the
Queen SO seldom visited London, but
her present stay is fully atoning for
her past neglect. AS for society in
Ireland, it is iii state Of hubbub
and excitement as has not been seen
for many a year. Regardless of pol
itics, the Queens visit to Dublin will
doubtless be made the occasion for un-
precedented festivities, though
throughout Great Britain there will be
some tension until the Queen has re-
crossed the channel in safety. The
drawing rooms promise to be specially
interesting. Among the debutantes
will be daughter of Mrs. Arthur Pa
get, and the daughter of another wo-
men equally well known to the Amer
lean public, Mrs. Langtry Mrs.
CORVALLIS West will be Miss Jeanne
Langtry's social god-mother. Other
debutantes are Lady Victoria Sybil
Grey, daughter of Earl Grey, and niece
of the Earl of Mimic, Governor-Gen-
eral of Canada; the Marquis of Chol-
mondeley's daughter, Lady Lettuce
Joan, and Lady Margaret Sackville.
daughter of Countess De-La-Warr,
while among the brides are the Hon.
Mrs. Charles Coventry, who recently
Changed Her American Name.
Whitehouse, to that ancient English
patronymic, and the beautiful and rich
Countess of Cromartie, who recently
married Major Blunt.
Major Childe, who was killed after
leading F. squadron, of the South
African Light Horse, in victorious
assault. and whose own epitaph was:
Is 1t well with Childe? It is we'll"
has been succeeded in the command
by Sir Bryan Leighton, who served
with the American troops against
Spain and wrote book about it. This
adventurous young baronet, who is a
cousin of the late Major Childe. and
who was standing beside the latter
when Childe was killed, went out TO
South Africa as correspondent of an
illustrated paper and obtained a COM
mission in the South African Light
Horse. He has now been made .
major commanding a squadron. While
he fights the Beers the youthful Lady
Leighton occupies the unique position
in England of master of the fox
hounds
Some confusion is being caused in
society by the fact that there are no
less than four Ladies of Queensberry
now living, the reigning Warehouses
being formerly known as Lady Dou-
glas, of Hawick. 1t is now said that
the late Marquis, shortly before his
death, was visited by the wife who
divorced him in 1887,
Pathetic Reconciliation
taking place, not only between hus-
band and wife, but with the sons. who
had also been estranged. Young LORD
Alfred Douglas can frequently be seen
dining in more or less fashionable
/ company at well known restaurants.
There is a good deal of chagrin dis
played over what is termed Lord Rob-
erts' too generous treatment of Gen
eral Cronje. and the tendency in some
sections of the press to Historically
overrate Cronje's bravery Many ref
serences are now made to Cronje's al
~ dishonesty in the former war In
ing the surrender of the British
of Potschefstrom when
armistice had been proclaimed.
Fair says:
is vein of seltimentaIity
Anglo-Saxon nature which
transgresses reasonable
present it is engaged
Ne to the level of
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