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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1885
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions various names and places with unclear context. It hints at a local scene including people, foods, and activities but provides no clear event, date, or definitive actions to summarize.
Dell Cremona and his famous Stradivarius become the center of a scheme. Hopkins schemes to borrow the instrument aided by Capper, Capper’s sly handling, and a French violinist’s judging visit. Dell menaces exposure as the plot unfolds and music lore entangles trust and deceit.
Hopkins schemes to buy a famous Cremona from Dell Capper, after a lavish dinner party. Dell reveals the ruse by producing a fake instrument and a £1000 check, sparking a bitter row. Hopkins, defeated, reels from the deception and later destroys the forged fiddle amid public and family tensions.
A fashion piece surveys midseason designs with evolving silhouettes and fabrics. It notes shorter skirts replacing waist-to-bottom gowns, delicate mesh lace, long tulle scarves fastened with antique brooches, and black sheer fabrics. Children's headwear and menswear accessories feature lace caps, muslin O Shanter caps, and straw hats with ribbons, while new capes and flannels redefine the season.
The note describes toilettes for summer events with tassels and Valenciennes lace, overdresses in colored silks over white muslin, and aprons with Oriental lace motifs. It mentions trimmings in pairs of colors on white grounds and a new underwear trim of perforated elastic braid, noting a faint aging scent in the fabric.
The article details upcoming children's and young married womens headwear and accessories. It highlights trimmed hats with blue bows, Leghorn hats with ruching and rosettes, morning caps with lace and pearls, silk breakfast caps, jeweled brooches and pins, and decorative ribbons for summer outfits. It notes that a single running season style with a rolling brim will dominate, alongside improved lace, flowers, and ornamentation in hats and bodices.
Fashion notes describe Bonnets and hats trimmed with tulips and wild flowers, delicate organdies in pale tints, and a laced ensemble with wood color accents. French models appear, while corn yellow remains a favored shade mainly for millinery, with coffee colored Valenciennes lace detailing.
A sweeping panorama of Broadway and touring theatre moves. Photoplay figures such as Miss Forsyth and Mr Ward surface with plans for season roles and New York openings. Cast changes include Misa Coghlan and Mr Gilbert while Miss Coghlan faces salary action. Renowned managers and companies voyage between London and Boston as salvos of new plays, revivals, and obituaries of careers ripple through the season.
A fragment from a domestic vignette recalls a luncheon with a perplexing salad, a bold child, and a gentle aunt. A narrator notes the contrast between eager handmade meals and the social pretensions of others, while a boy’s questions about souls reveal a family at once tender and probing.
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