The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-07
SOCIETY ITEMS.

SOClEI1 IIEMSs
The belle Of the Cabinet Is tho Sec
rotary of the Navy. A more jovial, hos
pitable, gOOl.humOrcl bachelor 1t is i'm
possible 10 Imagine. The moment he ap
pears one begins to feel lively. He is {
tall, robust man, with iron gray hair ant
whiskers, and fresh, rtddy complexion
II Is not necessary to tell what his. pas
life has been; that il understood At once
He Is an intimate friend Of the BoriG
family, and with It's members and sOm(
other prosperous acquaintance, he Inns Led
an easy life for many years, spiccd BY plen
| tySof good times. He has the f4hlieSt
possible way Of dlsrcgarding ordinary
customs, and rs soon rs q guest enters llis
house, If he or SliG does not feel perfectly
at home, IL Is not for want Of u hearty
greeting. Consequently he is n belle Il
bouquets and plenty Of attention can
make him one, and the Indies are only too
glad TO 90 to his house, when his having
friends visiting him furnishes an excuse
for his holding Wednesday reception.
1t is so delightfully."- improper to 60 10 the
house Of an unmarried man. Some one
compares his receptions to those Of Mr..
COlfhx before he was married, but they
are beyond those. Mr.. ColiaX had IFS
mother and sister, you know, and was Il
widower besides. Mr.. Robson Is utterly
unprotected, and then widOwcr, unless
supposed in need Of special consolation,
never can have the charm belonging Ia an
innocent bachelor. But the Secretary
will be protected fast enough II ever any
one woman makes IN individual attack.
Let such designing .Onc beware; she
will have every married woman, rs wei.
rs all the single ones, irrnyed against her.
According to the Chicago papers nm
amiablc old gentleman from the rural dis.
tricts, who hns been wavcrIng' between
orthodoxy and llCterOtlOXy for some time,
came into the city on Sunday morning to
hear Robert Collycr, preach. TWAS lis
first visit to Chicago Stepping into u
North Clark street horse car, he rode out
as far as Turner Hail. where mlanyoftLe
passengers alighted, and he perceived a
crowd Of people, and inquired Of tho con.
duCtOr II TINT was Robert CollycTS church.
The conductor, amused ut the simplicity
of The question, promptly answered in the
affirmative, and our curious inquirer pass.
| ed into tue hail.. lie saw o vast crowd Of
men and women sitting ut small tables,
drinking beer. This rather staggered
him fol, y moment, but lie reelected, that
they wore possibly receiving the conf.
niIlnioi.; SO he slpd0Yn at d table and
looked around him. Presently young
man with u white apron came Up and
asked If he had ordered. No, he replied,
he was not exacuyGa member Of tle. so.
ciety, but lie came in to hear Mr.. COllyer.
The youth with the white apron stirred
and passed on. Very soon number Of
gentlemen stepped On the platform with
tromboncS, and tilldlGS, and COrnGts, and
begun to play. These UnitariRns have n
queer why Of worShipping, thought the
old gentlemen, but have been living out
of the world; that's whit the matter, |
suppose. He thought 1t would como out
ali right perhaps when Robert Collyer
came on. But after tic music there was
more communion" and after long IN.
tcrval there was moro music and Gy;Nnd;
by n man dressed in tights came forward
and commenced TO swing round anIl
round on pole. Then another man,
dressed like the first, went through u
course of exercise on q scross.bar. And
then there was more music and no end Of
Communion" The stranger sat ont the
sermon very patiently, and then went
home. He had conc 10 the conclusion
TINT UnitArianiSm was all very we'll in
theory, but these new.iangled notions Of
worship were not so edirying ai(Cr all as
the good old Presbyterian psalms ind
prayers. 4, iI'-
The increased expense Of living III 0Il
American cities during the past ten or tiE:
teen years Is n frequent subject of conf
mcnt. 1t may bc set down us costing very
nearly double what il did twenty Year,
ago to support family in almost any poi
ton of the United States. We require
finer dwellings, more expensive furniture,
and costly clOthing-silkS and fine cloths
coming in where calicocs and homG.spun
answered tho purpose, In the country
people can 1.-Two as thoy please, hut In on
cities, men and women are, 10 certain
extent, slaves 10 fashions. They must
have a house rs good rs their. nefgllborp
They must keep up appearances no ndt'
ter whether able to do this or not. Ar
exchange gives advice to young people
which under certain circumstances, may
be applied with profit to those Of maturt
age, and perhaps save something IN thkSE
hard times. ItAys: There are two ways
in getting up In lie. Oneis TO begin where
your parents are ending Magnificent
mansion, splendid furniture, and, an; .clC
giant turnout" Is not TINT the pretty
dream Of many about their start In life
The other Is TO begin ii little nearer tut
point where the father and mother began
You sec you can go up so easily and grlce
fully, ifcvIns slow Il safe; But It w0ulC
be trying md awkward to come down .ant
It costs too muclnow to live; and business
luctuatcs; and health il uncertain, anC
temptations from the side of prilel hrt
strong; and many young man who Ill;
not mean to bG extraVagant has been LED
along, and rather than ince tho position
and descend manfhlly, has tried 10 keel
up BY ENLIGHTENMENT and lOch called !
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