The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-15
FEMININITY.

Womans protective unon-marriage.
A social glass to which ladies are ad.
diCted-the mirror.
The platform of the female voters OF
Mormonism ought to be More men.ism
An Iowa wife put starch in her hus,
bands beer, thinking it was arsenic,
and was surprised because it didn't
stificn him.
An exchange says that there was
nothing improper in the Prince OF
Wales letters to Lady MOrdant except
the grammar.
A st. Louis husband had his suspi-
ciens aroused by catching his wife
holding chloroform to bis nose when he
pretesdcd sleep. She has gone to visit
uor mother.
a young ladies' seminary in Philadel-
pbia has just graduated five "Sallies''
a d one Sadie" but not one SARAH >
Nellie, Josie, Este, Sussie, Nettie, &c.,
&c, make up the rest of the list.
The Janesville (Wis.) Ga=ettc says
there is in that city at the present time
J married couple who. before they came
there, had four daughters of marriagea-
bic age, all of whom were married at
the residence Of their parents on the
same evening, the ceremony being per-
formed by the father of the brides.
"What is the most beautiful hand in
the worIdf" asked one lady of another
yts'erday. The lady addressed went on
to state what snug little dIpper band
she liked to see, when her friend stop
ped her by saying: "The most beauti-
luI hand is the hand that gives" Well
and truly said.
A Boston young man, Catholic, in
tended to be married on Tuesday even
ing, but at the last moment "Iecollected
that he had forgo ten" to procure q
license. He dashed out of the house. in
pursuit of the priced bond paper, but it
was too late. The Office was closed.
Lent began the next day, and for forty
days he must pine, as no marriage can
be celebrated in his church during Lent.
There is family living ont in the re-
pion of Long Island that really NAV be
called a marrying family. There are
eight daughters in il, and within the
last year and half Justice Clement has
performed the ceremony for each of the
eight, aud for one of them FIVE con
secutive times, she having divorced two
of her husbands and attended the fame
raj of three. She is at present dash
ing widow. Last of all, Mr. Clement
has capped the climax, by marrying the
pater f4milias of ali, at the age of four
score and ten, to big, burly Irish
woman of thrty-fve.
Anew York correspondent tells the
following tough story: cat some of tbe
balls which have recently been given,
special accommodations were made for
ladies accom- anied with babies One
large room was changed into a nursery,
aud prov ided with candles and crits so
as 10 lock more like a foundliug gsy-
ium than anything Else. The other
night a party Of young men by some
means obtained admission TO the baby
department of the bail, and set them
selves to work at changing the babies.
No less than fifty infants, between the
ages of four months and four years,
were changed ia as many seconds, and
the party made their escape Just as the
anxious mothers, fresh from the tri-
umphs of the German, were making
their way TO the nursery to visit and re-
fresh their 'tootsy- wootsies.' Such n
scene as took place The walls of the
| cherubim rosa above the swell of the
orchestra, but am glad TO be able 20
| add that the proper babies found their
proper mothsrs In good time