The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-08
spondenc6 OF the Register.

BALTIMORE, March 6, 1878.
With the coming of spring we look for
the girls" on the promensdes just as
we look for the birds in the trees of the
public squares. Not less cheerful and
inspiring is the appearance of the former
than the latter. Nor, rot less bright
and beautiful Is the plumage OF the one
than the other. The ladies are to the
city what the birds are TO the country
the heralds of smiling day, the chirp-
ing, cheerful attendsntsot OF every occasion
that touches the imagination or gives
romance 10 reality. The influence OF
each is an impetus in the de-
velopment of the finer sensibilities OF
human kind. What man ever listened
to the carols of muslcsl bird that was
not better man tor it? What man
ever felt the magnetic influence of q re-
fined and lovely woman that WAS not
better man for that, too? The observing
stranger measures the manners OF COM
munity when he has seen its women,
and does not need to see the men. The
latter are the exact reflex in kind and
quality of the former, When you have
seen on the streets OF q TO Tn general
evidence OF untidiness, absence OF taste,
and lack OF grace and culture IN its wo-
men, you may expect to sit down at the
table OF Its hotel with man who will
lap up his dinner like hound, who will
blow his nose with his fingers, and will
spit on the floor and rub it in systemsti.
cslly with his foot.
But Il was about TO say the Spring
has not sufficiently advanced TO deter
mine what STYLES Of plumsge the ladies
will adopt this season. You may read
the fashion magazines, and examine the
shop windows, but until you have seen
what is really worn, you know nothing
about the styles. The shops that sell
used TO control the ladies who buy. 1t wss,
This Is fashionsble-the latest-the only
thing that is worn-you can't get any
thing else in the city," and the
sltern alive of buying or being unisshion-
able always resulted in favor OF the shop
keeper. But now the young lady OF tie
period tosses her head, as she pronounces
the diclum: IL don't like 1t and won't
have 1t, no matter whether 1t is fashion.
able or not" and before the season is fully
opened the shop keeper has discovered
what the ladies have determined TO wear
and is offering it for sale.
There is one feature in the toilets OF
the Baltimore ladies IN which they
always excel the contour is always per-
feet. They dress Tor the street as for
full length photograph. They evidently
study the impression OF the outlined
figure as whole. The bust, the waist,
the hips and skirts are sll adjusted in
pleasing harmony, the one with the
other. Thus the effect is like viewing 8
picture, and however homely the face, the
dgure will insure flsttering impression.
1t s an art worth studying, even though
it implies y good deaf OF humbuggery.
Yet do not mean TO IN.
slnuste that all ;he beauty and
grace O. figure that is seen
on the streets of Baltimore is the result
OF a skilltul manipulation OF skirts and q
knowing disposition OF artificial stuthng
Baltimore beauty has no sucn fimsy
/ basis. On the contrary, the round hg'
ure, the snspely limb and tie blooming
cheek, are iIdIgeno Gus 10 Baltimore.
They are the natural produc: OF s
sunny climate, the finest srkei In
the world, OF the oyster, the ter
rspip. the duck, fresh shad, fine fruit
and perfect regime, without which there
are no lovely women. Men can live and
grow and get fst under coarse and hlshy
sppoin,ments, bat dirt is y natural poison
to a real woman. No woman ever grew
into Ioyeliness until she first learned how
to take care. OF herseli-to get nd OF every
senblsnce Of dirt-until every lnch oI
her person, ber skin, and nsi!s, and treib
and every hair OF her head, sll shown
with the purity of perfect clean llness.
| notice the arrival from Wheehn
this week of one OF WheelIngs isi'
Young lsdies-Miss Beccs N from ove'
on the Island. an considersie enough
not 70 announce the full name, oecsut I
the lsey is shopping" and they don
generally want il known when they q
swsy from home 70 shop.
But Baltimore is 8 splendid Plsne Y
shop, judging from the number o
Wheeling ladies that come here for ths
purpose. The competition 10 everything
that pertains to lsdy's wardrobe IL =
grea, that there is generally some plsc'
where YOU will find goods selling 81 cost
and msny places where the best Gao b
bought At short profits
| l suppose all pats Of the country have
like baltimore. been witnessing . efel
IA sans, hare. FuR B. Low.