Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-25
WOMAN'S DRESS.
Marh Twain Compares :hc styles of
Central Africa and America.


NEW NorE, Decent or - The New Eat-
land Society in IT," city o. NV York r"'".
bratcd ii, ,.cyCnty-seycnth annual lCS. y..l
al n1'monir,'>, ard the gathering VI. =
notable anu b i.l;aat one. Jp.iah NJ. Fisk
presided. Ai,cr dinner >pcrahes were
made by Joseph II. ChoItr, 'haunccy N.
Dcpcw. ten. Grant. Gov. Long. Of Mass.
chUscttS: Gen. lIO".,re Porter, the R"y. DR.
John L. Paxton, "Mlrk Twain" Senator
Miller, OF California; William f. Wills, oi
Wisconsin,; Mayor Grace, Commodore Cp-
shur and Judge Lawrence.
Mark Twain's speech was on Woman,
and he said. The toast includes the sex
universally. 1t is to woman COmprehen-
siyely whercsuevcr she NAV be found. Let
us consider her ways. lrst comes the
matter of dress. This is a most important
consideration, and must be disposed OF he.
fore We can intcllgcntly proceed to exam
inc the profoundest depths Of the theme.
For a text let us take the dress OF two an
tipOdal typeS-the savage woman Of Cen
tral Africa and the cultivated daughter OF
our high modern civilization. Among the
Fans, a great negro tribe, woman, when
dressed lor home or to 20 out shopping or
Doesn't Wear Anything
3t al nut her Cphp!"N!"H' .I''LiE"'eI'I
This is all. 1t is her entire outfit. Laugh
teri 1t is the lightc,t costume in the
world, but it is made Of the darkest mate
rial. Laughle.I II mas 0i''h hreN ms
taken for mourning. Laughter. 1t is the
trimmest and ncdlcst and gra"cfulc,t cos
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can get the do"r-mat before E"4r eyes Sh'
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tH' rem i"ueS ",' go w '...,L ,,
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she "H"s punt VI '"'''", "''' Wv ''''
DGuShtcr al i'i''te"t'"h
and h 'gh fashion who o't'n has nothing To
wear. aud thus those widrly.scpdralcd
tyrrs Of ,ir sen meet upon cDumOn
ground
YES, such is the Fan woman - she ap-
pears in her simple, uuoStentItiuus, every
day toilet: hut on state OrCIsiOnS she is
more drcsSy. At a banquet she wears
bracelets at "a lecture she wears earrings
ard belt. at ball she wears stockings,
and with true feminine fondness for dis
play. she wears them on her arms. Laugh
tcr.l At a wedding the bride who can af-
ford it puts on pantaloOns. Laughter.
Thus the dark child OF savagcry and the
fair daughter OF civilization met once more
mon common ground. and these two
t1ucnrs of nature make the whole sex kin.
Now we will consider the dress OF our
other type. Some civilized women would
lose half their charm without dress, and
some would lose all OF II. Laughter
The daughter of modern civilization,
dressed at her best, is a marvel Ol exquisite
and beautiful art and expense. All the
lands, all ClimeS, and all the arts are
laid under tribute to furnish her lorth'
Her linen is from Belfast her rooe Is from
Paris, or SPAN, hcr ''aLhcfS are rom tIe
remote regions oi southern Africa ner
furs from the remotcr home Gt tne ICs
berg and AURORA her ian from JIpa'';i i.c,' ner
diamonds from Brazil her bracelets from I'nl
California, her pearls from ''y'o"' "e'
canoes from l.9iIc, .o
,., "' ''"' I','."'a 49, n.,n,o;i and
and lilnNStS Iron "W'ir" ,n,i, r,T,s ,r,
UI''t' ,Iat h,y, bErn Just and ashes for inrty
cnn,,irS Una, miSS 'H rr ~ watcG is from Geneva her
oori,ise is frnm china. her hair is from
:rnr,,'Ni I,i''t known where her hair is
! 5rn,n. never could tiuI out. Much
| laughter That j. her other hair. her
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