Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-26

On what had once been the bottom OF
a bandbox, in irregular letters that
seemed even more uncouth as the sign
swung In the wind in front Of Nassau
street store, was inscribed this legend.
A glance into the show windows gave
no clue as to the nature Of the appar-
emily newly discovered aid to mstri-
mony. A careful examination failed 10
reveal any mysterious love philter, nor
were there anyof those hideeusly bound
books treating Of owe and marriage
visible. Plainly the secret was not to
be arrived at without the expenditure OF
the advertised amount. Within the
shop bore no evidence Ofthe presence o.
A Lovers Assistant.
"You want to buy an aid to matri-
mony? Certainly; we have only a few
more left" Then TO his clerk In q
Chatham street voice he called u
"John ,::bring me one of those aids to
mat"
One OF the aids was brought, nearly
done up in a brown paper parcel. The
proprietor carefully unwrapped II,
shook out q hammock and held it ad-
miriDgly up before the wOuld-be pur-
chaser's eyes.
"Why, that is only a hammock"
1Of course it is only q hammock.
Did you think it was a house and lot"
"But you advertised it as an aid 10
m~atrimony"
"Certalnly."
"And a lovers assistant!
"Of course"
"And you warrant it to bring about
marriage within three months
II do."
"WiIl it accomplish these reSultS?:'
"PrOperly managed, there Is nothing
the hammock cannot accomplish. L
have known young ladies to bring
about proposals by means OF this little
network of cord which two winters OF
expensive CRATE fires and dimly lit par.
lors failed TO no.. After angling unsuc-
cessfully all winter for an avowal, one
day. one afternOOn-in a hammock has
forced the tender confession. On, yes"
warming to the subject, his small, black
ewes twinkling as he spoke, las u mat
rmOnial agency these things are not TO
be despisCd.
The Fishing Season.
Look at the statistics of marriages.
What DO they reveal. Simply that the
msiority, tue great majority of engage
mtnts are consummated during the
summer mo~nths-durlng the months
when the hammock is in the ascendant.
Tie general public, including Of course,
interested mammas, are just commence
ing to estimate rightfully the influence
OF these lattice-works Of love. They are
becoming more popular every year as
marria geable maidens learn how TO Use
them tO'the greatest advantage. Not
withstanding the cool weather there
have been more manufactured and sold
this year than ever before
who buys themw
"Everybody-from the very highest
to the very lowest class. Mr.. Gould
| must have q very fine n for his
daughter and the tenement residents
find them cheaper than beds"
"And yet they are not comfortable"
comfortable? No one dreams OF
comfort in connection with a hammock;
at least no one who has ever used one
does so. The attraction possessed by
this fashionable instrument OF torture"
continued the phiiOsOphic salesman,
dropping his voice and speaking in 3
confidential tone, Consists chiefly in
this: that, with the exception of the
bathing-dreSs, no other popular appli-
ance offers sucn facilities for the natural
and modest display Of purely feminine
charms. Have you ever seen q lady IN
q hammock?
Casting the Net.
"HOu recall how the network closed
about her form, Tightening her draper
les and bringing all, the more pro-
uounced curves into relief. 1t has the
same effect as a Jersey. And then the
natural adjunct of a hammock Is a pair
| of dainty slippers. Any club man who
has used his eyes to advantage will tell
YOU that the embroidery on the instep
| Of stockings to be worn in q hammock
is made 70 correspond with the cordage,
while the ground color of the stockings
| themselves are made to contrast etlec-
lively with it, producing a very pleasing
| effect. SO in selecting a hammock you
will find that ladies incline to colors
| that contrast we'll with the costumes
worn. The principal colOrs sold are
! blue, cardinal and white. But q blonde
who is inclined 10 blue will not use a
hammock of that hue. She selects one
Of the Others. leaving blue for brun-
cites"
As such care usually taken OIL the
selection of q hammOck""
Every frequently. Little accidents
are so common that every girl feels it
her duty to be prepared for any disar-
rangement of dress that may occur"
"But what has all this to do with
matrimOny"?'
"a great deal. There is a kind OF
romsntic glamour thrown about the oc-
cupant of a hammock. The girl in a
hammock is the herOin OF hall the
novels written. The young man or the
old one, as the case may be, runs down
TO his summer resort for a few weeks.
or course be meets his city friends. She
reads Tennyson from her hammock
while he idly smokes, looks and listens.
The surroundings all conspire against
him, There is something ethereal about
her as in fleecy robes she swings in a
fiImy network. In unwary moment
the svowal is made and be is securely
hooked.
The Haul.
zone can't fire soft verses at a lover
from adrawing room sofa. 1t is to prOsaic
and il Is lust here that the hammock
tecOmes effective. But, probably, the
-
most irresistible moment comes when
he seats himself beside her in that sc.
ductive seat. Everybody adGits that
TO be the proper thing this season, as it
has ALWAYS been. The most prudish
msmmas cannot object nor can the
most GOV of maidens find anything
wrong in such companionship. He sits
gipgerIy at one end, she at another.
But unlike the sofa from which they
had been accustomed to handy soft
nothiugs, these positions como: be re-
tanned. She finds herself slipplngdown,
and in spite of his efforts he comes
gradually nearer her. Never before,
except while dancing, has he looked
into her eyes in such close proximity.
| Her lids drop as he speaks, sue is pretti-
ly confused, the temptation Is TO much,
and he Is told to ask mamma
al have daughters Of my own at
home, and from practical experience L
..-, chat In fnr0iny q nrOnn3-