Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-27
L,o nudes and Dudssns Booked"
nr The Careful Consideration
ofThsir Vain Fraternity.
r.. Class of People Who Try to
Aue the Style Of Eng
Iish Lordisnl.
What the Mighty Bridge May
sriuu Forth In the Way of
One Great City.

.,r,.., f.or, a &qg Correspondent.
~, yoyS May 25.-we have aA heNu
-. nbIues"-Blue Laws-buttae 'a'es'
srs Of sham" that has lodged into . ''sL
4 s,bI. ~ soc;e,yis Fifth avenues blue BOOK
4 ,Ss American metropolis OF mansions
"a novels Of wealth and poverty 'ae IL,
1 ,b;,,n,s are as practically cut up 'H'O
1 i,ues as in London, Paris or AsaF,'; O1'! -.
I, ,bs other side OF the ocean oIooI i 'u
rre Thin, that divides the PeoP's ,,sy ,"'
,sysss While ia America man ''ant'nS
-. -,sa.r,sJ bv tho sizroi his walle;. Ihese
XIV nossessors Of wealth, 10 whom .''0
me rand round o.: excitement o.sP'Sy
-. ere. and who derive their IN
.,., . .-,ra the rss;sdneas OF me "a'e'
.--G we in
Elegant style.
.... central p,ateaus otthe city, guide
:,,na.h,p and select their aclna'",'
-.-. q, q box published in 6'ae oina'
...Aya ,,L.ed society journal wherein
..-. 49,, j. ~. ...r names OF the truly great
80. o. r.sr..a. standpoint, no matter
us...,.- ,lev a-a "h,ooied or scrubs, anu
- va FEATURES who are so unhappy as
,,E. =, on, Of this little work, have
named 1.-THE Blue Book. and, as It IN ac-
-:.-rs with human nature, enviousiy
S. az tie yaui,ies Oi people Whom
..,. .f...rr't3 -
ris.r.r. through its pages wall convince
ne -.s.far thai society : wonderfully anu
made Among the tirst names
- nose Of the Van BOyAlenS, Van de
W., Vsn lie Builts, Van JAMS, Van
III, Vermi.veas and about forty
TN. naon We are told are very eIcIu-
|, We AID ,ha; il IS easier ior q camel 10 so
l4., gh me
Eye Of a Needle
,s,.. s.,- merely rich family with no an
- .,-...s o. meet with their recognition.
rs-. .rs.e their line Of ancestry 0sc 4 10
,..,-ys when New York was New Am-
,,,rism 10 the time when their great
c-snjitlLers used 10 shoot wild pigeons IN
Us, street. and were PrObsbly incarcers-
tel 10 ;he iail where the Register Olhce
now stands. Happy in their Schnapps,
tobacco aud idleneSS. the sturdy huICker-
boCAv-s never dreamed VI the wonderful
SID naughty generations that were 10 sue
Ceeu hem and become one Of the sights Ot
the city in the present day.
Historians chronicle the fact that many
OF tie es-l.er settlers Of Manhattan Island
we're no better than they should he, and
lat aOJ iUtregUent.y they wese Obugcd 10
con-. aCruss tue seas Tor the good OF the
ryUU,Ey from which they sailed. IL has
$50 been said that SUCu was their toNtnesN
tor .as cup that ineorjate5 and slveta
Ty-IIs withoutCa cause and
RedneSs OF Eye~.
"a. I'D insurance agent. had they ,Aen eI.
...,t E,.ld ever consider for WOuent
;aa.-.a -lsk on 4 house which har5OEel
ten. These IL =. however do not appear
In ,De E,ge Book. and while the ways and
ventures y which Heinrich Van Wilt sC-
ClI.G. a'ct q fortune and 3 name, are Ella
bOrat, ~ set f0rtb, no mention IS made that
ST unfortunate Van Wilt may have sat
l52s a2I weary hours in the pillOry, sub
yect 20 an occasional egg not As fresh as
when . was found in the nest. and cab
baSe ,,a.k considerably past its prime, or
have mei,tatiyely exercised himself upon
,-a t.ead-milL mlsing over his past history
al 'esO,vlng 20 90 better in the future.
N1-dyes the book speak OF good Frau Van
W. whose shrewiSh temper and unsoY.
e.. s1ie passions led her one morning to the
c.ca.lE STOOL that hung thresJeninSly over
i PVui n The outskirts Of the town, and 10
-. lIeaGment OF her ways.
The Modern
Aa.,ae5bOCGe- families have horror OF
say one n trade. Yet JAMS Van SAINT
iyI. ed Us numerous progeny by giving
ile DCu.e red man bad whisky and worse
CJ.,0 n exchange for valuable furS, and
pG5gaa,ed a small cargo of maize and to-
Ua..u -sistd by the sgUAws for silver dol
.a.. NL.Cn alIerward proved 70 be counter
lex. 10 - interesting 10 know ,aAt ne vas
,a.-.; away from LOme one night bv the
lrUFe upOn whom he thriyed. and that.
Uyoa ;ae very spot where the Stock TX
t.a1se now stands his body was shot full
VI as-pTs and his scalp was carried ava,
IS mementO OF the occasion. As his pos
ieF;ty uuw take away souvenirs OF their
dinners ~ beimOUICO'S. The grauLlv dull
ladies' 10, tie present generation Shujdsr
3: ,-r mere mention OF = broom or +,
tO.seVuEk, anu Vet their grsa'-grspd.
Iu,ae:s -alSeG a large family, nyeweL and
tAHrd and scrubbed, and span The warn
sad Tax With which she made the c'or6iDr
iur 'aem all. Is Adele B.Ouyrlt ,t,ncleS
n s's." ,UyroUnded by lackeys snI Iow.
eTs anu works Of art
EaiT and Fragile ~ P,e,.. Dra,,,
sue .a..S to remember ,ha; Irav B.,vyelt
sal Gown 20 mea. OF h-Dwn bread and
,t.sese a' a pine tat,e, and drank copieusly
VI o0"r. -NlI;ieS> Of alCss and glucose
AaOrte- class enumerated in ~. Lo,,- :,
Goe tA1t has become mora Er-l.Sh Than The
English themselves. ~ thsi- e,,,.,-r,
ley know !,l.c and saw less. The ,-sr{.
.S'HsE p. badly began life hv calling f-nrn
EIOU'r o house with a soap:f.t kef,ls On
- sE'u. y LiCh tGaIIv rev 10 no a iS,,,,r,-
AAe son. who in all like,iNooi VS. r., :,
BASEMENT or IN the small st,;r NJ T, -
iAeht-nCuSe, inherited the morpy- Ia =,
SCdP aad bought palace on Fisih avenue
ne cannot wash his hands witborf -
nemoerIug his father. but he Devs- -,
OF h!m, snG his family claim n he da.rao'
led from the early settlers Of the cor1t-,.
be AaickerbOckers hear these ss.a,,io!!s
Win unrU't'ed eqUar unity. look g.Es1r,
sad refuse 10 recognize the people a,Si3.
EJus.y tawning az their feet
For Recognition.
AIo'p phus becomes a dude" he hssnaya-
,,een 20 EDg.aud, but he has read Io1S -
~ ns.isE novels and knows what il * ill.,
VIVA these for his guide he Jgys q a.,
'1f', tandem and tiger" gets c,ns
Ike straw, elevstes his elbows and Co.,
Presses his small body in a real F,SIi.b
sylt HIS sister is lahgUid and GrawIs -
Hal.e che patterns her life from En.,I;sS
novels Sne reads French ones because -
mas heard that that is the proper AMI 80
tocrs,ic thing 70 do. -
olA er class, whose names Are an.
.ered IN the book as persons with whom !.
: not dangerous 10 associate, are Dsonis
~Ao>e means are rather restricted brt
',Iloe Io>e professions entitle them 10 soma
EC'iat recognition. They are artists of
snow ability, whose best pictures are vst
70 oe painted; phyHcians with many
taNents, buc little money: lawyers. whosa
s.'V!s are more voluminOus than thar
S,'-lts. popular theatrical people. who
make much money
And spend More:
SssA.rS clersymen with social proclivities
> - more liking for good dinner than a
:. V'' Slcal essay; authors and iOurnslists
;, ,-O>e Bohemian life and ready Wit make
- !Ci.S good fellows; and 8 host of Others
- - snow how 10 dress and conduct them.
81 a., = but have not much money TO lend,
r,... II- prone 70 solicit = loan should oD.
I.,.l..hl'y oi'ar The only direct mention
=, OF he dude in the book - on psge
A]sieJaues Algernon Dude is set down