Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22

Obliged. In dressing gown and slippers,
cigar IN hand, to sit in that
Yt.~ OSA Library
with the modern furnishingS and
IDsen and dictate while . Secretary
resds or vriteA. We would be perfectly
Wiling TO leave the day with iis glare
to some other perssn who would %
welcome to oil the glory it, dlscomiofts
might bring with them. The Wnite
Eo,,se never looked well In the day
time. Mo whitewashed old structure
do.s. But at night when the gss-jets
| are liz. when all the corners are round
| I'd and the bare places are clothed, the
door old building looks like soapstone
palace. Ii always looks better inside
liam out, although 1t Is not 30 vel Nm.
/ isbed that its rawness IN spots does NOS
impress YOU. But it looks well ny gas
| light from thai remarkable screen IN
! nd and green aud yellow AMI blue
| glass that sparkles in . hundred fantas'
| tic combina,isus in the big vestibais to
| the
B.raiihe E.ss Psr,er
| that never locks comfortable, even
| when filed. The little psriors on the
south side Of the MANSION, formerly
known as tue green, the rel ana tue
| blue parlors, have lost great deai OF
| their old horsrhair aud. manoSony sim
ness since Mr.. Arthur came. into the
White House. They looked almost IS
| livable rs the homtlike, handsome
rooms upstains. Ii ought 20 be night
| all the time ut the White Hos-e - ~
.ome other places That mad King OF
Bavaria who turned night Into day ana
| day into night had method In his IN NJ.
ness. Heprobably had Whitewashed
pslace. Perhaps he was . newspaper
man. At any rate, young Nc. Arthur
presided over the White House here
Wedne sday night with much OF the
! grace Of bis graceful father.
Ysang Mr. Arthur b. - Tall ~ His
Father.
He is not 80 stout. He has dark hsir,
dark eyes, q dark mustache, Q sitvery
voice, q pleasant manner, gOod hesd
and lots Of friends. He Il either o
freshman or sophomore at Princeton,
and is doing we'll at school, rs ms
father did before him. This is great
Yale and PRINCETON town. think the
Yale Alumni Association Is little
larger than that Of Princeton. Aut that
may be the result Of the Secretarys
! energy. At all events, We are always
glad 10 see the Princeton Glee Club,
which comes here every year. There
are usually two or three Washington
| boys in ,he club. There are always
| Lalf dozen who. seize this opportunity
| to come home, and 80 the arrival of
: the club becomes y social event. They
have fashionable audience, which Is
willing to pay fashionable prices, and
afterWard for a day or two the club Is
entertained royalty. Now, young Mr..
Arthur arranged with his father long
sgo 10 entertain
The Boys at the white House o.,
when they next came 10 Washington,
and the President would not let his alb
sence out the Clssimmee sweet word
interfere with the party. SO the
Presidents sister, Ms. Haynswor:h,
was as buy all day Wednesday direct.
ing the movements Of her household
staff as though q state diner had been
on the CARPET. The house WAS cleaned
FRI III top to bottom and arrayed In It's
best. Young Mr.. Arthur aud several
OF bis class. mates dinned with his aunt
and sister, and then they all went down
TO the concert. After the concert the
Glee Club went to the White House
and sang, to please themselves and the
young ladies Mrs Hsynsworth had In.
vited TO meet there, all the songs OF
their repetoirc.
The W hits HouAe Was Lighted.
from top to bottom and from the tip OF
the Western end Of the conservatory
to the fringe Of the curtains on the cas-
tern windows of the East Room. There
never Was such singing In the White
House as there was that night In the
old Blue Paror, where Mrs. Hayes used
to sing the popular hymns Of the day
on Sunday evenings. AT midnight tile
young Presidents guests walk TO the
Presidents dining room and sat down
TO q stare dinner. In the centre OF the
handsome table was "Ship Of State"
in Mrrechal Neils, red, white and varie-
gated azaleas and smilaX keel be-
ing Of helIotropes. Silver candelabras
stood at intervals around the table
and at each end was pyramid OF
sweet flowers with three cornucopias.
That was a famous feast, and ii was IA
mOusly enjoyed. II was long after !
O'Clock before the merry young people
thought Of saying goodnight.
! heard
to-day about white haired old Penn
~ lvanian who was in Congress here
years ago, and who Is still remembered
rs the husband Of beautiful young
wife. His first wife tired herself out
helping to make his fortune, and died
just As he began to enjoy It. Then he
married this dainty bit Of womanhood,
who might very well have been his
Sfand daughter. His new wife was re.
spOnsiblc, as many wives are, for the
presence Of her husband in Congress.
Sine got more fun out OF II than the
average Congressman's wife does. Old
Tunnels went through the wearisome
Congressional routine OF committee
me, tiDgs aud day sessions and night
s. ssions, ate his meals at unusual hours,
wore his Sunday clothes every day and
did bis best to appear delighted. Mrs.
Tunnels, having money, beauty, cul.
ture and official position, had little diff.
cutyin getting well into
The Gsyest society In Wsshin xtsn.
She called all day and she danced all
night. At first her grardfstherly old
husband tried to comb he his Congress.
iOnal duties with her society pleasures.
Fut bis efforts soon told upon bis health,
and he found that he could only take
little pleasure II be proposed to swallow,
as all fresh Congressman do, large
drsughts Of duty every day. So he
"wtnt out" only once or twice In the
week. Mrs. Tunnels went Just as often
as ever. She always invited the old
gentleman to go. He usually declined.
Then she would g with some OF the
ladies in the hotel, with pretty affects.
ton of self-denial. Now and then some
IT the handsome young Army and
Many officers were OF the hotel party.
One day cid Tunnels announced that
he proposed to go to german on the
following evening, to which he and
His Pretty Nile
had been invited. Now, the pretty
wife had accepted an invitation TO &C.
company dashing young ca vaIryman,
Then social star, and she hadn't the
slightest desire TO take "grandpa,n as
her frieDd called him aIoau 10 .t,a