The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-30

fine gentlemen With nOInlnS 10 40,
dudes sucking the ends Of their walk
ing sticks, yes and even church trus.
tees and deacons with q sprinkling
of athletic ministers who believe in
muscular Christianity; but | might
as well bottle my wrath, for rs far as
pecuniary reward goes, it's great
deal better to be slugger than to
be president of a college, or minister
of fashionable church.
The gay season Of weddings is
upon us and in accordance with my
unvarying custom for years, some
times give the details Of the interest
ing affairs, though | never minister
to the vanity of the parties who put
themselves on exhibition. The out
lay of some of our wealthy families
in these weddings is simply enor
nous, and right here arises ques
ton in my mind, and that is. Nv hat
is the size of Mr.. Worth establish
ment in Paris?" When | was in
Paris few years ago it did not seem
to me such an imposing establish
ment; but certain it is that there has
not been young lady MARI ed in
New York this season among our
first families hut las had one or
more Wortn dresses. One young
lady who was married last week
boasted the possession of twenty-slN
Is this possible? New York is only
one city Of the Union. there is the
United States besides and then all
the world outside the United States.
1t is only short time since the
widow of millionaire cattle man
was married to a staid old Metho
dist bishop, away out in the wlldo OF
Colorado, but she had to get round
half dozen Worth dresses to marry
the good old bishop. Then Japan is
coming into the dress market.
The wife Of the new japanese min
lister is going in for barbarian cor
sets and bustles and other civilized
vanities. She Will be sensation IN
Washington this winter. SO Worth
has an order for twenty new dresses
+, rnsegin with; where do they all come
from, and is there mere. &sooEe. than one
Worth If one man makes them
all. or rather if they are all made at
one establishment, not to enlarge on
it, he must have a very excellent
business. Watch the papers and
every wedding you see announced,
YOU will also see that the la. a.ly's
dresses were made in Paris by Worth,
and l will here furnish my lady
friends WITH piece Of interesting
news for which | make no extra
charge The dress exhibition Of the
Paris Exposition Of 1878 was one of
the most gorgeous exhibitions of
ladies dresses ever seen in the world.
Men and women who had attended
every great exposition given since
the first exposition in 1850, declared
they had never seen such marvel .ous
dresses as those exhibited at l'aris
in 1878, and in that wonderful col
lection right in his own city there was
not single Worth dress.
Plenty Of the Queens Of fashion
would not wear a Worth dress, and
more singular sill, notwithstand-
ing the tremendous competition,
dress from Montreal, Canada, tookEa
gold medal for excellence of work.
manship and heauty of design. So
if there is aly Young heiress out your
way who thinks of skedaddling with
her Daddys Jehu, let her 60 to
Canada, and if she has cash enough
she can get & dress just as good as
Worth's.
One of The most brainlesS, sense
less jokes, that does no one any good
and does some one great deal Of
harm, is tie habit Of pelting the
bride and groom with rice. l saw q
burly brute come into railroad car
with q bri,lal party the other day,
and for fifteen minutes he prosecuted
the poor creature and made her as
miserable as miserable could be. The
unfortunate girl tried to laugh, but
the idiot Kept up his wretched joke.
At last he flung handful right in
her face, one of the sharp grains
struck the sight of her eye and near
ly blinded her, and instead Of send.
ing her of on her journey with her
heart full Of joy, when the train
started she was crying with pain as
if her heart would break. It's sense.
less habit only INDUCED in by male
donkies and female fools, and those
who do il ought themselves to he pelt
ed with Indifferent tomatoes and un.
savory eggs.
Tuesday night the city was wild
around the various bulletin boards
that gave the election news from
Ohio and West Virginia. Thousands
of eager anxious faces were gathered.
For such q crowd 1t was an orderly,
peaceful one; little jostling, a good
deal of chaff. but no violence. Of
course the Republicans were very
jubilant and the Democrats declared
themselves perfectly satisfied with
the r>sult, so that everybody pro-
fesses to feel delighted. 1t may be
that the cool tidal wave that struck
US served to keep our blood cool, at
any rate peace reigned.
Poo: old Jesse Hoyt. We now
begin 20 understand why his last days
were made 50 miserable and why he
attempted to put his only daughter to
a lunatic asylum. 1t is dreadful in
vhink Of the heiress Of ten millions
of dollars fined ten dollars in the
Policn Cnurt fnr hniuU DRINK and