Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-03
THROUGH OPERA GLASSES,
o. the Way q Parkersburg Belle
Took ha Leading Characters
At the Late Convention Dear Girls
Fred. Mussey, the Gay Lothario---
Hstehiason, Staggers, Doyener,
I 4 atkinson, Campbell and II
Other lights. -'iz

1 PARkERsBsRe, August al Exclusive J.
You have heard all about the Republican
convention from the reporters point Of
view. Now intend to give you few Per
sonaI points caught by an observers eye.
The convention was held in the Rink, q
building over hundred feet in LENGTH at
the upper end, each side of the entrance is
tier of seats. for=the spectators who view
the whirling, dartiag, tumbling skaters who
enjoy the season for that amusement On
this occasion these seats were reserved for
ladies and their friends, and as am known
to be the friend of every lady, they let me
in on Wednesday afternoon. l sat back
there and viewed the proceedings through q
pair of opera glasses which, borrowed from
a sprightly Miss who was more inter
ested in the conversation of O.
Callew aPIumed Knight"
behind her than in any possible proceedings
in front. | heard him tell her that the
.'Plumed Knights we're made up Of one
hundred and forty of the very select boys
Of Wheeling. Indeed no others could at.
ford to buy the uniform which cost eighteen
dollars, There were about one hundred
ladies in the hall, and very pretty show
they made. I noticed one quite young,
dark-eyed lassie, who was the daughter OF
Charlie Smith, the present Sheriff of Wood
county. They say the jovial and popular
Charles has "a laundering after seat in the
Congressional halls. He made little speech
to his friends down town, and
discoursed thusly: II tell you boys, l
used to think that it took a
man of brains to 60 to Congress, but / am
past that now. can go there, vote as Fm
told and draw my pay as well as any man.
If you think / can beat Gibson I'm at your
service, 1t remains to be seen what the
party thinks of that magnanimous offer.
There was considerable curiosity evinced as
to the personal appearance of ..
Fred. Mussey.
He seems to have the reputation Of being
4 gay Lothario heard several Whispers
Society Man"-"Governor's Daughter
Divorced" After he,was pointed out the
ranks of admirers thinned, whats that.
on his upper lip? asked one irreverent miss,
There was stir when Miss Mary Bukey-
so well.known in Wheeling came in accom-
panied by her friend Miss Nash. Miss
Bukey has the real southern type of beauty,
brunette complexion, low forehead and
shaded lip. She is said to be as amiable as
gay. The ladies said many pleasant things
about the chief men of the convention until
Mr.. John Hutchinson made his remarks on
the party platform which he was reading:
I'VE have given them the blue mass, and
now we come to the castor oil. There was
black look on
Every Feminine Face
that had been listening; what is there about
medicine or medical terms which makes
every woman furious2 Is it that they wor-
ship their doctors and his drugs to the ex-
tent that they cannot bear them lightly
meptioned2 One elegant looking woman
said: John Hutchinson never said awitty
thing in his life. Of course he can
make a rabble laugh by being coprse.
"Indelicate" was repeated up and down the
rows. But to hear the dear creatures in
their eloquence you should have been
among them when the prohibition question
was agitating. A woman is always q ire:
mendous temperance fanatic in theory.
When the White Fox of Marion (by the
way, more like red fox in appearance),
spoke it was suggested that in allowing him
to be born under the name Of Staggers,
Providence had been farseeing. One lady
who had been admiring
Mr.. Dovener
beforetbis little speech said, when he refer
red 10 his Bible: 1--WE known Black
Dovener man and boy, and if he ever had
Bible, never knew it" There was
stylish young creature sat near me, who
was mildly sarcastic. and most wonderfully
knowing. Mr.. Atkinson made little
speech in which he refereed 10 himself as
sticking to his party like old dog Tray,
even grief cannot drive him away" I'm
deed no, said the and K, mot as long as
there is bone to be picked"
Ex-Governor Pierpoint
arose. and she remarked, listen and hear
him drop the silent tear but he was not
allowed 10 drop it until later in the proceed
ngs.
The aforesaid young lady comforted an
acquaintance who seemed to be quite agi-
tated over the failure of the submission
plank by telling her to remember that it
made no sort Of difference the Republicans
were not going to be elected They never
were. She seemed to know all about the
caucus Of the night before, when the diff
culties were settled behind closed doors.
When they nearly unroofed the building
with cheers for Maxwell-she shifted au-
dibly. 1t sounds well, not at all as though
they had fought over the Greenbacker half
of last night. Not ten men here care cent
for him. Indeed they are ashamed to have
10 swallow him.
As the future Governor y was escorted
up the aisle a middle-aged lady adjusted her
eyeglasses and said: Dear me, wonder if
he is clean. He used to be beau of mine,
and he was the dirtiest man. He used to
buy pocket handkerchief and wear it out
without ever having it washed"
Justice compells me to say that this time
he was clean. After few more nomina-
tons,
Mr.. Hutchinson
was seen making his way out. "Now,"
said the knowing young lady, "they are go
ing to nominate him for Attorney General.
They had to give him that to keep him from
running for Congress"
Sure enough, John A. Campbell mounted
the platform and began a highly eulogistic
speech of the late departed Departed, did
say? Oh, no! He got as far as the door,
and came back inside He is too fond of
taffy to miss such sweet Dose As the
final words were being said, he tilted his
hat over his eyes, rushed to the door for just
one secondhand came in to make his
speech. We had heard enough. 1t was
seven o'clock, and we went home. An hour
after, Mr.. Hutchinson's carriage passed Us,
taking Mr.. Campbell to Mr.. H.'s suburban
home. Mr.. Campbell would pass anywhere
for country school teacher. N.
BEllAlRE.