The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-22
THE WHISPERING GALLERY.

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lHntsrcl al the lostoiiceG At Wheeling, ", Va. rs
,comid class inlttof.
THE WHISPERING GALLERY.
BLESSINGS On my pretty innocence!
drcsto out rs usual, my pretty KITE. Good.
ness! What II quantity OF superIluous
silk hast thou yolabont thee, girl! l could
never teach the fools Of this agc that the
INDECENT world could be clothed ont OF the
trimmings OF the vain."-She Stops 10
Conquer. Mr.. lIardcastle Is comfortably
seated, reading his book, when Miss Hard
castle dawns on him In "a quantity Of SUI
p%eriInoBs silk" and he gives her tho benc:
lit OF this briei discourse or tho morals Of
fashion. Except that her gown Is some.
what fuller, and her reliculc the real
thing, seemingly large enough obring the
semi.wccly marketing homc, IN, Miss
liardcastie might have stepped out OF u
fashion plate Of the year Of grace 1851.
Blessingson my pretty innocence! Why
do the good women OF my country and my
time put in a dress twice rs much silk or
cloth or wl,atnot rs it needs to make u
dress?. Why must they wear two dresses
ut %once-skirts, ovcrskirts, poonaises,
things of all sorts Of foreign titles and re-
,notc utility, until tho observing man who
is no,a milliner il lost in theintinitc myste.
ryoftlc art oidresslnga woman. Twosklrts
ut once! Rcmorselcss fashion! will not
one suffice? All the world adnlires q we'll.
dressed woman. But cant II woman pass
muster without bcihg clothed In two
dresses ut n time, with perhaps trim
miuss enough to mal;en dress for her lit
tie sister? Suppose u man were to wear
double skirts to his coat, or four legs to
his trousers wouldn't it be thought
that fashion was making fun Of him? |
have seen handsomely attired, quecnly
women, who got along very we'll with
wearing one dress ut time.
Mr.. Uardcastle's remark touching the
''indisent world' ~impresses me. ''The
poor We have always with u.s." We are
likely to have mora inlisents this winter
than for many winters gone. Shelter,
raiment, f~ood-wheate shall these come?
To wear fine feathers while other birds oil
passage 90 about piuckcd, shivering in
the blast or covering i'll the storm-wllcrc
is the comfort in the gay glumage! But
this is N age OF great charity, OF great
human bcncflctiona. Never SO much good
vas done for goods sake and for Gods
sake rs now lthas really become fashion-
able to seek out the poor and iriendlcss
and give them 10 eat and to wear.
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Perhaps you have heard the story they
tell on Auditor Elect Pat Dutley; l got i,
recently, and it struck me as good enough
to print. Several years ago Il number OF
prominent Third District lawyers were at
tending court ut Webster Court House,
where Mr.. Dutiey lives. Among them
were Judge Snyder, Ex-senator Dennis
and Hon. William A. Quarter, il | re-
member Alright. Saturday evening came,
and the visitors we're debating how they
would put in Sunday. To their astonisli-
mcnt Mr.. Dudley proposed that they 80
to church, and hccxpatiated so %eloquentiy
on the piety and eloquencc Of the circuit
rider who would preach on the morrow,
that tho attorneys ali agreed 10 60. They
did 80, and were shown into one OF the
hard, straight backed board pcws, where
they sat Il mortal hour and listened to n
dronins discourse which put them all 10
1.n}x o,a,s y IN, liz o,e, nv "e.e s.a
man; thai :. pso,heI i, : '%h aa = t,u,
words =" cav" "protl'or Dr Trs" AZ" "T'
"o n"a, ~ da'n,;n. ,.;,I ~,
sa.i;nu ~ a, ,ia ariro "i ,ha,s "".n .nu
collection. The LAWYERS urinnei and
bore it, coming down literally out OF re-
spect Tor the ilnesse the inturc Auditor OF
ss j,,u 49," ., u,ep nnt nov, h, I.r ,u'' u ,Iute u .no
learned Tint the minister Ind tnrt,cI rhn
amomnt oi n" coIlec,;nn ova ~ ~ ," "nro,n ,'r
Dutey" in part payment of mn old hilr he
owed him.
ri; A. 49, nv ;,
'nts was inc Story us | nrst got 1t. lell-
llgit TO II gentleman who knows MIR. Duffy,
I was informed that the best part OF the
ioke was loft out If ,ho M rr,,;ro !, .oo,n.
fLat when thc ,ttornnvs lci, tho chnrch
after taik;nr with snm,s ,%con,;ntaneos =,
the next new thew ionnd SIr' Duiiv md
tho minister discnssin,, whether Mi mr.
only mart of the collection slloull be crcl.
tied on the %latter's account. When tho
lawyers appeared, the discussion was
m.diteu' a q; Da"y .e1 .n;r 20 his
Tlea. af,.a, ~ eto Hou an's a'setloon.
his account still stands mdiminislri on
the ledger of the AuIiior.elect. -'>HNN
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New York devised a Ca,criu. Comnany,
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