The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-15
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Ihave watched with curious interest
tho zeal Of the women in the recent polit.
ical excitement. II the men warmed the
women burned. More partisan, less rea-
sonable, because less reasoning, than the
men, the women have thrown their hearts
In. As / have looked over this phase Of
tho campaign l have thought 1t well that
the irenzied zeal OF the one sex was not
Joined 10 the physical Robustness and
vigor Of the other.
Down in New Hampshire the women
"pitchcd right i'm Two very stout DANES
laid Il wager OH the result. The paying Of
the bet seems to have been IN event Of
some proportions. There were Il huhdred
torch-bearers in line. Speeches were
made, OF course. Wherever two or three
Americans arc gathered together there's u
speaker inthcmidst oftlicm. The fat loser
wheeled the fat winner twenty-five rods
in Il w%hcclbarrow. Then '.the ladies were
escorted to their homes amid great cnthhs.
iasln." The reporters have become so nc:
customedto the phrase great enthusiasm"
TINT ] look to SEQ them apply it 10 tuner
ais, Ms they do to fist fights, dog fights, and
that kind Of thing.
Our benevolent folk are making arrange
ments for the Winter campaign OF enter
tainuients. In this day it Is the novel
thinpthat catches ttcworm." Last win
ter the cultured Bost8nese introduced
fla Chocola,iere." Driving Chicago has
jtst tried her hand at the chocolate party.
and with great success. The Woman's
Christian Association receives net $500.
Twenty-seven churches joined their forces.
Mrs. dotm a. Logan presided at n OF the
tables. The affair bloskoucd into Il great
society event.
Recipe for'La Chocolatiere."-you take
your-clcarly, this form will not do. Well.
there is u good deal Of chocolate in it, but
all is not chocolate. To begin with there
is a promenade to good music Tor about an
honr. Then, or earlicrifyouli like, the prom
enaders drop oil to the reireshment hall.
Here are tables; Mt each are n man serv-
ant and Il chocolate girl. The, chocolate
girl wears 4 white neckerchiei, a white cap
and n short skirt. | imagine Il good taste
and 4 few costume plates would enablet the
chocolate girls to present Il very pictur.
eslre appearance. There might be 4 sort
of international Congress OF Chocolate
Girls. The men servants are in full dress
-as though they were De!monico walters.
On each table is an urn OF chocolate or cot.
fee, perhapsa IN urn Of each. There are
cold meats, chocolate, salads, biscuits,
CONNECTIONS, chocolate, flowers, wax can.
dies, chocolate. No extra charge Tor love
making.
We spell it Ia Chocolaticre." | should
dislike to hear pretty lips mispronounce
it. I.et'ssec-Lah Shoco-lah-tceair Think
that will about hit it. But it doesn't LOOK
like the same thing, does it? II our ladies
have any idea OF going into this bushes.
| hope they will begin ut once 10 gel
ready, One doesn't learn to make the
chocolate beverage in an hour. 1t is really
Il work OF art. When the beverage is thin
the artist las failed, and presumably, is nc
artist.
Now they relate stories Of the dead
tenor, Brignoli, most OF them to show
w hat Il mild. hammered gentleman he was.
In his Lifetime always heard him spoken
of by '.tfie profession" us quite the re-
vese, rs q man Of intense cgotis,n with
more than the opera singers customary
readiness to take oiiense with u DISPOSE:
ton to 'fiarc up" when there was really
nothing to excite his high temper. ! have
q distinct recollection OF one OF Brignoli,s
performances, several years ago, at tho
door OF an eastern theatre. II was an '!oR'
night" with him, and he determined to
seek diversion in the drama. Brignoli,
done up III Il great coat OF generous
skirt, his throat untitled with IN ample
kerchief, marched with the stately stride
OF a conqueror 10 the door, and was about
to enter without further ceremony. The
ticket,taker held ont his hand to take the
ticket. "Teccket!" slrieked the tenor in
rage, 81 nc MEDIA 70 teecket! WHO ARE
You Eat you don know B.r-r-;gnoli" I
stood facing the t%ickct.takcr. Knowing
that lie was new;rand seeing his per
ploxlty, | nodded that the individual was
Brlgnoli. The ticket..aker bowed the old
Man in, and turning to me said, " didn't
know that was old Orig. lIe'sa Tartar,
amt he?"
The newspapers tell a pretty story OF
Rrignoli. He had written u duet for Il
concert. While he was dying lie asked
Sly. Abilities, husband Of Nine. Gazzanira,
to play the accompaniment, that he might
improve the composition. Proppcd up in
bed, listening atientively, he forgot his
suffering, fell in witt, the spirit Of the
music. md oon filled the room with the
old-time sweetness Of his tenor. This re-
minds mo OF LISTS description OF the
dcath.bcd OF Chopin, the genius whose
Piano music has filled the world, the sad
man who loved George Sand and had her
friendship in return. Chopin had been
dying, writing, for twelve years. The, end
was ut hand. Among the friends
present was the Countess Delphine,
who is described rs looking like an
angel. Chopin opened his eyes soon
to close forever, saw. the countess
standing by his bedside, and begged that
she would sing. Ills piano was moved
into the hill near the dooroi his chamber,
and with sobbinc voice the countess sang
the hymn to tho Holy Virgin. ''Oh, nv
God, how beautiful, exclaimed the dying
lnan "once more, once more" The
was singing u psalm from Mar
colo when the deathagony came on there
was, n Shrek from tho death.bed, and MI
was s,itt. Chopin rallied, took the holy
sacrament, blessed his friends and soon
fell into his last sleep.
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ltas'Anyhouy Fold YOU
That it is hard to kick against thcpricks?
That there is a balm in Gilead?
That it is 4 long lane that has no turn.
ing?
That tho heart that once has loved will
love again? d I al
That some OF our fellow citizens arc
vcr yhuugryand, ono hassnid, verythirsty?I
That those who knock tho persimmons
arc very likely TO got then?
That this thought delights those friends
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