Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-25
ROSE RED.
An interesting Dissertation OF La;s
Social Mattsrs.
The Boys and Their Dogs---BIOndes Rele-
gated to the Past---wheeIing Put
ting on Syie--.carniSal :
Afairs---General.

Afairs---General.
wonder why so few OF cur society girls
have pet dogs. i, myself, would not care to
be bothered with one. What should LIKE
to have would be a nice little machine that
along on four legs, wag its tail and
bark-a little. / would put one in a pretty
blanket and harness and lead 1t out every
cav 20 the envy of all the other giris, then
hiring ii home, chuck it into a box leave
II there until the next time. Perhaps II
this startling invention were patented a
good many more people might appear Win
canine pets. There are a good many nice
dogs in town, though. Charlie OFT, for IN.
stance. has a very fac pug-that Is II
Punch is in his possession just now;
Sometimes Charlie has him and
sometimes he has to be searched
for all over town. Miss MAUD
Echols has several poodles which look like
enlarged powder puffs, and must require a
treat deal of attention in Wheeling.
The Frauzheim boys have a tondneSs for
pets lust as we girls have a fondneSs tor
he Frsnzheim boys. They will insist
though on carrying around those horrid mt
lie TOW terriers which look 20 much like
rats, that when ! see one | always have an
impulse to lift up my skirts and scream.
George Baird's chief treasure, at present,
is a blood thirsty animal which makes a
doctor a handy thing to have in the Baird
family. And Tommy Howell is said to be
losing rest of nights with a Newfoundland
pup. BY the way, there is a story to the
effect that George Baird and Tom Howell
one warm summer day, decided to take
their collection of CANNES to make acail
in the country. They washed and curied
The pretty dears and adjoining each
one with a Murphy ribbon. put
Them in a carriage and started out.
They rot clear of town pretty well,
rb,n he fun commenced. First one dog
got tired of riding, then another saw some
object ofin.erest in the road and got out to
inspect it more closely, then they got into a
free-for+all fight. Ii was q warm day, and
he bows had a rather lively time rescuing
heir nets. and finally reached their destlna-
lion with a very ~disreputable lot OF ours.
They enjoyed their visit very much, but Tor
sone reason their hostess asked them to
call again without the dogs. Such funny
names are now fashionable for pet animals.
4 South Side family call their little dog
Guess" Ex-Governor Jacobs has m
his 'Gralpus," and a young lady on Four
,tenth street calls n hungry little black
and.lsu, "Tsffy.'
Has ANYBODY noticed hat the number Of
blondes is decreasing? have. And why?
Why, you goose, we don't put so
many strange and wonderful powders
and washes on our hair. A year or two
ago each girl had q different method Of
changing the color of her ~tresses, which she
would confde to reveal to her friends under
pledges of secrecy which, were generally
broken. Borax, soda, salts oftartar and
soft soap were q few of the most harmless
recipes, and really BY washing your hair in
a solution of any one of them, every day
ans one could become a blonde, for Hhe
time being at least 1t was a troublesome
lob. however, and hat is why so many OF
the girls have become nut brown maids.
once more. The gentlemen disapprove OF
il, of course-when they know it, but so
they do Of powder and high heels. But
they continue to talk of Miss So and So 8
pretty hair, fine complexion or small feet,
when we girls know very we'll we can soon
boast of the same attractions. Speaking OF
W some Of the dear boys themselves
develop an astonishing pallOr when in full
dress. A friend of mine who enter
tanned ! recently, told me that a
box Of 'teardrop' left accidentally
in the gentlemen's dressing room was found
empty after their departure. told her
mat some of the dear boys had accidentally
Upset it, but she took a different view OF the
matter.
Wheeling is putting OIL some Metropolitan
airs at last. A few OF the gentlemen who
have leisure at that time have commenced
to call on the girls in the afternoon. At
first they used to find us en- deShdbiUe and
have 10 wait while We made our toilets.
Very soon, however, we learned to be ready
for them, we'll knowing from sad experience
with father and brother that man is a
creature who objects to be kept waiting.
And indeed it is Just hOrrid to put on ones
best clothes and sally out card case in hand,
to pay a dozen or two calls, and then be
Obliged to wait fifteen minutes at each
place before our hostess comes in.
Another thing society has taken up-we
have al adopted the custom of signing our
middle names, and Mamie Smith appears
~ Ter visiting cards as Miss Mary
AJastasia Smith-funny at first, isn't it,
Bn; ~e have all caught on, and no longer
descend 70 the parlor expecting to find a
stranger instead Of our old friend Mamie.
oEce several years ago in returning from
\ visit to the city | adopted the custom Of
bending my card in the middle to signify
that ! wished to see all the ladies of the
family. 1t took the wind out of my sails,
however, 10 see the servant who admitted
me at the first place | called, surreptitiously
~endeavoring to straighten it, evidently I'M
der the impression that it had gotten crum-
pied in nv pocket. But that, as | said,
was several years ago, and now Wheeling
folks are as stylish as anybody else,
What has become of all the weddings
that were to take place this winter?
had begun to think that there would
not be any gentlemen left to dance or Airt
with. That is, of course, l don't firt, but
lots of my girl friends are addicted to that
shocking habit.
However, the season wane and the de-
mand for plain gold rings does not seem to
be greater than usual. Possibly none Of
the boys are willing to pledge themselves to
devote all their cigarette money to roller
skates and matinee tickets. Possibly the
girls are afraid of laying themselves under
the suspicion Of having taken advantage of
leap year. Certain it is that the sound Of
the Wedding march is not heard in the land.
Don't expect to see much of the girls for
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