Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-09
ROSE RED.
The Pretty Fashion Of wearing
Corsags Bouuets.
Handsome Calling Toilets---A New tntef-
tainment - The Brunette Beauty
Again in StyIe---Gum Chew
ing---Personal.

Again IN Style--uu'h SN
ing---Personal.
Not only a large number Of spring has
and bonnets have appeared, but q great
many ladies have been seen wearing cor
eapesbououets of natural flowers Gus.
tom which has hitherto been deferred unhi
flowers were blooming in the open air. Els
~necially did a great many bouquets adofn
ta;r vearers on Easter day. the handsomest
one seen being worn by q lady who ALSO ois.
played q lovely new hat Inns oouque.
was of Marchsl Neil and Jacqneninot
roses and materially intertered WIT
the devotions Of q number OF less fortunate
fair ones.
Many new and handsome calling toilets
have also made their appearance. n 1t IS
noticeable that q great number otthese arei 10
brighter colors than have been worn on the
street in recent years. But as a sprignuy
lady remarked not long ago, You buy
handsome dress and then have really no
place in which to display it, so you Just have
10 wear it out calling" A very wise idea,
TO my mind.
The newest of the new entertainments
in gayer cities is the powder ball" which
is not as its name suggests a
species of COW boy revelry, but an
evening entertainment Of more or less
commonplace character. The novelty about
it, is that each guest appears with powdered
hair, and the gentlemen vary the "regula-
ton black" by wearing white ties and waist
coats. l suppose that the people who at
tend these affairs say, like the Wheeling
girls after the "Mistletoe Bougb," that they
will never, Oh, never" powder their hair
again, which, however, means exactly until
next time, be that next week or next year.
~
By the way, it is q melancholy fact for
I'VE pale and fair haired dame that the
brunette beauty is fast gaining as q popu-
lar fayorite. And alasl 1t is not so easy
to metamorphos oneself into a
brunette, as it was to come out a blonde.
To be sure one can purchase brunette face
powder, but as well might the leopard seek
10 change his spots as the blonde or brown
haired lassie hope to appear without the use
of a wig) with raven locks, even though
every one is raving over ''midnigh! tresses,
To be sure more than one apparent blonde,
at no far distant day sported a most artistic
wig, but that was easily accounted for, but
one cannot say dear me, my hair is really
growing so dark" without raising a suspi-
cion that soap and water ore needed. How
ever, the brunette craze may not reach
us. as the mania for red hair never
did, though that may be accounted
tor bv the scarcity of red haired girls in
Wheeling, while there are q good many
handsome and fascinating brunettes.
wv
Oh! horrible; it is now said that the
Wheeling girl has come down from her
pedestrian chews gum. This is indeed
a grave charge, though were / a festive par.
agrspher l might take away the gravity OF
it by suggesting that the gum chewing dam
sci is merely preparing herself for Vassar.
But no, | scorn such base subterfuges, and
merely state in defense OF the young
with acrobatic Jaws that after all she is no
worse than her brother who smokes the fes-
tive cigarette from morn till dewy eve.
~
So few Wheeling people have gone abroad
to distinguish themselves in any way that 1t
is to all bis acquaintance a matter OF pride
that our own Frank Hennig is in a modest
way achieveing success. am told that he
is receiving a great deal of kind recognition
both from press andtspublic. and with his
habits of studiousness and real talent, he
will doubtless be often heard OF in the
future.
~
All winter there has been talk Of q full
dress theatre party, and now that we are to
have opera is the time to attempt this in
n~ovation on staid Wheeling customs. In
all other cities 1t is an ordinary thing to see
ladies, especially at the opera, wearing full
dress with bare heads and escorted by gentle.
men in evening dress. Wheeling hiss put on
metropolitan airs in many other respects, so
why not in thisH
~
Mrs. George X. Wheat leaves in q few
days for a European trip of several months.
1t has long been her desire TO visit her
daughter, Mrs. Rammelsberg, and the many
friends OF both these charming ladies will
wish Mrs. Wheat a hearty "bon voyage"
~
Albert Whitaker is at home for the holi-
days and putting in some of his time skst-
ing with his fair feminine friends, the name
Of whom is legion.
~
Gentlemen who have recently changed
their residence are telling many q moving
tale" Of suferings endured while household
affairs were in a state Of chaos. 1t is evi-
dent now. however, from their manner and
appearance hat the worst is over and life
again a thing to be desired until next first
OF April. RosE RED.