Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-16
ROSE RED.
Amateur 0~psra---WhseIinu as a
Musical Centre.
window Gardening a Lost Art---What inc
Girls win Do When the Kinks Close
- Coming Weddings - Inc
Rage for the Antique.

Mage tOf uC n"hf
A f~avorite amusement among WasninR-
,on society folks during the past winter mas
been the giving of amateur opera; Ec"'
ne renresentalion of Paul and virginia,
bay;no nroyed such q success, another
,ropne is rehearsing 9 new society opera
csTed "Tbe pebutante," which is said TO 90
verv GOOD. We all remember an exceiien'
render;nu of Pinafore and Chimes OF NOT
mandy by Wheeling talent some time ago
the latter opera being especially good'
manv of the singers being favorably COM
pared with professionals. Musical maveIs'
however, have been dull with US Oh iale.
Why. / cannot imagine, for there Is a grea'
deal of local talent. Indeed q Stranger
walking through the town would surely lm.
ag;pe il a very musical one, tor at every
tnrn one hears the tones Of piano and viohn
and frequently that sweetest OF organs, the
human voice. Probably the craze for am
ateur opera may strike US again next sea,
SON. i hope it may, for there are q great
many singers in own whom their admirers
would like to hear again
m
Have YOU noticed how few window gar.
dams there have been this winter, and that
almost all of the few which have appeared
are now little more than plant hospitalsf
A winter or two ago, everybody was trying
to establish these square OF tropic summer
shut and warmed in crystal cases. a lew
succeeded, but / suppose the majority iound
themselves in possession Of what a Wheel
inc gentleman used to call "a fine collection
of pots and sticks" One lady, who was a
most enthusiastic gardener, used to wonder
why Miss 30 and SOS geraniums bloomed so
much better than hers, aud it was only
when spring came that she discovered that
the blossoms were artificial.
=
The dismal prospect of the closing of the
| Kinks sometime in the near future, rests
heavily upon the devotees Of the giddy roll,
ers. And now it is in order to wonder what
will come next. Some ofthe girls are talk
ing of long country walks, declaring that
now they need more exercise than the after
noon saunter down town, which used to be
|. enough. Some more of them will 60 back
to paint brush and embroidery needle,
| which have been sadly neglected since the
mania laid held of its victims. All agree
| hat something must appear to take the
| place of the Kinks which have been concert,
| reception and ball. In the meantime the
rollers go on.
Arthur Willats is saying goodbye to his
many friends. He expects to leave tor New
York on Saturday. Some OF the girls Will
weep.
Nv
Cards are out for the wedding OF Mr..
John List and Miss Hattie Glass which will
| take place on the 22d of this month. This
wedding has been talked Of for some time
by the friends of both parties, and will be a
very swell affair.
Another wedding to take place on the
same day is that Of Miss Helen Brown and
| Mr.. Frank Nuzum, q member of the Wells
burg bar, but formerly Of this place.
| ~
\ There are rumors of many more approach
ing n~uptials, one of which will create quite
4 sensation in society circles, but won't
give them away just yet. .
Girls, ransack the old iewelry boxes of
your mammas and get out all the old fash
| toned garnets you can find; the more an
| tiuue the setting the luckier the finder.
And if you can discover q necklace OF these
hitherto neglect stones, you are indeed to be
enyied, and if accompanied with bracelets
you are on the pinnacle of luck, for besides
| being the latest fashionable craze, there is
nothing which makes throat and wrist look
30 white and soft as collar and wristlet Of
garnets.
~
don't think Wheeling girls wear as much
jewelry on the street as in by.gone days,
out many of them are possessed Of some
very handsome articles in that line, and she
is poor indeed who cannot boast of at least
one diamond which is in her OWL eyes with
out flaw. Would it not be q good thing for
some ofus if in the turning offashion's wheel
The amethyst should again come on top
There must be thousands Of these stones
laid away at the present time.
Cbatelaine watches, OF which almost every
girl in town has one, are now seldom worn
pendant from the belt, but are tucked into
mannish little breast pockets and look very
cute, especially with tailor made gowns.
~
Aproros, is it o funny to read in city
papers the advertisement Of 80 and so,
tailor to her Royal Highness, the Princess,
UGH a one, who announces that he makes
ladies' frocks and gowns in the highes,
style Of ar, in fact has come over to teach
American ladies what TO wear. When
read these things l don't wonder thai
women have gone to studying law and
medicine; though, however, the class Of
man milliners and feminine lawyers and
doctors is small as yet.
~
Rhea as usual has captivated such OF our
society youths as happened to be in town,
and now for days the girls will be obliged to
listen to their raptures. Indeed, ] think il
is real ~magnanimous of the fair ones to ad.
mire her too. No wonder that after her
first visit several Wheeling girls declared
their intention:of following in her foot steps
as it seemed the only way to render them
selves ~facinating to the boys.