Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-19
ROSE RED.
A Pertinent Suggestion or Two as
Regards Sealing Wax.
How High Art is Progressing Among the
Wheeling Gihs---The PostpGnement OF
the EIks' Ball---The Inaugural
Hop---0resses.

We have had the language of flowers.
fans, and goodness knows what for many
seasons past, but it remained Tor a genius
OF 1855 to invent q language OF sealing wax.
OF course everybody who aspires to be eie.
CANT uses sealing wax nowadays those OF
us who possess seals use them, while he rest
OF us consider it more stylish to put 1t on
plainly. OF course one is apt to burn ones
fingers with it, and be transformed into q
dancing dervish for the time being, but that
is a small matter compared TO being less
81, lish Than our neighboIs. 1t is said that
Mrs. Ianptry revived the style of writing
'tor" in front of the address on letter, but
Who Recommended The custom OF using
sealing wax, don't know. All about the
language of seals-wel, when you
write q letter OF congratulstion you
use a pink SEAL of coincidence, black, Of love,
blue, Of trien 1ship, purple, OF business, red.
while an invitation to wedding or other
festiyity has a white one. Now, don't 60
and make any mistakes and then lie awake
at night regretting them. l don't much
like this idea of returning to primitive Gus
toms with regard to letters. The next thing
might be return to the custom OF tying
missives with a lock Of hair, and real hair is
expensive nowadays l tell you.
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In these quiet Lenten days every body
who does not skate-though that is chiefly
the halt and the maimed-is at loss what
TO do for amusement, and lots of the girls
who have been neglecting them are going
back TO their art studies with renewed yigor.
| am told there is really nothing new in the
line of high art, but / notice that great
many OF the girls are making. pretty
crayon pictures, q few still cling to
Naier colors, and there are not
wanting those who are willing to risk
the danger of china painting, but the great
majority still cling 10 oil painting which be-
longs to that style Of art (which is long
though time is fleeting." Once in while
one still sees specimens OF a departed
craze in art decorations, which look really
comical when once out of date. A year or
so ago every girl who could paint a little,
decorated potato masher, not for kitchen
use, but for parlor decoration. 1t was not
a Wheeling girl, by the way, who signif'
can:ly dispatched one of these Washers to a
gentleman friend. Later on, every lady
was painting a tin wash basin to hang on
the wall; afterwards came palm Leaf fans,
which are really very pretty painted, and
we're, by the way, among the favors at re-
cent German in another city, The painted
clothes pins which held the..napkins at re-
cent Island dinner party were very pretty
novelty too. Some of the girls are painting
instead of embroidering polo caps, and ere
long may be decorating the polo sticks, a
deaths head and cross bones having
been suggested as an appropriate emblem.
Speaking of rink head-gear, Mr.. Wilmuth
has mounted white hat which shines like
the white plume of Henry of Navarro, far
above the rest of the msddening crowd.
You see lots of tall men skating, however,
but very few girls who are above the ave
rage height. One tall girl Of my acquaint:
ance tried it the other day and fell so hard
, that she thought she was going clear through
to China.
~
Everybody was disappointed at the post.
ponement ofthe Elks ball, but the general feel
ing was that it was graceful act on the
part of the committee, and / don't believe
| any OF bis friends could have enjoyed dane,
ing while poor Sam Miller was lying so ILL.,
Nv
The inaugural ball is the next thing on
hand-no on foot mean, and is already
looked forward to by many. One of the
girls has been saving her best party dress
all winter for this grand event and now, nc
doubt, she is happy. o, let me tell
you. 1t was decided some time ago thai
trains were once more to be worn on dane
ing dresses. A few appeared, but the fashion
did not spread, and 1t is my own opinion
that this was because all the society men
we're banded together and sworn by secret
pledges to tread in turn on every long dress
worn at a party. There is one man in
town who likes to dance with a lady who
wears train, but his name shall remain q
secret lest the girls dance him to death like
the unfortunate lady in the fairy tale.
Nv
What do you think is the latest departure
in the line Of house dress? Why we are
going away back to the days of the first EN-
pire for fashion plates. / think the Japan
csc dress rather pretty myself, and with a
knot Of violets in the belt and the hair
dressed high with plenty Of fiat curls, the
girls will Just look sweet. 1t will be hard to
induce any Of the Wheeling girls to set the
style here, but once seen the rest Of US will
gladly copy this pretty costume.
Nv
A great many ladies intend to put on
their best bonnets and most bewitching
smiles and 60 down to the Legislature to
hear co-education discussed this afternoon.
| don't think any man under such battery
could decide to vote against it, unless, as a
gentleman said to me the other day, he was
afraid it might make the girls smarter than
the boys. Charming man, thatl
~
A few small card parties are set for this
week, but otherwise, think sober Lenten
quiet will prevail There has been some
talk of organizing ladies social, to meet
one afternoon week, each member bring
ing her embroidery or other art work.
think myself ii would be awfully nice, such
a good opportunity to discuss-well
Shakespeare and the musical glasses, you
know. Rose RED.
Black Cashmeres.
Our own importation at 55c, 6Oc, 75c