Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-04

Disports HimssIfin Capital Society.
He Admifes the Charms of Washington
Girls, Which are Evident to Eeyery OBJ
seNer---washingtOn as "a Matri.
monial Market--William Him
self Narrowly Escapes
the Vortex.
Bastoa Globe.

the Vortex.
Bason Globe.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., March l3.-I hav
Just returned from polite and recherch
party here. Washington is the hotbsd o
gsyety, and general headquarters for tn
recherche business. 1t would be hard t,
find bontonger aggregation than the ON
l was Just at, to use the words of a gentle
man who was there, and who asked me
I wrote::"The Heather Chinee."
Hewas very talanted man, with broat
sweep Of scull and vague yearnipg fo
something more tsngibls-to drink. 81,
was in Washington, he said, in the INTEREST,"
of Mingo county. l forgot to ask hin
where Mingo county might be. b took 6
great interest in me, and talked with me
long after he really had anything to say
He was one of those fluent conversation
olists frequently met with in society. he
used one of these web.perfecting takers
the kind that can be fed with raw Roman
punch and that will turn out puuetuated
telk in links, like vanished saussges. Be-
ing q poor talker myself and rather more
fluent as isteuer, / did not interrupt him.
He said that be was sorry to notice how
Washington as they would to Q matrimo,
NAL market.
! was sorry sloo to hear 1t. 1t panied
me to know that young ladies should allow
themselves to be bamboozled into matri.
mony. Why was it, l asked, that matri.
mony should ever single out the young and
fair2
All" said be, 1T is indeed rough"
He then breathed a sigh that shook the
foliage of the speckled:geranium near by,
and killed On artificial caterpillar that
hung on its branches.
"Matrimony is all right" said he, IF
properly brought about" 1t breaks my
heart, though, to notice how Washington
is used as matrimonial market 1t seems
to me almost as if these here young ladies
we're brought here like slaves and exposed
for SALE" ! had noticed that
THEY WE'RE SOMEWHAT EXPOSED,
but did not know they were for sale.
l asked him if the waists Of party dresses
had always hesn 50 sadly in the minority,
and be said they had.
l danced with beautiful young lady
whose trail had evidently caught in door.
way. She hadn't noticed it till she had
walked out partially through her costume.
| do not think lady ought to give too much
thought to her apparel, neither should she
feel too much above her. clothes / say
this in the kindest spirit, because believe
that man should be friend to woman. No
family circle is complete without woman.
She is like glad landscape to the weary
eye. Individually and collectively, woman
is a great adjunct of civilization and pro-
gress. The electric light is a good thing,
but how pale and feeble i Looks by the
the light Of 0 govi womsus eyes. N. ~. |,
telephone is good ipventics. 1t is a good
thisg to talk st and murmur into and de.
poait profanity in, but to take up con.
versation and keep it up and follow a man
out though the front door with it the tele-
phone has still much to learn from woman.
1t is said that our government officials
are not sufficiently paid, and l presume
that is the case, 80 it becomes necessary 10
economic in every way, but why should
wives concentrate all their economy on the
waist Of dress2 When chest protectors
are 90 cheap as they now are, hate to
see people suffer, end there is more real
suffering, more privation and more des
tltution, psrvading the Washington scspula
and clavlc this winter than | ever saw be-
fore.
TRoDDEN UNDER FEET OF MEN,
as may say. They smiled good humoredly
at me as tried to impress my views upon
them, but should ] 60 there again next sea-
son and rnngla in the mad whirl Of Wash
ington, where fair women are also minglng
in saidI mad whirl, l presume that / will
fed them clothed in. the came gaslight
waist, with trimmings Of real vertebrR down
the back.
Still, what does man know about the
proper costume for womsn2 He knows
nothing whatever. BE is in many ways a
little Inconsistent. Why does man frown
on certain costume for his wife and ed.
mire it on the frat woman be meets2 Why
does he fight shy OF religion and Christian.
ity and talk very freely about the church,
but get mad if his wife is an infdel?
Crops around Washington are looking
we'll Winter wheat, crocusses and indefi-
mite postponements we're never in more
thrifty condition. Qaite number OF PEG.
pie are here who ore waiting to be con-
frmed. Judging from their habits, they
are lingering around her in order to become
confirmed drunkards.
l leave here tomorrow with large, vet
towel in my plug hat Perhaps | should
have said nothing on this dress reform
question while my hat is fitting me 80 i'm
mediately. II is seldom that | step aside
from tie beaten path OF Iectitude. but last
evening, on the way home, i. seemed to me
that didn't do much els9 bet step aside.
At these parties no charge Is made for
punch. 1t is perfectly free. asked COL
ored man who stood near the punch bowl,
and who replenished it ever and anon. what
the damage was, and he drew himself up
to his full heigh!h.
Possibly I did wrong, bat hate to be g
burden on any one. 1t seems odd to me
to 90 10 FIRST class dance and find the
supper and the band and the run all paid
for. It must cost good deal Of money to
run this government. Bill NYE.