Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-04
The NewsbOys Base---A Fifteen Thou
sand Dollar Picture and A Thirty
three thousand Dollas
Necklace.

comment or consideration. but tue lacl
exists, and exists positively established,
hat to-day in Washington, the vice has
reached almost gigantic proportions. Since
the close of this last brilliant season, two
prominent society ladies have suecumbed
to the excessive use of chloral-one a young
girl Of nineteen or twenty, who now lies in
a critical condition at one Of the principal
suffering the identical sgony Hnd
tormeDts consequent upon too excessive
use of alcoholic stimulants.
The second. charming married belle,
whose lapguid, odalisque grace caplvated
so many during the gay montns, now lles
in the same hospital alludedto, crazed With
the one idea that gigantic spider crawls
upon the ceiling just above her head, grow
ing gradually larger and lorger in size,
until there is no room left for her and she
lies at its mercy, crying out pitifully to
those in attendance to rescue her from lts
winding, grasping clutches.
Suffering as she does, the same sgonies
that she would undergo we're the halluncl-
atoms an actually. One would imagine
her incapable of egain returning willingly
to the drug that has brought her so much
miserable agony. But moths is the third
attack, according TO reliable authority,
which she has brought upon herself And
so completely is she its slave, that only
death which can surely hold small terror
for ono an dead in Efe-can release her
from its clutches.
A sister of charity long and noble in
good works-ssid to your correspondent
that in many instances physicians, and
especially fashionable physicians, were
prone to resort at once to the use OF hypo,
dermic injections OF morphine on the slight,
est pretext-"yesrs age" she continued,
when FIRST began my work, this course
was only followed in the most extreme
cases. Now, it is a constant occurrence,
and at last, ladies begin to use it themselves,
until finally they are all punctured up like
saveges, from inserting it undsr the skin.
The habit becomes 6xed-a mania
succumbing to the delightful sensations
produced by its use, they sink and sink,
until at last they grow TO be like two poor
souls upstairs nov, in the wards set apart
for such patients @ total wreck both men
tally and physically"
With Choral the brilliant ideas, and
quickened conversational powers resulting
from it's use, combine to make it psrticu,
larry attractive to those mingliDg largely
in socieiY-lifting them above sensations
of fatigue and lesstae resultant from late
hours, constant excitement and over eXer.
ton. While the same baneful Effects,
slowly, but surely, follow in its wake.
Opium smoking In Washington. as yet,
is confined almost exclUsivele to the lower
classes Several Cinnamon who keep Laun-
dries on the south tide Of Pennylvania
Avenue having back rooms set apart iot
the smoking of the poisonous drug
The question will naturally be asked,
Where are the police that suGh things are
allowed
That question IL not only uukind, but
reflects seriously upon our CT y.
Why should our police force differ from
other police fOrces2
Nv
But enough Of tue dark side Of life
have IN our eternal sunstiiua 10 much of
the reverse,
The mia lent ball at Ms. Whitney 's-wife
of the Secretary OF the Nsvy-for the
benefit OF the news boys, ia now already
looked forward to with eager expectancy.
Mrs. Whitney has donated the use Of her
ball room for the occasion, and invitations
will be issued for that evening, all those
invited being expected to pay the sup 9.
FIVE dollars (which goes toward ..ihe bene.
fit of the noble charity nsaed And al
ready many little tettaFdeEniillons are cry
ing, Here's your rnofning paper" with
ncre than ordinary enthusiasm.
Mrs. Whitney's receptions during the
past season outshone anything Of the kind
Jet attempted in Washington. The one
item Of champagne alone, coating twenty.
five hundred dollars an evening. The Gus.
tom, adopted ss q necessity by ladie5 Of
the cabinet, OF not returning cells made
upon them except by card naturally causes
in some INSTANCES amusing little coHtre.
Temps, Or one occasion o cabinet lady,
entertaining in her own home, Was over
asking friend, more conversant than her
self with Washington society. Please TO
tell me the names of some of the people
abe cav enjoying themselves in her prox-
unity. On another occasion, when foot.
man paid TO announce the names distinctly
on day when people were making their
party cats, the hostess could not remem-
Der their names, and couseq uently was uu-
able to introduce them TO any Of her re-
ceiviug party. At last she exclaimed, II
had such headache yesterday, that really
believe l sn losing my mind, cant re-
member any names.
II an sure madam that aSsence Of head
ache is far better than presence Of mind.
was the apt rejoihder Of diplomat stand
ing near.
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The landscapes By Corot, recently pur-
chased at the Morgan sCle in NeV York
Tor the Corcorsn Art Gallery in this city,
1T cost of fifteen thousand dollars, has
stely bsen put on view. Though it is hung
10 badly as 10 afford little satisfaction to
hose who wish 10 study il.
The name assigned ia The Wood Gath
,rers But like the title Of some OF Oscar
Wilds poems it has very remote counec-
ion with the subiect.
It represents dark masses Of foliage,
against dappled sky OF blue and white.
The grouping OF giant forest trees 10 the
foreground is particularly effective And
he perspective wonderfully fne, but re.
luirirg light OF the stro5ges: description
o bring in tuil relief This is denied, as
he painting 10 hung On side wall, aud
me leaves the gallery firmly impressed Hith |
he opinion thai they hive led an excel
ent view cf the frsne, but only partial