Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02
BAB'S BABBLE.
TIE GOSSIP OF NEW YORK HEARD BY A
SOCIETY WOMAN.
Some Presents Men Give to Wcmsn-Sik Stockings
and Costly Sets Of Slvsr-Krs. Lsng-
ty's Toilet Sst-0ruamsnts Of
the Bourior.
Especial Corrsspondence.)

ing man is here. The home staying
woman has not only a welcome, bat ques-
ton with which to greet him. 1t is,
What did you bring me?" He has come.
not on the wings of turtls-6oTe, but in
one of the great steamers from the far-off
other side, snd he is expected TO fetch with
him exactly what the woman nearest his
heart, or the enc that has the greatest
claim on his pOcketbook, may desire.
There is a curious likeness in his gifta.
The tenth man may bring something
UNIQUE, but the other nine will GER
tainly bring either stockings or silver.
But oh, such stockings. And oh, such
sllyer. The stockings are either black,
mauvs, green, or yellow; if they ere SIM
ply silk stockings as long as the beart of
womsn may desire, or her leg can demand,
then she counts on half dozen pairs at
least, and they must differ in color; but,
if they are sometimes mora than silk, then
one pair will satisfy the longing. A typi'
cal PAR of stockings brought to home
staying woman are Of black sils, 80 tiue
that the skin shows clearly through them,
and extending from j dst above the toes far
up on the ips'ep is medallion of real
thread lace, the pattern showing two tiny
Gu pids swinging together. Even in that
home of cheap stockings and psrfsct gowns
-Paris-this pair cost hundred dollars,
so il is easy to understand that greedy as
women are one such offering is deemed
sufficient.
ORNAMENTS OF THE BoUDoIR.
About the silver there must in the fist
plaza be a certain knowledge as to what
my lady ALREADY poss esses, and the style OF
her toilet, whett e. it be antique or mod
erp, cxidyzsd or FURNISHED. Very few
women are fortupr enough to possess an
tiaue silver in their bOudoiIs, but quite
number have some old pieces to give an air
of rot bsirg new Fe ,ple to thai which, in
stead of tie old marks. simply bears the
word sterling" uIOa it. In Scotland,
and in some of the towns of Ireland, curl
GUS bits of silver in the wsy ofcandlesticks,
boxes and mirrors nay be picked up; and
as one eau never have too many ct these,
the masculine seeker after gifts Is sure
of feIvert thanks WHEN they are brought
over. OAeof the Necessities of the boudolr
of to-day is tie raa'quise table, which
stands between t. o widows, little out
from the wall, and ia lsintiest when draped
with some faint-hued brocsde which has
above it deep fall # lace, while jace-
trimmed cover il over the top. Tie mirror
should be curtain, with the bro:sde and
lace, its frame rate Ell ouded, unless 1t
be silver one. Then, on the broad table
is srrssd out, in g r eOus arrsy, tie silver
that constitutes my la1y's own set.
Usually this is gotten in the "hatching
chest" That ID to say, beginning with
shoe-buttoYeI, tie fair one let's 1t be known
that 81 i, getting up her silver, and after
that, holiday aud birthday presents, and
gifts from the o'h9r side are all pieces that
90 to form the magnificent whole.
MRS. LANGTRY's TOILET SET.
Probably the most unique set of silver
in this countr ybslorgs to Mre. Lapgtry; 1t
numbers over two hundred pieces, not one
of which is mcdarn, except the beautiful
Venetian mirror, which is framed in silver
lilies, and shows the monogram of the Lily
herself Just on top Silver brushes that
the Venetian ladies Of old used for their
golden locks Gro now in the possession OF
this lattsT-day beauty. Then there are
curious boxes in which the old
Hollanders kept their finest tobacco,
and that now hold hairplns, or
any of the little knick-knacks of a wo-
mans toilet. Mirrors carved by famous
silversmitha of long ago, and that reflected
the faces of other happy and beautiful wo-
men, and jars in which they kept the pow
der that made their hair white, or the
rouge that made their cheeks pink. Silver
TASKS that held the veritable squa-totfsna,
now bottle very innocent drugs, ard great
perfume Jugs that orcs knew mysterious
Oriental sweets, are now oyeIflowing with
wood violet. The silver tops 10 tie cat
glass bottles were in the long ago the
cases of watches; in those days the GOV.
ering was deliberately carved in scenes ct
the chase, and the watch was source OF
great pride to its owner. The candle
sticks once lighted the way to bridal In
Ireland, or stood at the head OF a coffin,
and the great silver holder 30 deliberately
carved, aud in which rests big blue PIN
custom, was once brought on the table with
a wooden toal in it, in which were smok-
ing hot these strange rev vegetables i'm
ported from Virginia TO Ireland and
known as potatoes. 1t has taken Mrs.
Langtry eleven years 10 collect this silver,
and, ate: all, when is silver Set COM
plete?
BACHELOR WoMAN's APARTMENTS.
The incoming man is usually bachelor
indeed the aye:see man is, just now.
Whether marriage is failure, or not, is a
something that everybody decides for him
fell, but that it is particularly not IN
vogue is a sad reality that stares most
mothers in the face. The bachelor has
everything arranged for his comfort, but
iust now the bachelor woman, be she
maid or widow, can make herself home,
and, if she has any occupation in life, Mrs.
Grundy not only permits this home
making bat quite approves OF 1t.
She usually takes q little apart
ment, fixes it as p;ettily as possible, and
then begins to offer cup Of tea at i've
o'clock. Size can no mora help doing this
than che eau help being woman and
liking frills and frivCls. If she be, as she
o.tsnest is, a bright woman, she soon cats
around her charming set of people. She
learns how to weed, in social sense, ard
among the undesirsbles she counts not
ooly the very young, but the people with
isms and those WHO are so much intere5ted
in only one subject that they
become bores. Her tea is good and
strong; if You ale a very intimate friend
there may be given you tiny glass OF
Maraschino, or of creme de menthe, with q
lot of cracked ice in it. And ttea how
every body does babblel 1t isn't that they
say any thing wrong, for women do not
tolk much scandal, but they have opin-
ions, and they give voice to them. Here
wac one aupropose q recent wedding,