Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-08
Material For an Interesting Social Study Of
the Feminine Gait in Walking.
WALKING REGULATED BY SEASONS
A Bright and Beautiful Easter Week and
What II Brought Forth in Society.
HOW DIFFERENT GIRLS KISS,

ANO lE1tLGlu uEI AhIN 4 q iAAAN
Then she sticks out her lips, like an open book,
And cheweth a bean meanwhile.
The st. Louis girl Say3 never a word,
And you'd think she was rather tame,
With her practical view of the matterin hand,
But she gets there Just the same.
The Baltimore girl, the pride of the South,
In her cllnging and soulful way,
Absorbs It ali with a yearnul yeGrn
As big as a bale OF hay.
The Chicago girl gets a grip on herself,
AS she carefully takes Oh her hat;
Then she grabs up the prize in a frenzied way
Like q terrier shaking a rat.
The Washington girl, so gentle and sweet,
Lets her lips meet the coming kiss
With a raptnrolS warmth, aud the youthful souls
-WdshiRg,on Critic.
But when one kisses a Whe cling girl,
He soaTs on wings to heaven,
And there he finds ecstatic bliss;
He takes not one, but seyen Ito be continued.
Eliza Putnam Heaton has been writing
upon the walks of women. She says there
is material inst now for an interesting So
cial study Of the feminine gait in walking.
New York is in a transition state between
the old walk and the new. There are win
ter walks and there are spring walks, and
the difference between them, if subtle, are,
to the careful observer, as clearly defined
as chose between the winter bonnet and
the gorgeous Easter creation.
Cold weather varieties Of the walk as ex
hibited by the city women and girls arc, as
q rule, of the short step, high action, side,
wise. mincing order. The prevalence OF
the muff habit has much TO do with deter
mining the character of the winter gait.
Only certain steps in walking are possible
to the muff, and these are cultivated to a
high degree of perfection. The summer
walk, on the other hand, .is regulated
wholly by the possibilities Of the parasC!,
which requires something of a demure,
dignitied, and, on occasion, of a stately
order. Bstween these two, however, comes
the spring walk, differing widely from
both.
The English woman carries q walking
stick. Some few New York girls have
been %ventuIesome enough 10 import The
habit. The walking stick has made its
debut on Fifth avenue-a slender, graceful,
silver ringed, toy imitation of the sturdy
Euglish prototype-and the stick, or the
gait generated by the stick in London,
promises to control the spring walk.
The walking stick walk is distinguished
from the muff walk or the parasOl walk by
its long, easy swing. 1t approximates
what the Dslsartians call a Savage
stride" 1t is Intended to convey the idea
Of physical vigor, Of rejoicing in the full
ness of life and health, it is youthful and
in~vigorating, it is almost i~nsolent in its
exultstiOn in sunshine, bodily perfection,
out of door life and fresh air. The walk
ing stick walk is a tailor made walk, but
it admits Of genuine exercise, which the
French modistes' walk never did. 1t is a
very good walk in its way. 1t is the
fashion. 1t takes. Enough said.
We were certainly blessed with o beau
tiful Easter week, and the few April show
ers, or rather pours, that fell upon the
earth added to rather han detracted from
the invigOrating weather. Social matters
were rather quiet for Easter week, a tea, q
card party and several other events COM
plotting the list. The coming week prom
ises more in n social way. The Wheeling
Club will likely have its opening hop on
Friday evening and the members of the
club and their lady friends are looking for
ward to the event with many pleasureable
~anticipatiOns. Professor Josie Kramer and
his orchestra will doubtless make the mu-
sic, and the affair will no doubt be one of
the most enjoyable ever given in the city.
After the opening of the Club, Monday
nights will be known as club nights, and
all members are urged to be present with
their lady friends. This feature of the
Club should be kept up, as it fosters inter
est in the organization.
Mrs. Mary J. Holmes believes in early
marriage and ~disapproves of extraordinary
long cOurtships. She believes that "only
Sous" do not make as good men as boys
who are surrounded by brothers and sis
tiers. "Only daughters" she thinks, are
apt to be pampsred and untitled for wife
hood or motherhood.
Women are creatures of infinite resource.
A Boston girl has hit upon M original
plan to support herself. She studies the
newspapers, posts herself on what ia going
on in the world, uses the scissors freely,
pasteS, writes, revises carefully until she
hasa condensed digest OF the live topics of
the day. This she reads to q class Of
wealthy women, who pay her we'll for fur
nishing them with information concerning
what they ought to be able to talk intelli-
gently about.
So-called vellum paper is something new
in high class" stationery. The fact that
it comes from London adds to the price.
Rose pots are more and more the craze
as it ID to be very much doubted if there is
a French dressing table without one.
In Paris the women are carrying n silver
ball about the size Of q tennis ball, which
opers in q half and holds enough sugar
plums for q few hours.
Beaded lace and get shoulder capes are
10 be as much the fashion this spring as
they ever were, according to the bulletin
in front Of fashionable headquarters
Nail and Express.
a charming surprise party was rendered
Miss Maggie Gessner by her many friends
Thursday evening. at her home, corner
Nineteenth and Jacob streets. Dancing
was the chief amusement until ~ o'clock,
when q delicious supper was served,
which was highly enjoyed by all. Those
that were present were tie Misses Sue
Fultou, Maggie Farrell, Katie Sullivan,
Ella Sweeny, Maggie Bradley, Annie Full
ton, Nellie Fox, Ada Murphy, Annie
O'Brien, Lulu Peak, Mr.. and Mrs. IsricS,
Mr.. Carl Fulton, Charley MOSier, Henry
Beuter, Frank Meyers, George Rolf,
George Hildebrand, Ell. Strand, Peter
Horne and many others. Beuter's orches-
ira furnished the musie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. X. McMeeher hand
somely entertained the Progressive Euchre
club at their residence on Chapline street,
Friday evening. The first prizes were
taken by Mrs. j. J. Holloway and Mr..
Sam =. HsrrisoD, and Mrs. B. Walker
Peterson and Mr.. II. c. FraDzheim cap
tured the boobies, The prizes were very
handsome. Refreshments were served and
heartily discussed, after which an hour or