Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-21
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Walter Bssant Talks Of Dinners Of Half .
Century Ago.
4 WEEK TX WHEELING SOCIETY.
A Large Number Of Weddings, and More To
Follow.
OTHER BYEETS---SOCIAL COMMENT.

V1u6n nIhulppVOinu VVAMhnA
The world was made when man was born,
He must taste for himself the forbidden Springs,
He can never take warning from oldiasnioneo
things.
He must fight as boy, he must drink as youth;
He must kiss, he must love, he must swear !"
ofthe friend Of his soul; he must laugh TO scorn
The hint OF deceit in o woman's eyes:
That are as clear as the wells Of Paradise.
And so he goes on till the world grows old,
Till his tongue has grown cautious, his heart mas
grown cold;
Till the smile leaves his mouth and the ring
leaves his laugh,
And he shirks the bright headache you ask him
p TO quaf.
he grows formal with men and with women
And distrustful of both when they're out OF his
Then he eats for his palate and drinks for his
And loves for his pleasures It's time he were
John Boyle ORsRlv.
Fashionable dinners half century age,
writes Walter Besant, "were conducted on
primitive principles. Except in great
houssp, where the meat and game were
carved by ths butler, everything was carved
on the table. The host sat bsbind the
haunch of mutton and helpsd with zsai;
the gats.s took the ducks, the turkey,
the hare and the fowls, and did their parts,
cor scious Of critical eyes. A dinner was q
terrible ordeal for q young man who, per-
haps, found himself called to dis'ect a pair
of dueks. He took up tie knife with
burning cheeks and rersiring nose; now, at
last, an impostor, one who knew not TIE
ways of polite society, would be discoy-
cred; he began to feel for the joints, while
tho cold eyes of the hostess gazsd reproach-
fully upon him-ladies in those days
knew good carving and could carve for
themselves. Perhaps he had, with CHASTITY
grin, to confess that he could not find
those Joints. Then the dish was removed
and given to another guest, q hosribly self
relient creature, who laughed and talked
while he dexuously sliced the breast and
cut of the legs. If, in his agony. the poor
wretch would take refuge In the bottle, he
had to wait until some one invited him to
take wine--horrible tyranny! The dinner
table was ornamented with crest epergne
of silver gloss. After dinner the cloth was
removed, showing the table rich In color,
lustrous, well waxe1 and the gentlemen
begun real business with the b,ttle after
the ladies had gone"
Just imagine, If you can, some OF Wheel
ing's society yourg men carving duck,
laughing and talking as he did 30. he
would 70 doubt be laughing the wrong
way and talking language that would not
sound well at table.
Fashions latest nc vslties in dinner cards
and menu contrivances comes from Lou
don. Fer lunches sweet peas, beans, cab
bage leaves and letters serve to indicate
tbs Places of each guest The letters ale
of couss sealed and properly addressed,
and inside is q msnu card. There are
pink and white and scarlet roses Of
paper, and the bill of fare is written on
each rose leaf The French have o. gone
into these prandial fashions much, but
they are fast approaching its knowledge,
and when they get there they will cert
ly invent new and tasty whims.
Since certain historic pair ret the fash
ion in fig leaves, there has cropped ont
every now and then among men and
women degree of harmony in dress that
in late years has become striking, so much
so that it may almost bs said the men
make the fashions for the womea. When
me, adopted tight trousers the women
went into pull backs. Ti8ht-buttor ed
coats on the men provoked the anatomical
Jersey. Men tc ok to ulsters, and so did
the womeo, to Re followed by cover
coats for both sexes. No sooner did
mems trousers become bsggy than won 8
skirts grew big and balgy, and now that
shapellness and cei tain cliDging quality
is the feature in mans attire, the fiat
comes that tie women have adopted it,
too. 1t. is an almost unvaryirg coinci'
denca Do mems hats 90 higher ? Then
the crowns of the women's head csr raise.
Do men wear yellow leather shcesP All
tie bellies strsishtway are shod In tan.
Mrs Grundy says that man who dips
his roll into bis coffes at breakfast is the
ore who has no scruples against drinking
out of finger bowl at dinner.
Awkward things happen at the best re-
guIated dinner PARTIES, for at Newport re-
Gently a man had to take in" woman
once his wife, but since married again.
This is the season when the bride who
does OF intend to keep house looks over
her wedding presents and finds four dozen
silver spoons, eight silver pickle dishes,
end enough soup tureens to bail out a
water-lo. gsd yacht.
There has bseu o good deal of discussion
in the eastern prees recen,ly a. to wht Their
marriage is q success, and it is pretty g'n.
orally conceded thst the only cases wnen
marriage proves a fsilure is when the peo.
pie are not success. 1t seems az if lots
of Wheeling people are determined to set.
Re the question in practical manner.
The social season of $3.50 will be for
maly opened by the Wheeling Club on
Thursday evening next at The looms of
the club in Rogers Block, Main street,
With a grand reception, which promises to
be highly enjoyable affair.
Mr.. aud Mrs. E. NJ. Pearson entertained
a number of friends in q very pleasant
manner, at their residence on Sixteenth
stree, Friday evening Cards and music
were the chief features of the entertaiu-
ment, and the refreshments, which were
int. oduced at the proper hour, were
heartily enjoyed.
Mr.. aud Mr.. Morris Horkhsimer cele-
brated their tin wedding in q very delight
full manner, a. their residence on North
Main street, last Wednet day evening.
Quite q number of their friends were
present and spent a pleasant evening.
The presents were numerous ard sppro-
pirate.
Misses Sophia and Mamie Stein gave
pleasant leap year party at their home on
the South Side Lac Tues day evening, which
was participated in by a number of their
friends. Dancing, Investments ETC, COM
bined to furm o very enjoyable evening.
Prof. John Mullen will tender his dane.
ing asses and friends pleasant re zepton
on Tn ssdav eyening and ALI his former