Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-16
FULL DRESS FIBS.
REVELATIONS TO A YOUNG NAN JUST BN-
TERING SOCIETY.
Little Tricks by Which Naughty Girls Deceive CAL
low Youth Somehow They Never Break
Their Heels Til the Ball is Nearly
Over.
Chicago Tribune.

my boy. WIS JUST tAS eSsAue "'SN ~
first season. Every one is. 1t takes sew
eral seasons to knock it ont Of q man. DE
must learn the ballroom tricks before lie
fully realiz g how often smile or look
that seems to hattsr ccnceals little Dali
room deceit. My boy, if You knew how
often you have been duped-"
Name a TINA"
with Measure. 1t won't tiatter your
vanity, but it may be of value to You Thu;
winter. Do You remember at Mrs. Blanks
ball last winter when Miss Brown told you
she was go sorry that her programme was
full? You thought she really YVES sorry.
81 think so YETI
"WelI. she certainly locked II, but she
could have given you any one OF five or SLY
dances
"Ah, there, l have you, Tom; there you
are speaking without authority. l saw
her programme, old man, and II was iul'
not dance left"
"Aud yet, when l went to her after
wards, she rubbed of one name and gave
me the dance"
"Then some one else was cheated out o.
a dance" :,
''Not st all. She rubbed out the mi
tials j. J.'n
"Who did they stand tol?'
"Jepnis Jolee. My 10y, that pro
srsmme was filled up in the ladies' dress
inp.rcom. It is an old trick and good
one. Watch out for for it this winter,
and you won't be so impressed with
yonng lady's sorrow and disappointment
VIII an she asks you why didn't come ear
/ lier, and tells YOU that by your neglect
you have allowed two or three stupid
borel get dances she had much rather have
given to you
Tom, " after a pause, sis that straightT'
"TIue as gospel, Jack. 1t has tean
played on me many time. scmehmes
rave Known it, ard sometimes, | suppose,
l have not"
GIVE me another instance, Tom"
"Well, do remember the time at the
South Side dancing class when you hunt
ed high and low for Miss De We're, and ST
ter you had given up he search, che ap
peared on TIE tl,or with George Hop
kins?'
'Ye,: and ahe was angry because I hst
! notrome to claim her. She made grea
fuss about it,"
'Of course; told you that if you did no
care enough for her dances 10 claim then
/ would never dance with You again
SID that you left her alone so long tina
she was obliged to dance with that Hop
kins and oil that sort Ct stuff, didn'l
she?"
Eyes: something to that effect"
"And all that time my boy, che was hid
den away talking to Hopkins and wa
fairly trembling lest you should discove
her."
80, that's too much TON"
al or engagement to Hopkins wss an
nounced last week."
aye es"
"Well?"
"Well, perhaps you're right. 1t ism
l,ttering TO mans vanity, though"
"No, and that i what mean by lo'irg
first seasons conceit. But can give yo'
another example You rerember the tim
that came 10 you and tOl / you there ha'
been An error that had inside Us 10th en-
Gagged 10 Miss Smith for the same dance?
"Yes, and yon were mighty msan abou
it, too"
"Cett,jnly. We divided the dance.
took the first halt and danced about four
ffthe."
That's what you did"
"Part of the programme, Jack. 1t wa
mean trick, but it was q regular societ
one. Let me detail you my conversation
with Miss Smith as near as | can remem
Der it. - ~
"'May I have dance, Miss smith?'
asked.
"I wish I could give you one, she re
piled, but my programme ia full.
NOW, that would have sstiffed you
but YVES on good terms with Mis- Smith
and WAS also up on social tr:cks. 80
said
"'Can't divide with some one?'
"'Well. you might have engegsd dane
beforehand, she said.
whose
"She gave me your name, and you re
member the fairy tale cold ycu-engase'
it before she got her programme; forgot u
put il down, etc. e'c."
"Ynu played that on me, Tom?"
"Oh. yes. " nonchalan'ly. "fo1'll b
doing it yourself soon. Cal't play 1t o
an od-timer, though, Jack; remenbe
that"
Then, according TO your story, I'm
one and you're fayorte. "
Not by any means. The only differ
ence is that know the tricks and pIa
them WHEN they come my way and 20
don't. I've had the came things happe
to me times without number. But, n
boy, when young lady upbraids me fc
not claiming dance that she took prec
Gus good care | should not claim, don
feel elsted; tell her | am sorry, and M
sorrow is Just ss genuine az her rcprcacbe'
We are both telling full-dress fbs. Bu
YOU, Jsck, think you've been a villain f.
not taking her sWay from that horri
Brown. Moreover, I'm frequently caugt
on the torn dress or the broken he'
tricks
What are they"
The most common Of all, II youn
lady be dancing with some one she do'
not care to dsrcs with, che suddenly di
covers that piece OF lace or something
that sort is tern. That it is:
Twill you please escort me to the dres
ing-rcom? Some one has torn my dress.
Certainly YOU will. 1t won't take h'