Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-29
RANDOM notes
FAR Americans Fgur-Ths Lines of Per-
feet Form in Woman.
WHO DOES 1 EOElI DRESS FOR
Events Of the Past Weak in Wheeling Social
Circles.
SOCIAL IorEs and COIIEET.

SUClAL AUIEO AND UvAhnhi'
knew a maiden young and fair.
With eyes OF blue
And golden hair,
And lips the hui
OF chefTiesrere
Agirl she was 10 drive me mad;
One fault and only one she had
b punned.
when FIRST / saw her I did know
I'd met my fate
For veal or woe.
Nor long did wait
To tell ner 30.
"Fate's that you sayf' shrieked ana neu'
For no girl could | ever wed
-~Colunbas Dispdich.
Good sense and good taste in dress mat
ters dwell with pAmericaine or they dwell
says q fashion writer. The tempt
alton to . pinched waist has overtaken us
through cur national slenderness q COM
pared with the women of Europe, who are
in stature and stouter, except The
whose youthful figures are perfect,
but who, besides not having the average
Of American women, are fated to
sarly ~emboDpOint and entire loss Of fash
grace. An error quite Is serious
from either q physiological or an artistic
point of view is 70 carry the waist down to
abnormal length, which is reported to be
The coming craze. Doubtless the modiste
tell as she aims but to
meet the requirements Of certain rs
omsrs in this particular. In fact, l have
known little women to insist on being
closeftted the utmost length, so extend
ing the waist more and more, unconscious
that every particle gained on the natural
line told against good proportion of
the figure entire, perhaps to the extent of
converting q woman into u funny waddling
duck. Our daughters need to be carefully
instructed that for all such silly reshsping
and misshaping offended nature will have
her revenge Dress reformers are apt to go
10 the opposite extreme, which is the rea-
sons their attempts do not succeed with
the masses. The woman universal Is not
going to make a guy Of herself. She Knows
there is NO occasion for IL. Meantime,
there are reforms in the air that may prove
worthy to adopt. /, for one, have faith in
our wives and daughters that they do and
will avoid the abuse of corsets generally.
Who does a dress for? Satirists
say for the envy of other women. This
NAV possibly be true in the ultra-fash-
world. But as q rule wives dress
to please their husbands; the girls to charm
some special admirer-or admirers; wo-
mem generally to look ''pretty." A home
with two or three ordinarily appreciative
men always boasts b~etter-dressed women
than one where petticoats alone hold the
1t is sthe fashion" at present to simp-
lify all toilets in q measure. Fewer pieces
are thought essential 10 the whole cos
tune, and for midsummer this is certain
ly an advantage.
Somebody recommends having flowers
in the bonnet really grpwiDg there, but
does not say whether or not his researches
have revealed to him the weight Of Q cubic
foot of earth, or the material of which the
woman's spinal column Is COM
posed. Still there might be worse things
Tor the health than eompellinga woman to
carry her head erect by placing q heavy
en- il. Bring on the fiower-pot
Mrs. Donald Swan, the Baltimore wo.
nan who received notice of her divorce on
Tuesday, ia now at the Stockton Cottage
in Newport. With a tact and delicacy
that must be as rare as il is apparent, her
friends have showered their congratulations
upon her, many calling upon her In per
and others burdening the mails with
congratulatory letters. To the ordinary
way of thinking such q time as this would
be 9 proper one for silence, as it is difficult
to understand how the lady can be congrat-
ulated on having secured o separation
in some way rejecting upon the
Judgment she displayed in tho matter OF
selection. But cid ideas must move with
the world and the innovation is doubtless
we'll intended. Indeed it may be that we
shall vet reach an age in which o divorce
will be celebrated with as much eclat rs o
wedding.
A pleasant party Of young folks took
took supper at the Stamm House ont the
National road, Thursday evening, and
spent the remainder of the evening in o
very pleasant manner in the bowling al
legs.
On Wednesday evening last q number Of
young ladies gave a very enjoyable
leap year bowling party ct Wheeling Park.
Quite q number Of young folks were out
and the affair proved to be g very pleasant
one.
On Thursday evening 8 pleasant dane
ing party was held ut the residence of MI.
Geo. Kraft, on Main street. Quite q large
number Of young folks were present, who
spent the evening in q very pleasant
Ter.
The fourth race meeting Of the Gentle
Driving Association, held on the
State Fair Grounds Friday afternoon, YVES
one of the most enjoyable events of the
30 far. Quite q number of society
people were present and all enjoyed the
racing most thoroughly.
Miss Mary Gantzsr handsomely enter
tanned Q number of her friends, Thursday
evening, ut her home at MI. Aivly. Dane
ing was the principal feature Of amuse-
ment, and Meister's Orchestra furnished
good music. Refreshments were served at
) reasonable hour, and were much enjoyed.
Among those present from Wheeling were
the Misses Erb, Annie Beltz, Lou Schaub,
the Misses Himiller, Sally Winesdorffer
and her guest, Miss Norma Rentz. Of New
Ark, o.; MesseIs. Harry Reed, Of Green
Springs, o.; Joe Winesdorffer, Charley
woeber, VIII Sullivan, Eugene Schaub
aud Laurence Rantz, OF Newark.
There were q number of pleasant tennis
out the road the past week, and
others are promised.
The Sonmmernachtiest given by the
Aricn at the State Fair Grounds Tuesday
last, was o most enjoyable affair,
md the six hundred people present car
'ainly spent 9 pleasant evening, the pro.
yramme Of amusements being long and