Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-27
is all that summer can hope to win amid

proper tc man possessed of the true liier-
airy temperament, when the first fe.vor of
youth fer mere living is gone, when the
mrs. crude difficulties of accumulation are
over, and when the mind, admitted 10
regions Of az smpler ether and divirer cir
tda1 any she has inhabited before. feels
the fall charm end spsll of mans vast
oir'hnght of knowiejg', and ia seiz ID with
suotleT ouriosities and further reaching
desiTes than anything she has vet baen
coascIous of. The world of fact and OF
idea IS open, and the explorers instruments
are "a perfect az they can be made. The
lntoxlcltiOn Of entrance is full upon him.
and the les5itude which il the inevita-
ole Nemesls Of an unendirg task, and the
chill which sooner or later d scsrds upon
eVery human top9, G:e gs yet mere names
and shadows, counting for nothing in the
tranquil vista of tis life, which seems t.
he spread out before him. L is q rare s. at =,
for many mea are capable OF the az
premiership which leads t. il, ard breath
OF hostile circumstances may put an end "a
1t, but n It's O"n manner and degree. aud
"hlls 1t lasts, 1t is one of the golden states
OF cons ,lous1ess, and G man enjoying il
ie'ls this mysterious gift of existence Ia
have been e kindly boon from some benef.
cent power.
Arrived at Mrs Stuart's Kendall found
a large gathering already filing the pleas
ant low rooms, looking upon trees at
either end, upon which Mrs. Stuart had
impressed Throughout tie stamp Of her
own keen little per onslity. She was CON-
pentent in all h;ngs-competent in her
criticism of hook, aud more thsn compe-
tent in ell that pertained to the nicetiss of
house management Her dinner parties.
of which each WAS built up from fonnds-
ton 20 climax with the most delicate skill
and unity OF plan; her pretty dresses, in
which she trailed about her soft colored
rooms; her ene1g7, her kindre2s, AID even
the evident bat quite innocent pursuit of
social perfection in which she delighted
al made her popular, ard it was not diff
cult for her to gather together whom she
would when SIZE wish-d to launch a soci i
novelty. Ga the present occaeion she was
very much in her element. All around
her were people more or less distinguished
in the London world; here was sn editor.
there an artist, a junior member of the
government chatted over his tee with
foreign minister, AID a flow Of the usual
London chatter Of a superior kind was rip
ping through the room when Kendall en-
tered.
Mrs. Stnait put him in the way of 2
chair and Of abundant chances of converse
ton, and then LETT him with shrug of
her shoulders and whisper "Tha
beauty is shGckingly late! feline what
shall do if all these people are disappont-
ed" In reality Mrs Stuart was beginning
to be restless Kendall had himself arrived
very late, and, as the talk flowed faster and
the room filed fuller Of guests eager
for the neW sensation which had
bsen promised them, tie spirits of
tie little hostess began to sink The min
lister bad surreptitiously Looked at his
watch, and tires)me lady friend had said
good-by with q voice which might have
been lower and with a lament which
might have been spared. Mrs Stuart set
great store upon the success of her social
and to gather crowd of
( eople TO meet the Tising star Of the season,
and then to have to fend them home with
only tea and talk to remember, was one Of
those failures which no one with any self
respect should allow themselves to risk.
However, fOrtune was cnce more kind 10
o1e of her chief fsvosiles Mrs. Stuart
was ips. listening with tired face to the
well meant but depressing condolences Of
TIE barrister standing by her, who was de-
ecribing TO her the absurd failure" Of g
party to meet the leading actress of the
Comedie Franchise, TO which he had been
in the previous season, when the sound of
wheels was hsard outside. Mrs. Stuart
made q quick step forward, leaving her
Jobs comforter planted in the middle Of
his story, the hum Of talk dropped in an
inatant, and the crowd about the door fell
hastily back as it was thrown back and
Miss Bretherton entered.
What q glow of radiance and beauty en-
tered the roam with her She came 10
rapidly, her graceful head thrown esge.ly
back, her face kindlipg and her hands cut
stretched az she caught sight Of Mrs.
Stuart. There was a vigor and ependor
If life about her thst made sll her move
ments large and emphatic, ard yet, at tde
same time, nothing could exceed the deli
cate finish Of the physical structure itself
VIVA. was indeed characteristic in her was
this combination of extraordinary Te-tect
ness of detail, with 8 flash, warmth, a
force of impression, such ss often raises The
lower kinds of beauty into excellence and
pieturesquen6ss, bat is seldom found in
conr ection with those types where the
beauty is, as it were, sufficient in and by
ITSELF and does not need anything but its
own Inherent hlrmonies Of line and hue to
impress itself on the behOlder.
There were some, indeed, who maintain
I'd that the smallness and delicacy of her
features was out OF keeping with her
stature and her ample gliding motions.
Bat here, spain, the impression of deli
,ecv was transformed half way into one of
Driliiancy by the large hazel eyes and the
vivid whiteneso of tie skin. Kendall
watched her from his corner, where his
with two musical young
aides had bsen suddenly suspended by the
arrival of the actress, and thought that his
Impression of the week b. fore had been, if
INV thing, Delo8 the truth.
''She comes into the room well, too" he
aid to himself critically; "she is not
mere milkmaid; she has some manner,
iome individuality. Alb, now Fernando"
the minister-"has got hold of
Ter. Then, | suppose, RushbroOk (the
member of the government will come next
ind we commoner mortals in our turn.
What sbsurdities these things arew
His reflections, however, were stopped |
" TIE ordinations of the girls beside
lin, who were already werm admirers of
Miss Brethtr.on, and wild with enthusi-
sm at finding themselves in the same
DOM with her. They discovered that
lie was going to see her in the even
NO; they envied him, they de cnbad
he play to him, they dwelt in superlatiyes
n the crowded state Of the theatre and on
ne plaudits which greeted Miss Brother
on's first appearance in the ballroom
Gene in the first act, and they allowed
themselves berg aesthetic damssls robed
n sober ereenish grays-a gentle lament
yer the somewhat violent co,oring of one
( the actress c>stumes, while all the time