Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
RANDOM NOTES.
Christmas Week Was Spent by Society
PaOp.a
rlr IS BOOKED FOR Tbs FUTURE.

r About Society and Some Points About
Mems Dress
Rails. PARTIES and WEDDINGS.
t.-heb ball. Torn bits Of ace.
-..spss lows and fover show the trace
qt-s dancers FLASHED. caught in the height
7-rsa.s mad music. rthmic, night,
los. ln the dance vortex pace.
.-.eas br-, D. So near sloe-eyei Grace
And ,ya-...i the glory Of her face.
t..rs.ths. she were now TO sight
amer le ball.
She's uo- I've had pretty Chase
ST.. -ost her brooch. dropped in che race
r-..rrer She and Tom -o-nish,
SEM ONE had Co De polite
lore. 6o- must search the place
A.er Che hsL
-Walcn FrCasr.et DIX.
GOOD part of the past week was spent
-urg and receiving Christmas presents,
.-t.hs remainder Of the time has bsen &C.
iia admirirg them, 50 that there was
~-acl leisure to iniulse in social gaiety.
-,aI al The Wheeling Club, Friday
al. opened the holiday festivities, and
I'm -5w on those in the social swim
rbs cutie gay for the next couple Of
ra
Brlsre is to be 20 New Year calling
es7a-. q. least not formally. This is
changes-tbis ind1en za-stricken
s5 ours. Set back the clock few
7.-s s,d everyone ia town would have
s.s getting ready for New Years Day
Lliss would have been collecting chrysan-
hsaons for their drawing-rooms, snd
men about town struggling not 10 pay
nose than the purchase price of horse
s.l coupe for the use OF a vehicle on the
ss. dsy Of January. But now all is
,58-gsd-as much changed as the wealth
En- People now do 10. even as much as
brig out a card basket. And perhaps all
tins change is for the better, when you
come 10 consider 10. tt always was a
sort of nuisance. the whole thing; seed
cake and sherry, evening dress at noon,
and q stream Of men who didn't want to
call visiting psople who didn't want to see
them. We are well rid OF it. The men
vl0 only called once o year were no more
sresting then the book ageut ard the
-.1rance go-be,ween who come all the
var around May be formal New YeEr
eng is better out Of the way.
however. New Years afternoon is very
aiming time 60 make informal calls, and
ttase promise 20 be quite numerous this
year. It has been suggested that a num-
te- of ladies might receive Informally 80
The Wheeling Club Tuesday afternoon.
Web. that would be quite Jolly, and a
merry party could be gotten together who
would 1udoub eddy spend pleasant after
noon dancing snd playing csTds.
Several parties are on the tapis for the
coming week. snd several move were 70
have been given, hat they have been post
poned.
Monday evening Miss Florence OFT viii
give a reception and dance 10 her friends
iu honor OF her charming visitor, Miss
Nellie Bsssel, of ClaIksburg. 1t viii be
one CT the most enjoyable affairs Of the sea-
son.
GA Tuesday evening the Kirkwo0d Ath-
IetC Association viii give a reception at
their Club house, ard 10 promises TO be
most delightful affair. The committee in
charge is composed OF Messrs. J. W FOw-
lsr. j. O. Heilnein, J. o. H0wells, T. W.
Shippers and j. A. Topping. The club has
one Of the finest carcing floors in this part
ct tts country, and their semi-monthly
hops sre enjoyable s1airs, and this one
Will doubtless he made even more so, i'll
tha- were possible.
An aviation has been received from
Charleston Tor a New Year German 20 be
given at 1a Hotel Rutiaer Tuesday even
ur hg tte yOung men oi that city.
Drcnt VIII commence az nine o'clock
end German viii begin at eleven. The
clsptUes are Mrs Neil Robinson, Mrs.
h-- Walker, Mrs Joel S. Quarter,
BIS De- Witt Clinton Gallsher, Mrs. Geo. 5.
C-,h. Mrs. Wesley Mollohan, Mrs. Hen
~ CLAW Dickinson and Mrs. Frank III.
Markell. The Committee of Arrange
uents is composed of Messrs. Clarence
Moore Edward Wilbur Stanton and
John Anderson Peyton. Ii viii no doubt
be- an elegant affair.
Among the enjoyable holiday events
hat would have taken place had not the
aIeiessness and Indifference Of the young
men msds ia impossible, would have been
a meeting Of the Ootilli0n Club. The true
cause of the failure Of that organization,
which promished so much for its
members, was the selhshuess OF some
O.. the young meu. A rule was
adopted by the club that the yOnng men,
instead OF selecting whatever lady they de-
sired to escort, were TO draw by
card and this ought TO hsve been sausfsc-
toaL But 10 wasn't, and some OF the
Young men wouldn't play any more on
.ls8 tla7 could select whatever girl they
vented. 10 there's the little story Of
a,fshnsss chat broke mp the organization.
Several society Young men thought they
Fo1lj send a present TO q number Of their
aiy friends vhOreside In sweet peace ard
harmony ia one abode on North Main
street. and they purchased a genuine brin-
1a Pug deg Of the plaster Of Paris variety, /
Frch cost as much az twenty-five cents. /
I-ey pIastered pug all over with vari- /
col, witty Inscriptions, tied blue ribbon
au1rd bis neck holding q card which bore
PEE name "MCGin'y,' AID then prepared
c send 10 20 Che girls. They delayed 10 a
tte too long, though, and the girl 60. q
uuor of the little scheme. The next day /