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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

ing the question overwhelingly decided IN
favor Of eight hours they agreed 70 nlaAe
the resolution to take the step unanimous.
The United Brotherhood OF CarPe pen
and Joiners has a membership oil '5,uVO ~, IN
AN likelihood, many of the kindred TRACES
will be affected by the action OF TINS union,
but how many il is impossible 10 lell d.
present. There is a number OF olneI
trades that will make the eight-hour ue
mand for the purpose of aiding the seleTl-
ed trades. There are others that since lne
Boston convention. have already succeed
ed. in establishing the eight-hour day, lhe
ARRANGEMENT being that 1t will take eiIecU
on MAY /. Among those who have done 50
are the plasterers, the cigar-makerS ana IIle
German printers. besides few others. IN
all probability, the movement Will reacn tilS
English compositOrs of the lnternallonai
Typographical Union. / have reason TO De
lieve that some newspaper establishments
in New York City will adopt the new
work-day on May /, and that several
papers will put the eight hour rule mo
effect in their mechanical departments on
that date. These indications are encour-
aging, but they are no more so than many
received from other points remote from
New York.
American workingmen have regardeu
the international labor conference In Eu-
rope with considerable interest III Is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

This is the captivating daughter Of old
KOopon, with a dowrv of half score OF
millions pinned 10 her skirt tail. She IS
acting the part of a Swiss sewing maid or,
TO use the parlance of the stage. singing
chambermaid. The costume suits the
dainty creature 20 a crease. What
sparkle in her glance. her gestures.
her every pose Your dowdy Swiss
damsel would look quite elephan-
tine alongside Going on the regular stage
No: al least she has no intention Of condo
scending 10 elevate the dramatic profess
sion-by joining lis ranks and bagging a
big share of the earnings. Her mission Is
the more practical. if more prosaic, one OF
swelling the list of patriotic American ma
irons and raising thoroughbreds who will
add to the Natianal glory What pity we
can't see costumes as picturesque as this in
our parks and streets. Why should short
skirts and bright contrasts. snowy aprons
on frocks of home-spun red. be confined
10 the footlghts and the Italian
slums. VIII nobody with a Knick-
erbocker name set the fashion. or at least
test it. My lady sings: pretty rustic mel
odv il is too. Swiss voice, did you say.
Not exactly; that voice was trained on Muir
ray Hill. None your thin, wheezy, reedy
voices. such as you hear across the coun-
tiers and pews too generally. 4 rich, full
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

This is KOlliheur's. the famous million
aire florist His window is varously re-
garded by the petticoated procession out
side-some regard it as complexion i'm
proven. the flush of the roses glowing on
the cheeks of the OnlOokers. Others are
afraid of their own bloom suffering by the
contrast. but still they throng the window.
Outside we leave charming Salie
in her racy Jacket and iaunty hat,
and join the highly philanthropic city
magnate in contemplation of the grace
full creature who is uelng up the
bouquet he is going TO give tonight TO Sig
nora Petite at the Casino. Note her flow
ing lines, her generous curves, her eXqWs-
lite grace of movement. Thank the She
tailor. Oh, no. not AT all: she Is clad IN the
simplest black, simple and plain-yes-but
for that very reason the most effective set
ting TO show up the charms OF the gem IT
self Fine feathers do not by any means
make fine human birds. Beauty when
! least Overlaid with adOrnment shows 10 best
advantage and the wise among Gotham 5
store-assistants II humbly beg pardon,
sales-duchesses) are beginning TO perceive
the fact.
We have not vet found our Columbine in
! the highway nor among the noWer-pOtsi
suppose we try the church. There, now
! is the porch of st. Simon MaguS, the cele-
brated sanctuary of the millionaires.
Call this morning service: Not at all,
how green YOU must be down your way
Don't YOU know it's Easter day in the
morning. and the vcstal virgins devote
themselves to the pious labor of decorating
the chancel. That all. Handsome young
Vaudewittikin. the curate, is up on the
| ladder placing the nosegays as pretty Miss
| Angela Goldboc1cr daintily throws them
up TO him. Odd that so athletic divine
should manage to miss fire so often, but a
bewitching face and figure is never harmed
by framework Of flowers American:
Why. certainly. the very pink of perfection
of native grace with litheness. Coquettlsh
about the dashing playof the kerchief that
contrasts so boldly with her golden curls.
And the sparkle of that knockabout cotton
| Jacket Could artist desire more eXquis-
lite blend of youth, beauty. vivacity and
| fun. She has her apron on, too. like the
Woodworking maiden she is. blessings on
her practical piety' go,
We will wait for our churchly type till
| Sunday comes, when we shall have choice
and to spare Suppose we pop into the
Berkely Lyceum ana watch the ruth
avenue amateurs rehearsc their little COM
edv for next week.
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G0THAMITE GIRLS.
ASEARCH FOR HER THROUGH BROADWAY AM
ITS RESULTS.
The World Of Womankind-The Handy Chest-De-
yeloper-The Sales-Duchess-Ihe Church
Adoner-The Amateur Actress.
The Normandie Bonnie.

New YORK. April 25.-Of all the peren-
NAL worlds fairs of beauty commend me TO
the public promenades of Gotham for va
riety of type and rare perfection Of select
ed specimens. Talk of old world types,
WHY. have not the pick Of them all been
trooping over here this century or more TO
find flesh tints and holdings in the blend
ing of races beneath as sunny skies as ever
painted the peach-bloom on an Italian lip!
OF course they have. and by and by If the
European beauty stock gives out, as no
doubt it will, these golden States Will be
the only mart that can replenlsh the play
ed-out old world without missing the out
put
All! here we are. Columbia minor in i'm
ported corsets and cloaks.
She has studied the pose OF her malestlc
model in the harbor, and been struck WIN
her bold but graceful erectness. Demons
ellie Liberty lives out in the open; the brisk
northwesterly breezes have blown ON her
back till her chest stands out with regal
fullness. Young Miss Columby OF Muir
raw Hill. rather guesses she has found an
improved substitute for the breezes IN her
dainty paraphine. Prairie-bred: Wen,
no. not exactly. but if the dancing
ters'. the tailor-made girl makers, the
modistcS and the milliners' combined arts
can not beat Old Dame Natures grand
motherly methods into fits, what's the use
of Delsartean civilization, anyway:
But look at what she is looking at' peep
through the window at the divinity wlthln.
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bismarck md Grant.

Berlin LeHer 70 PtHGdiphjq telegraph.
must say that i'm olden times our wan
dering citizens who visited Berlin met with
q very kind deception at the hands OF the
Chancellor. This was especially the case
when Gen. Grant came 20 visit the German
capital. Prince Bismarck called upon him
I'm the most friendly and informal style,
amazing the American party not little by
the holiness and freedom Of some OF his re
marks For instance he was asked II his
son. Count Herbert, was married.
"Oh. no. answered the Prince; he IS
too busy making love TO the wives of other
men 10 think of selecting one for himself
The history of the divorce of the Princess
Elizabeth Won Carolath Beuthen, which fol
lowed only few months later. gave point
and confirmation 20 this remark. The
Wallets of Prince Bismarck was much amaz-
ed next day when a plain, sturdy gentle
man. sheltered beneath AN umbrella from
the pouring rain. without equipage and
without attendants. came 20 call upon their
master. aud they learned that this informal
visitor was no other than our famous eN-
President
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

her hat. bonnet, or Babel tower OF fun ana
feathers. we might be forgiven for fancy
ing there may be more genius on the out
side than in the inside of that charming
pate.
Do YOU notice by this time how wonder
fully the French setting suits the native
pearl. If we were deaf we should never
know whether they We're natives or inn
ported limitations Whereby hangs some
what Of tale We will 60 and see the
comedy in its completeness next week and
record our solemn verdict then. Just now
we shall do well 10 pursue our investiga-
tons little farther, into the Park, to-wit:
Now here we strike the real original ar
ticle. no other than veritable Normandie
bonnie. All the rest have been French,
more or less. but this one is real French.
\ delightful picture she makes, or at least
so think the throng of strollers who cast
sleeps eyes at the capacious cloak enyel-
oping the trimmest of figures Who says
now that conventional dresses and head
gear are essential 10 feminine charms The
bonney bonnie and the bonny babe, pas
toral group, is an artificial picture. Such
is New York, a universe in miniature.
where can be seen contrasts in life and man
ners. in character and costumes, universal
as to types, yet packed into but a few square
yards.
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MEMORY IN INFANTS.
Jean Ingelow Tells an Incident Showing
Its Existence.

.JeqH H4gei0r ~ LonGw0H's N0gd-ine.
Ny mother went on visit to my grand
father. who lived in London. She took
with her little brother of mine who was
II months old. and his nurse. who waited
on her as her maid One day this nurse
brought the baby boy into my mothers
room and put HIM on the floor, which was
carpeted all over. There he crept about
and amused himself according 10 his
likes. When my mother was dressed "a
certain ring that she generally wore was
not TO be found. Great search was made,
but IL was never produced, and the visit
over. they all went away, and ii was al
most forgotten.
Exactly year after they again went 10
visit the grandfather. This baby was now
a wear and eleven months old. The same
nurse took him into the same room, ana my
mother saw him. after looking about him,
deliberately walk 10 a certain corner, turn
a bit Of the carpet back. and produce the
ring He never gave any account of the mat
ter. nor did he. as far as know, remember
il afterward II seems most likely that he
found the ring on the floor and hid 1t. as in
a safe place. under a corner of Brussels
carpet where il was not nailed. He proba-
bly forgot all about il till he saw the
place again, and he was far too infan-
tile at the the time il was missed 10 under
stand what the talk that went on was
about. or to know what the search, which
perhaps ne did not notice. was for
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

CHANGING over the field. l think the move
ment. thus far. comes up 10 my eXpecta-
lions. We have not INDUCED in idle
boasts. Our course has been open and
above Board We have endeavOred 10 en-
tighten the public mind and have frankly
and honestly stated our intention 10 iu-
auglrate the eight-hour movement on the
lst of May next We propose, in our own
way. To secure success without buncOmbe.
feel greatly encouraged by the general
tenor of the correspondence received and
tie promises of aid from the organizations
towards helping those trades that have been
selected as the vanguard, to substantial sue
cess. / am in receipt of communications
from all over the country foreshadowing
success for the eight-hour movement. Mr.
Menche. leading member of the Fedora
ton of Labor in Denver, writes me that
he has never vet seen. in the history of the
movement, such enthusiasm and spirit rs
now prevail This is the / feeling find
everywhere.
The strike i'm Chicago is directly in line
of our movement and SO is that of the car
penters and joiners in New York. This
was the trade selected TO take the initatory
step. When the question of accepting the
task was submitted to the carpenters and
joiners, they voted upon ii and practically
voted unanimously. At their recent meet
ing when the final vote was taken. there
was small minority against it; but, find
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27


nm b, f,lrovrino SATURDAY \Virrs called
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tb..,-i.i.,, whom me- minister had shaken
be,5. ,,i+b him $50 Ron NON that NOT ONLY
n. Int everybody. is delighted with the
br,rher. Ike Sermon
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f,.-.. 49,. -,... main lo-s I'm tb1t church
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

..But amt Wigs replied Il am a
shorter from Bar Heller. l amt the man
that butted the bull often the bridge, but /
am the man that rid the bay steer through
the saft ooze of the swamp Of dispair FL
YOU don't wanter git that coat dirty, wy OF
with H."
Brother. at the risk of displeasing the
people whom it is my duty TO please, Will
make another venture. l Will preach Tor
YOU again next Sunday"
On the following Sunday the people were
still further surprised at the great virtues
of brother Ike, but being indulgent made
no complaint Three days later Wigs rode
up 20 the preachers house and, seeing the
minister i'm the yard. diSmounted.
Come out here a mint, Wigs called.
What can YOU possibly want with me
now" the preacher asked, as he climbed
over the fence.
Il have come on mighty distressin' bust
ness. You know that you preached my
brothers funeral three tines
Yes. and YOU can not possibly want me
to preach 10 again''
NO: fur from it. have Jest found out
that Ike want nothin but my half brother
and don't propose 10 do so much fur Eel
Ter that amt no more kin TO me than that
So. brother. Wen have 10 fix IL.
But how can we, The funerals have
been preached
II know that. an that's why 1 have
come. want YOU to go 10 the church next
SUNDAY an take them sermons back. 1
ain c havin no half brother pulled. Thar
amt no half way business about me. Will
YOU take them sermons back next sun
dav."
Il have accommodated you three times
and now beg YOU 20 20 away
I'll lowd that I'd have TO waller YOU
''I tell YOU that ] am man of peace and
gentleness.
"Lowd that I'd have 10 waller YOU.
'Weu, come ON then, You triiing scroun-
drel'
The preacher took off his coat and hung
it on the fence, Wigs looked up ana
down the road. The preacher rolled up his
sleeves. and turning toward his house. lift
ed his hands and said Lord, Thou know
est that when 1 killed old Lige Moore, and
sam Tillotsou, and Calvin Green, and
Dock Vance that / prayed that all such
cups might forever pass me, but thou seest
thar I am compelled 10 defend myself
The preacher turned about. Dust was
rising down the lane Wigs had taken 70
his heels. OPE p READ.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27
Josh billings, PhIIosohy.


The man who is strictly honest and moth
ing over. hain't got emmy thing more teW
brag on than pair or steelyards haz
Some of the meanest cusses ! ever knu mao
rot few be so honest bi long praktss that
they could CUES AT pound.
II man hain't got grit enuf IN stand the
tenptashun ov gin cOcktil, how kan he
fight a real difikulty when he glts
chance,
Awl plezzures are lawful that don't end IN
making us feel sorry
The man who kan be proud IN the pres
ence ov kings, humble when he communes
with himself. sassy ia poverty, and polite
IN truth. IL one of the boys.
Natur duz awl her big and little jobs
without making emmy fuss; the earth goes
around the sun. the moon changes, the
eklipses quietly occur. and the pOllyw0g
silently and taillessly. bekums frog; but
man kant even deliver small-slzed 4th Oy
July orashun without knocking down a
mountain or two. and tareing up three OF
four primeval forests by the bleeding ruts.
Liberty is a just mixture ov freedum, re
straint and protelltiOn.
Advice IL like kastor ile-easy enuff 10
give, but dreadful uneasy tew take.
\ good conscience IL fOretaste Of
heaven.
There IL few. If emmy, more suggestive
sights tew a philosopher than tew lean
aginst the side ov wall and peruse a clean,
phatt, and well disciplined baby, spread
out on the floor, trieing tew smash ham
mer awl to pieces with looking glass.
Every man kan boast of one admirer.
If WI would be sucksessful in corecktine
the iniquity ov the people, fire at their
vices. not at the people. The trcw way tew
abuze a drunkard IL tew brake hiz Jug.
Life is punktuated paragrah: disseazes
are the commas. sickness the semicolons,
and death the full stop.
No man is ritch who wants emmy more
than what he haz got
Don't civ outward appearances awl the
credit: the spirit ov a handsum boot IL the
fut that IL in IT,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

Where are wenow. Have we discovered
the American girl. Has the typical Col
umbia tiipped adown the Broadway side
walk. Wen. perhaps she has, and perhaps
she hasn't. Perhaps she happens to have
gone a-health hunting in the Rockies, or Is
practicing for the Amazon rowing match,
or she may be doinga walking tour through
California, on peradventure she has Just
run over to Paris to do a bit of shopping.
Never mind. we will be sure TO find her one
Of these early days. even if we have to 90
over sea TO catch her. e. Y.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27

The entire staff of vice-preSidentS OF the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
.Ioiners have been selected TO visit the
PRINCIPAL cities and towns of the country
which are expected TO make the eight-hour
demand. In addition to these men George
/ f. Mcneil. of Boston; p. j. Mcguire,
secretary of the United brotherhood OF
/ Carpenters and Joiners, OF Philadelphia;
/ Henrv LLOYD, of Toronto; Henry Emrch,
| of New York William j. Dillon, OF Puts
burgh: John Mcbride, OF Masslhon, o.;
David Ross, of OgleSby, ILL.,; Frank A.
| Foster. of Boston; f. c. Kilgallon, OF Mill
wood. Pa. +. NJ Schafer OF Mcheesport,
/ Pa: William II. Kimber, OF Grand Cross
/ ing, H.: p. T. Fitzpatrick, OF Cincinnati
To-: John :. Kirchner OF Phlladelpha,
/ Edward L. Daley, of Lynn, Mass. D. H.
Burt. of Wheeling, w. Va; Paul Croft
/ kau. of Milwaukee, Wis; II. >. SkHnlhs-
tom. of Charlestown. Mass; George Gun
/ fon of New York: j. II. Bates, of Duluth,
Mimi. and myself will take the field IN the
same line of preparatory addresses al Varl-
ous meetings until the day for the move
ment has arrived. Last week l spoke at
meetings-on April 10 at Pittsburgh, 10Th
M Columbus. nth at Cincinnati, l9th al
/ INDIANAPOLIS 2Oth at Chicago; ana during
the coming week / will have meetings IN
/ Milwaukee on the DIST. again AT Cmcago on
/ the BOD. when large mass-meetng Will ne
held. Detroit ON the 23d. Cleveland on the
oath. Buffalo on the 18th, Syracuse on the
/ 96th Yonkers ON the 21th, and LoulsNllle
ON Nav 1. | mention these matters TO IL
lustl.lte the energy and thOrOughnesS WIN
which the work of agitation and prepara-
tion for the elimination of this great move
meut has necessarily been conducted.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-27
LABOR'S BATTLE.
PRESIDENT GOMPERS TALKS OF THE COMING
EIGHT-HOUR STRIKE.
How the Long Campaign Of Agitation and Prepare
ton has been Conducted-The Fedora
ton Confdentof Winning

/ Special Correspondence OF me Aeytet"'
CHcAGo. April 24-Public interest all
over the Union is awakened TO the import
ance Of the great movement now III pro
gress for an eight-hour work-day. Az us
convention held in ST. LOUIS on DecehloeI'
/ 1855. the American Federation OF LABOR,
representing a membership of over 5OO,OO
workers, decided 10 take the lhlIiauVe III
inapurating this movement OF the work
int,-neonle of the United States on the hrst
dav of Nav. 1890. 1t was directed by the
convention that books, pamphlets, clrcu,
lars naDers and other documents should
ne printed and distributed throughout the
country To eulighten the public mind upon
mis- question and to prepare the way Tor
| the general adoption of the movement
A consensus of opinion was OBTAINED
from the leading minds aud the business
men of the country upon the auVlsaDllill
and practicability of enforcing the elghl-
hour work day by agreement WIN the en-
udoyers. great majority OF the gehle-
men responded and extracts from their re
plies were published in the daily papers at
the time
The next step in the agitation was q
series of simultaneous mass meetings
throughout the country. These were held
on February -, July 4 and Labor Day
1890 .,
The convention of the Federation held
in Boston last December ratified the de
cision of the St. Louis convention as TO the
slan of action and instructed and author
led the executive council of the Fedora
ton TO select a trade TO make the demand
on MAY /. 1890 for the enforcement OF the
eiqht-hour day. The last of the series OF
simultaneous maSs-meetings, held on FeO-
ruary %. 1890, practically closed the aglta-
ton. There have been other meetings heid
since then. and meetings will continue to be
held from now until MAY /; but these are
more preparatory than agitative. The
next step was the selection by the eXecu-
tive council. in accordance with the IN
structions of the Boston convention, OF a
trade to make the demand, and after some
consultation the United brotherhood OF
Carpenters and JoinerS of America was
chosen. 1t was also decided that as soon
as the movement in that trade for the
eight-hour day was concluded the United
Mine Workers of America should be the
second trade 10 make the demand, and so
on. taking each trade in succession, until
the movement embraced the entire indus
trial field Trades We're selected in order
according TO their degree of preparation.
I'm each instance the injunction was to
concentrate the united efforts OF all with Il
view of securing a victory for the trade
which should at that time be the one active
" engaged i'm the movement,
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bosomed tone comes from my lady fair,
o oO50 forecasts the coming day when excess
~ Zoe and candy eating will no longer i'm
% ~ the Me- browning charm of GOtham's fair
yw ,I,I But that day hasn't come
yet. -, ~, ,.os. ,rau she
&c the newly arrived Parisienne in the play.
She is wofully faulty in her English.
Can't for the life of her make the servant
understand that she asked for spoon ana
not a staircase. Her pretty gestculatlons
are even more fascinating than her hsplngs,
and what genius for pose The part nus
our jennc premiere like the gloves she
wears up TO her armpits. AS lor