Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-05-04

/ Yes" said she: "books are full of that
sort of nonsense. but ! don't know any peO-
pie who could say much about it from eXpe-
riencen
"How many of the one'hundred and fifty
two young ladies in society here think as
YOU do about this natter
Il don't know any that think any other
way" she said.
4 glimpse of the other side of the stua-
ton may be interesting. possibly instruc-
tive. ] spent an evening at the young
mems club not long ago. Girls were the
subject of much of the conversation among
/ the Young fellows One of them, an ac-
! knOwledged beau, was asked by a chummie
| if he was going up to "Nells'' that night.
mo. Stree said he, and made peculiar
gesture holding out mis- arm and letting his
hand fall limp as if he had no strength in
| his wrist. | asked what all this pantomine
/ signified.
'Wrist drop" ! was told, and then was
| informed that wrist drop is a technical
term for lead poisoning which demonstrates
| itself in weakness of the wrist joints.
Deeper inquiry developed the information
that the young man was endeavoring TO
say he had found more sugar
of lead in the young ladys
complexion than was good for his lips.
When / expressed some surprise that these
beauX indifferently snapped tales and jokes
of their kissing experiences, taking no
pains to conceal the names of the young la
dies who had been parties of the second
part in the transactions, | was laughed at
immoderately for my innocence. When |
had drawn the young man with the wrist
drop into something like serious dis
cussion of the Washing society girl. he
rolled a cigarette-his wrist still enabled
him TO DO that-and said:
"Well now. if you are goin to discuss the
society girls you must begin in the right
way. There is every sort of girl IN society
here-North, South, East and West-and
then there is the Washington girl proper.
She's the daisy. She begins TO flirt as soon
as She out of her cradle. She starts in on
Government clerks and the same old crowd
of fellows who never grow aged enough
not to run with the freshest batch of girls
that comes along. About the time she gets
into the nigh school she begins to set traps
for bigger game and goes for the sons of
Cabinet ministers, diplomats, chiefs of
bureaus and so on. When a new admins
tration comes in and these fellows drop out,
she becomes what the 'regulare' call col
lege widow
THE Washington girl he continued.
always wants to marry. but she rarely
gets there. She goes in for every thing
that she thinks will catch US chappies.
Paint! BY JOve. you ought 10 see her daub
it on. Rice powder and starch aren't so
bad. you know A fellow can stand it to
kiss them, but we draw the line at poison.
But if YOU want points on kissing ask Tom
there: he has spread out over larger dis
trict than ony other fellow in our SET
This set, it ought to be explained. is com
posed of young men who frequent the most
fashionable drawing rooms in Washington.
Illustrating Toms nerve the young man
told me little story about what had hap
pened few days before at one of the most
successful receptions of the season." as
he called it. Tom was introduced to the
daughter of gentleman in very high Of
fetal life and in a few minutes the two
stole away behind big screen. into one of
those lovers corners which the Young