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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
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Hcnry'S wives, like bank notes, were
priced according to their face value,
and retired from circulation as soon as
there was any discount on them.
His first wife was the widow of his
younger brother. Her name was Cath
crime. The prOmptneSS with which she
married Henry juStitieS me in saying
that she really did not deserve the good
fortune of losing her first husband.
She was. however, little sensitive on
the subject herself, for she never al
luded to him aS her late husband, but
As her deceased brOther-in-law."
Henry seems to have got along very
well with Queen Catherine for num-
Der of years until he was suddenly over
whelmed by remorSe. 1t occurred to
him that he had Sinned in marrying his
brothers widow. His remorSe was,
however. little peculiar. In the
morning he would adOrn himself with
SackclOth and ashes, and in the after
noon he could be seen driving in light
top buggy with Annie BOleyn, holding
the reinS with one hand and telling her
sweet things.
He instituted divorce proceedings
against his wife for failing TO support
him. but they were slower than the con-
viction of a New York Doodle alderman,
because the Pope refused To sanction
them. Henry obtained his divorce and
married his affinity, Annie Boleyn,
whose tender attachment for the King
was. however, soon followed by a train
of disaster. for about a year later Henry
made the acquaintance of Lady Jane
Seymour. As Annie Boleyn had been
a kind of underStudy TO Queen Cathe-
riue, just so Lady Jane was one of the
Maids of Honor of Annie Boleyn. The
King accused Annie of failing to pro-
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an hour or so, but he soon rev ived,
which Joke is said TO have been the real
.cause of the downfall of Cardinal VOL
sey, who got it off at the wedding break
fast. But for that wretched chestnut
he might be alive to-day. They were
married with great pomp, the Drlde
wearing Il magnificent train several
yards long, carried by four pail bearers
King Henry soon grew tired OF his
third wife. and he determined also TO re-
tire her from circulation. The cause
is not known, but very likely 1t was
onions. or cold feet, or failure to sup
port him, or high treason, or some
other trivial offenSe, so he ordered hel
divorce and execution TO be cele brated
at once: but Lady Jane played him q
mean trick. Just as the eXecutlonel
was getting ready to finish oil her head
and call 'neckSt," it occurred to her to
die of a fever. The disconsolate wild
over did not relish the way his third wife
had treated him. He was put out OF
third.
Henry was full of whims. He decided
that the next woman upon whom II
would devolve to make him widower
should be a large woman eighteen hands
high, his previous wives having been
rather diminutive. He selected Anne,
of CleyeS, and had her brought ovel
from Flanders. She was quite an eX'
tensive woman, but when Henry saw
her he changed his mind and decided IL
wed tall thin, angular woman,
some female who, all flesh be-
ING grass, looked as though she had
been raised during 4 drought, and who
was tall enough to utilize in putting out
the gas in the hall. Consequently
Anne, of Cloves, did not suit him, for
while she was not all wool she was more
than yard wide. She reminded him,
so he said. of big feather bed with a
string tied around the middle. He mar
ried her. however, and sent her back
home with her head on her shoulders,
an oversight which has never been sat
iSfactorily explained.
Then he married Cathrine Howard and
had her head chopped off. A short
time elapsed before he married again
and he was busy writing book entitled
"A necessary doctrine for any Christian
man" He probably made a great deal
of money out of it, as he had no trouble
getting his royalty, an advantage which
some modern authors do not enjoy. He
next led widow by the name of Cath
crime Parr to the altar. Before Henry
married her she was the widow of Lord
Stanley. 1t was not long before Hal
wanted her to go through the usual
programme and become his widow. He
desired to have her executed for being
fluent with her conversational faculties.
No doubt she would have gone to
swell the mob of headleSs widows, but
Henry died and was gathered TO his
widows.
This is the true story of Henry the
Eighth'S experiences. OF course, have
told it in my lurid way. but have given
it straight, and it shows that, although
ut the present time the number of
women who really care to vote is about
equal to the number of men who like to
put the baby to sleep, yet nevertheless
the Opposing" sex, as it has aptly
been called, has advanced with gigan-
tic strides since the days of bluff King
Hal"
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crossed over the one behind. This
seems to be- the stock rendition of the
modest, the maidenly, the essentially
feminine. Lcfcbyre has used it in his
beautiful "Undine" among the reeds,
her hand over her head, hair over her
shoulders. right leg very slightly for
ward. Elephants "Bather," and in
sculpture Aizelin'S ''Nymph of Diana, "
and de NaSSelot'S "Night" and Day"
particularly the figure of Might fold
ing her draperieS about her, the right
knee bent and the foot drawn behind
the left knee-all these being recent
Salon eXhibitS-with scores and fifties
of pictures and statues that occur to any
student illustrate she idea perfectly.
To appreciate the bearing of this pos
ture on the knock-knecd issue one must
bear in mind that the woman'S knee is
different from the mans. The sculptor
uses the same relative measurements of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

length in modelling masculine and fem
mime figures, but very different breadth
measurements. The woman's shoulders
are in proportion narrower, her hips
broader. This explanation of the hips
gives a greater inclination of the fumor
bones toward each other at their lower
extremities to produce equilibrium; in
other words, woman's thighs slope
more rapidly to her knees. This pro-
duces difference of angle in the set
Ting on of the bones of the lower leg
and a greater protuberance inward at
the knee. A woman's knee is larger in
proportion than a mans and fleshier,
and it doesn't need much exaggeration
of this enlargement of the knee joint
ana inward protuberance to bring about
what in an actual woman is the begin
ming OF knock-kneedness but in work
of art can be interpreted If it stops at
just the right point and is combined
with the right attitude, as simply an
accentuatiOn of the characteristic femin-
inc attribute.
Miss Louisa Lawson, who has re-
ceived the commission of the letter car
riers Of the United States to execute
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

diSgraced his cloth. In fact, when the
game of crOquet was first introduced
the irrevcrent were accustomed TO call
10 "PreSbyterian billiards" The satire
only emphasized the fact that church
going people admitted the innocent
nature of the game itself, and only OBJ
jected 10 its surroundings. CrOQuet
may have been the means of introducing
billiards 10 the home circle. AT all
events, public opinion has undergone a
decided change on the subject. \ bill
lard table is found in many theological
seminary, and the most eminent divineS
find relaxation in the click of the
worries.
The game is so well suited 10 the
home that il Is surprising il did not be-
come popular long ago. 1t requires Just
enough of physical exercise to balance
the mental effort. Unlike whist, the
body. instead of wearying of one post
ure, is rested by the exercise afforded in
walking around the table and handling
the cue.
a list of the men. prominent in iinan-
cial and social circles. who enjoy bill
iardS at their homes would be Il long
one. Jay Gould and the NanderbiltS
have billiard rooms 40 their city resi-
denceS, and George Gould has one in his
mountain lodge, also. c. L. Hunting
ton. August Belmont, +. d. Morgan
and William Rockefeller have tables in
their city and country houses, and the
billiard parlor in "ROckwell,' on the
Hudson, is said to be the finest in the
country.
There is q billiard-roOm in the White
House at Washington, and two tables
are included in the furnishings of the
Governors mansion AT Albany. PreSi-
dent Diaz has a table at his home in
the Mexican capital The devotion Of
military men TO the game is well
known Generals Grant. Mcclellan and
Custer were Skillful players. There
are billiard-roOmS IN the Government
buildings az West Point and Annapolis.
and at every military post the officers
find the cue mightier than the sword in
these piping times of peace"
The theatrical profession furnishes
many really good players. Denman
Thompson owns two tables, Mckee
Rankin and W. j. Florence devote
much time To the game, and there are
several actresses rs well who often
show i'm private their skill upon 1.-The
field of the cloth of green" Mrs. Lang
try and Fanny Davenport have tables
i'm their homes, and Nine. PATHS bill
lard parlor in Craig-y-noS Castle is the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
Through Car Line to Macinac.

Commencing July 1st, there will be es.
tablished through line of first-class Yes.
tibuled Pullman and Wagner Sleeping
Cars daily between Cincinnati, DAYTON,
Toledo, Detroit, Mackinaw City, and ali
principal resorts of the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan, via the c., H. & d. Il. X. and
Michigan Central to Mackinaw.
Sleepers will be attached to trains leav.
ing Cincinnati at 10 p. m daily except Sat
urday; returning, leave Mackinaw at 9 a.
m. daily except Sunday.
The advantages secured by purchasing
through tickets via this route, composed OF
such favorably and well known lines as
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad and Michigan Central Railway
must be apparent TO all first-class travel.
No other line can offer such advantages as
to accommodations and route, allowing
stop over at Toledo and Detroit, then con-
tinuing your journey to the most lovely re-
sorts on the American continent.
For pamphlets pertaining to Macinac
Island and other summer resorts reached
via this line write to anv agent of the c.,
II. Il ID. r. r., or TO f. o. Mccormick,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent. No.
200 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, o.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
KNOCK KNEED NYMPHS
ARE THESE THE SORT THAT ART DELIGHTS
IN?
New York Is Stirred by the Suggestion That
Painters and SculptOrS Present Woman
as Deformed- ResentS the
InsinuatiOn.
. ICOpYRIGUTED.

The lines of woman's figure being the
most beautiful with which art has to do,
it has been the general impression that
art idealized them and fingered lovingly
upon them, bringing out the entire value
of every graceful curve.
This impression woman professor Is
going ruthlessly at work To destroy. In
certain circles of New York there Is
confusion and direct CONSERVATION over
the announcement made on her anthor-
ity that painters, and more especially
schulptors. almost invariably represent
women as knock-kneed.
Knock-kneed divinities. The wrath
of every mothers daughter is aroused.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
Swordsman Club Reunion

TITUsvnLE, PA, November 21.-The
reunion and banquet of the survivors of
the old "Swordsman" Club OF Pithole,
was held this evening at the Hotel
Brunswick, this city. The arrange
ments for this historic meeting have
been going on for months. About forty
of the 'old boys" are present from all
quarters of the United States. The af-
fair has been a most interesting one,
and will no doubt result in the organ
ization Of permanent society. Mr..
John Owen, Of this city, has been one
of the main men in bringing about the
present meeting.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

In the hot quarrel which seems about
breaking but one line of action is posi-
bic, an appeal to those mute witnesses,
modern sculpture and painting. In
point of fact, what sort of figure are
artists giving to women?
1t needs nothing more than an exam
nation of a portfolio of prints or pho
tographs, or Il look through the Illus
trated catalogues of the National Acad-
envy exhibitions for few years back,
or more especially those of the Paris
Salon, to bring To ones notice the fact
that there is IA pose of the undraped or
partially draped woman's figure so usual
in one or another modification as almost
TO warrant ones calling it the custom
airy or conventional. In the standing
posture the limbs are drawn together
in a half shrinking attitude, one leg be-
ing a little in advance of the other, the
knee often turned in and slightly
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
Wealthy Mrs. Green in Business.

CHICAGO. November 2l.-Real estate
dealers and property owners generally
were to-day surprised to learn that Mrs.
Hetty r. Green had opened a real estate
office in the city. All business will be
under the management Of her son Ned, "
who is her only child, and for whose
benefit she is said to have made all her
investments. This move on the part of
Mrs. Green means great deal TO the
city of Chicago. She is known as the
''richest woman in America and is
said to possess $40, 900 of available
funds of her own, while she has large
number of friends who intrust their
money to her for investment.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

She is clean limbed and straight enough
to set an example to knock-kneed
womankind. Perhaps the time may
come, with the progress of outdoor
sport among women, when the spring of
Diana may be presented by art as equal
" suggestive of maidenly innocence
with the shrinkage Of Psyche, and be
as infinitely preferable to the mock mod
esty of the heavy limbed Venus, whose
fleshy knees would be the better for par
ing, whether or not they would knock
against each other were she to walk
across the floor.
ELIZA PUTNAM IEAToY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

the S. S. Cox statue, and whom fame Is
helping forward faster than she usually
does young sculptors, expressed herself
when questioned as somewhat amused
over the ascription to recent art oil
knock kness.
THE 'maidenly' attitude" she said,
reminds me always of the story of st.
Cecilia; when they came upon her body
in the Catacombs she lay in such
beautiful womanly pose that they carved
her figure in marble just as she was
found
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
BILLIARDSATH0ME.
AN EXPENSIVE OUTFIT FOR A PRIVATE
ROOM.
Growing Popularity Of the Game-Notsd Men Who
Play lt-Mne. PATHS ROOm-A Combina-
ton Billiard and Dinner Table.

Special Coryesp0ndsaes OF ne REGISTER.
NEW YORK. November 21.-AS a peo-
pie, Americans are undoubtedly becom-
Ing. with each succeeding generation,
more accustomed 10 leisure. The en-
ergy that marked the pioneer period of
our history, aud the rush and hurry of
business that followed the civil war,
are giving place TO Il life that follows
more closely that of the wealthy class
abroad.
Home amuSementS have gained by
the broader Christianity that character
ICES our religious thought. Billiards
was once considered q decidedly wicked
game Its tables were only found in
hotels and saloons, and clergyman
who handled cue would surely have
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

For Il 4xS table, croSS-armS - inches,
and long arms ~ inches. a useful
shade has been devised which throws Il
soft. even light upon the table. and
keeps the glare from the players eyes.
The floor. if carpeted at all, should be
covered with some thick or soft mate
rial. c. HILLS WARREN.
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a small sideboard included, the outlay
need not actually exceed 5000. lnStruc-
tionS for setting up the table, and the
rules of the game, are always sent with
an outfit.
Al the exnosition in Paris last year a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

n THESE
days of sud
den and FREE
que n t di-
vorces, it is
instructive
toturn back
to the pages
of his tory
and ponder
over h @
methods of
King Henry
VIII. of EN-
gland, who
was one Of
l
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
CENTRAL STANDARD TIM.
|UennSuIVdnid IjR0G..
From Bridgeport Station

Trains via the Cleveland and Plttsturg r..
road leave bridgeport for Pi;tsburg, ChicaL
and Cleveland, 4:50 %. N. For Pittsburg, ~ !.
A. IN For Chicago and Cleveland, 100 p. ID
For Pittsburg and New York, 2:5i P. N. e
Steubenville, 1913 a m.
Trains arrive at Bridgeport at :53 q. m, 10:
a. IN, IL: 10 p. IN, 4:7 p. m, and 81 p. n.
On Saturdays only-tor East Liyerpoo, ~
D. m; from East Liverpool, ll:l2 2. m.
FROM WHEELING STATION. ,.
Trains via the Pittsburg, Cincinnati ana
Louis Railway, Panhandle Route, leave " e.
ing, for Steubenville, Pittsburg and the -.
$40 a. m, 1878 p. m, 3:2O p. m, and > " % .
For Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis ana
Louis, $50 a. IN. and $40 p. m. For Co.gi- Z
and Chicago, 1925 p. m. Trains arrive a. " p y
p. m. Trains leaving at $50 n. m. and ar'i'.tf
at $50 p. IN. run solid between Whee .ins b.
Pittsburg. All trains daily except SUNDAY ,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
\ GREAT WHOEVER.

Alexander T.. Sweet Describes the Flirta
tations, Courtships, Loves, Wives. Moth
er-in-Laws of Henry VIII.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-02
Il SENSATION At CHICAGO.
English Lady Beaten by Daisy F. In tho
EAGlewood Stakes.

CHICAGO. July l-FRvorites knocked tho pbrsmm ons
at Washington Park to-day in the six run nvo of
the brst choices leading their fields homo Tho surprise
whom least expected Daisy P. beating tho
supposed invncibe English Lady AMI tho speedy Fly
away in a big romp in the rich EuElewood StakeS to
the utter dismay OF every smart man on the track
No be offered for either the cracks they
simply outrun by the handsome daughter of Mac
dun Tho weather was hne the attendance fair and
the track fast, while r. Williams again showed his
superiority in the saddle by riding two winners The
sport commenced with purse for twoyrar. ods six
rurionEA Donatelo and Miss Hawkins were equal ia.
voriteA and they had the race between them Dona.
telo winning IN canter by three lengthS while Miss
place Time, ~. Tho second race. a purse for
only 2arnSy stone: J and br NaVS as siaftsrs The The
former was fAvorItc al odds on ami ma~inR all tho
sTS.a sam: Tho sxsnI q he SaS sGs hnEi.Tocd
S s.: Winter fr 3 $50 s . % oG TO
Xmss Us (soIep, fSSway lIs * WiiSms, tG Louisa
FoFTsst ERfh @a AZ! 10 Pay 81"
and AZ hff pESS nS wSs In on 4sr
others went begging At almost any odds Daisy +. being
funnng for nv: furionFs then both we're headed By
knash Lady who swept into the stretch as though abe
pasy made play and drawing alongside Of Eng i.li
i%dy at cue Ss' e snen I to any OF
stand won in decidedly clever styie by Two IenEth"'
race At tho weights '''" away '''' 10 Ho'"
9A1diSsp sTss:ake. 70. .hI.eys.r olds and up
%d and ;Hi T@ % Il. m
long heat rae LaEerieT wa, The IAyoriir. aud Ito
Sna issa% was nf ,%!:a ii,
hTf m s'i lie The second hal. Of s h TaS
had Msrchms and Brsndoe,ts equal favories and IhS
h.as iSps,6 irGm S%r"f tatT Hf vii: f ,"t
IN osr by o III en Ssf5s"4 nSs!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-02
MEETING OF THE "INDIANs.~
Mike O'Sullivan' Released, hut Archie
Brown's Application Denied.

The regular monthly meeting or tho Pastime Athletic
Climb was hold at the club house last night President
Burkhardt presiding There more than Average
attendance Of members present for it Understood
that several OF the more athletes Of the club
would ask 70. their release
Two OF tho cracks did mako Ruch an application
namely, Mike o'sulllvan. the Indians" all around
champion and Archie Brown. the well known handler
Mr. osulvan was candor iself In his petition lie in
formed his club mates that no could better himself by
joining another club and after slight opposition
he given his release and In the future the cherry
diamond" will adorn his noble Irish bosom athletic
many times brought the Brazilian 10 tho fore
MT Brown did not faro SO well. inasmuch as his ap
himself 70 blame, Had he been frank enough
s ssa 5.rs the '1S ts r. c TIGs % s
club. he might have succeeded. But the hoys were
and voted against him in his application he states
that his desire to leave is because he B sck and tho
shorness of tho Pastime track gives him pain
While Mr.. O'suivans honesty was rewarded, Mr.
Browns subterfuge was punished.
brought sOo above expenses into the club funds and
renorted balance on hand OF $SSISt, condition OF
raise mo rent when he hears Of it. The six runners
that finished first in tho iato champion
ship were awarded medalR and sam SEQ was elected
to position on tho Games Committee, vice u Sands
resigned after close vote. Fifteen new members
were elected and ten propositions received
viii attend in tally no. Besides tho party there will
ali mathematics and soft stuff very little II tho
future
sign from tho club and tho Washington meeting Will
probably SOC him carry the TO tho trout again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-02
SHOOTING.
Another Victory for wnsb,neton Heights.

Another Victory for "nsbinEton Heights.
The live bird match between the Washington Heights
Gun Club and the Jeanette Club OF this city OF
yesterday the former organizations grounds tho
another TO its list OF victories defeating tho Jeanette
men, Tho German shootsrR" as they were called
by only three birds The match itself was entirely
friendly. simply for the honor OF gaining the victory
tai oXpenses
Shooting began at 80 p. NJ. Can't Harrison OF tho
homo team going to tho score first Capt H. W. Cordts
OF the visiting club following him The conditions were
of ~ gun TO be held below tho elbow until tho
bird IL tho wing hve traps rs ards rise 50 yards
boundary, Betting was very light and even. only a
few OF tho Washington Heights men winning stakes on
the general result All in all the was very close
and Interesting the jeanette men never weakening
conclusion OF the shoot tho usual complimentary
speeches made and the members Of tho clubs
cheered each other MIR. Arrow and Mr. secor shot a
private match at vo birds each for S5 and the money
having killed to his opponentsa The team score;