Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-21
Letter From Bill Nye.

have been waiting on the hook ever
since my return from Europe, and l
cheerfully give them now because l
know how anxious the wretched cor
respondent will be until the reply is
printed in this paper. Inasmuch as
we look to Paris for all our styles, the
most of which are made and first worn
by women whom we do not care to be
seen on the street with, | take great
pleasure in giving a few of these to
the American correspondent who asks
for information.
London makes the mems clothes,
and those that were made there for
me have given to my coachman. he
has never worn them and so | have
raised his wages,
He is proud man and wants his
clothes to fit him. He told me conf
dentially that he could get better
fit in a ready-made clothing store in
America than he could at Pooie's in
London, if he were measured for 1t,
and | believe him. If you try to get u
fit on an American in all English tail
ors shop you get gloriously left. l
went to a man on Regent Street who
claimed to be 'Breeches Maker to the
Queen and what did l get? A pair
of trousers, be jaw, dear boy, that
would fit nothing but two bushels Of
oats. AS say, / have given them to
NV coachman and he does not wear
them for that reason | have raised
his pay.
n. G., Hohokus, n. il. No, you
need not drape the udder of your Jer-
sey COW because your sister in Indiana
died of milk sickness. Etiquette neith-
er in America nor Europe insists on
this.
2. No, John Bright never received
any royalty on his justly celebrated
disease of the kidneys. He died poor.
3. Tell your brother that for - |
will send him the book he requires,
viz, How to entertain the opposite
sex on So week"
Melvina Briggs, East McKeesport.
/. No, you should not wear tan or
fawn-colored Oxford ties at the new
made grave of your husband. 1t
might ruin them. Don't let your grief
get the bulge on your better Judg-
ment. If you are going to give way
to your sorrows at the grave and kick
around in the fresh mold, or paw mp
the vegetation, wear your old shoes.
2. No, do not think from your de-
scription that your late husband 5
clothes would fit me.
3. You can get a good visiting card
printed at this office. The one youin-
close is no good. 1t does not make such
a deep impression as the jobprinterdid
who made it. | can read it easier
from the back than the front.
Early Rose wants to know if any
new shades were shown on the streets
of Paris this summer.
There were quite number of no
ticeably new colors to be seen at
Worth's and the Bon Marche, also on
the streets. Among them | noticed
new shade of blue black, called the
Pugilist's Retort. | also noticed the
egg plant purple and the seed cucum-
Der yellow. There are many varieties
of green to be seen in woods and silks
this season, among them the ivy green,
the bilious green, the split pea green,
the pie-plant green, the envious green,
the pounded ice green, the frost-bit-
ten cabbage green, Paris green, and
Seth Green.
p. b. Muzzy Fooks asks : Can you
through the columns OF the paper tell
why my long, dark boa has such dis
agreeable odor when / wear it in a
warm room or stand with ii over the
register, and what had l better do to
prevent it?"
1t is perhaps needless, p. b., to tell
you why the furs have that odor. The
remedy is the main thing Just now.
and do not think of anything real
good for it except to bury the furs.
Just as the man did his clothes, no
doubt, after he killed and skun the
animal from which he procured them.
DoRKIN's LANDING, Sept. 80.
Last evening, during a crowdedper
formance of Pat Rooney's great COM
edy. The Scared Dog" lady in the
upper left hand proscenium box was
heard to laugh immoderately, and
then turn purple. She was taken to
her home, where it was found she had
laughed so heartily that she had swal-
lowed the eplaster ceiling of her mouth,
together with nine front teeth. On
removing her vitals this morning the
teeth and French oof CT the lady's
mouth were found hung upon the
walls of her stomach. She has since
died.
Hundreds of men who never went
to the theatre here before are engag-
ing seats for their wives tonight.