The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-05
THE WAYS Of

The oll.fashioncd long watch chains
our grandm0thers wore are said TO be
coming back into fashion.
The doctors Daughter" is tho name
OF nm association OF San Francisco girls
who have banded together TO relieve
tho needs OF people who are in distress
OH account OF sickness III tho family.
Jennie O'Neill Potter, who is so well
known MS n reader, is preparing to give
tho New Iori; iheatre.goins public Il
novelty in the shape OF n monolognc,
which has been put together rs n series
OF pictures TO represent phases in the
life OF n woman, IL is called "Elirts
and Mlatrons."
Sometimes there really arc some
alarming freaks in fancy work. For
instance at 4 recent fair was seen q strip
OF crochetcd macramc thread, about
three inches WIDE and four feet long. A
fringe finished one end and Il loop was
attached 10 tho other; through the
opcn.work centre was put In and out
inch.wide rcd ribbon, and tho article
was intended to hang TO tho upper
lingo OF M open door and be caught by
the fringcd end tOthe lower, thus deco
rativcly conccLling the gap made.
y lovely chatclaino watch has one
slde formed OF II purple enamel pansy
with q great diamond Ia tho ccnlcr. III
tho stem OF the pansy the stcm.wiuder
OF the watch is concealed. Another odd
watch is a bee OF gold and black enamel.
The Rntennp, tho ~tllorax, the eyes, and
the wings are aIl OF gold, chased with
black enamel. The watch has Il gold
face, with black figures and hands, and
the abdomen OF the bee is oil gold and
black. by Il c%unningly arranged me-
clianism the wings cHn fold ovcr the
the face OF the watch, thus protecting it
when one is travelling. When the bee
is thus folded up it may even serve us
u pin should ono wish to wear it in that
capacity.
Frances lIolgson Burnett, I am told,
always draws about Il host OF male adj
mirers, whithersoever she journeys.
But there is usually some favored one
who is allowed the distinction OF carry
ing her books, parasol. or fan, and OF
running on her crrands. 1t was ut n
seaside resort that II certain young
New Yorker, n wcll-known business
man, filed this position OF factotum in
general. HIS friends, and particularly
his wife, who wasn't 4 bit Jealous,
guyed him numerically, but he didn't
care. However, one day he Was drop.
ped and another iaircr than he was
promoted IRON the rank and file.
aha! my dear. laughed his pretty
wife, "you are left. Mrs. Burnett has
Il new fetch-and.carry." lie looked
Sloomiir ut the floor It moment, then
raised his head trinmplntly: "Well,
ut all events Pm even with her" he
said, 'ior | never read any OF her
dashed books"
Every girl writes letters. How many
girls would be willing to have their
obituaries drawn from the character OF
those written pages 10 Tom, Dick or
Harry? Letter writing used 10 be an
art. Nowadays it has greatly dctorior-
atcd into an indiscrction, and dear
tiloushtless girls Gush conlidcntially in
black and white all through their
school days and a%iterward, so often,
come bitter regrets and humiliation.
Write as little rs you must, and, ii you
must, write as though your mothers
eyes might read. The letters OF Chris
tic Warden arc n text Tor 4 sermon Tor
somebody TO preach, Tor they were the
mirror OF high and pure womanhood,
and the vindication OF a lovely c%larac-
ter. In the eyes Of the world She wrote
her obituary from the purity and
earnestness OF her heart, and no breath
OF suspicion OF coqnetry or wrong can
now rest upon her, the victim OF 4 mad
mans crime.