Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-01-31
HOW THEY WOO.
The MILLIONAIRE.

THE MILLIONAIRE.
Sweet maid, II there is sught on earth
chat YOU would fain make thine,
And wealth can buy it, yours Il Is,
II you will be bit mine.
THE PoEr
Oh. maiden fair. could I but touch
The string With oIphean melody,
I'd sing your praise In many songs,
IL you would only favor me.
THE ARTIST
Maiden, your form Of Grecian mold,
Your eyes OF heavenly blue,
Are painted on my lnmOSt heart,
And would fam we'd you.
THE EDITOR.
Sweet maid your interesting style
Ny heart do potently AFFECT, .
So j submit myself with stamps"
And hope that neither you'll reject.
THE FARMER.
Wal, Liz, I've list been thinIin how
Twouid save US each a heap Of trouble,
IL you an me would jist get hitched
An Try henceforth 70 travel double.
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The social swim GIBBS and flows and
the tide bears upon its breast floating
spars that are caught by eager hands TO
carry them through the world Of pleas
ure. The engagement calendar is fill
ing again, and the coming few weeks
are checked of for dances here, cards
there, and various appointments mean
while. 10 will soon be time for better
state Of things 20 set in, for in month
will bring March l, which by the cslen-
dar, II not by the weather, marks the
end OF winter. The end Of the gay
season viii also be March ., aud
with so late an EaSter-Aprll It
there will be less oppor-
tlnity for Incorporating then. The last
half Of the season promises rather less
gayety than characterized the first, as
the number OF those In mourning has
increased, and the freshness Of the open
ing festivities has worn of somewhat.
Dining and dancing have been the prime
pleasures Of the week, and dining and
dancing, with the interplay of few re-
ceptiOnS, will form the chief diversions
for the smart set for the weeks 10 come.
The older set give the preference TO the
dining, while the younger ones are de-
voted 20 the dance. The week has been
less gay than the one previous, fewer
large dances and dinners and less after
nOOu-at-hOmeS. The death of Miss Min
ME Loring, a cherished member Of So
ciety, cast a deep shadow upon the feS-
tivities planned, many Of which were
deferred.
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Perhaps the most nearly universal
wish In the feminine heart is to be bean
tiful. IL is eOmmendable, and if women
aim to gain general good will and habit
ual polite treatment, the pretty dresses,
the Jewels, the washes and cosmetics,
60 far toward success. In the case OF
love, however, how futile are all eXter-
mails. To DO sure, all lovers sing the
praises of their sweetheartS, but since
''love looks not with eyes but with the
mind" the beauties visible 70 the loY-
ers' imaginatiOns are often unseen by
the disp8sSlOnate observer. If there
ever was a case OF utter infatuatiOn it
was the love Napoleon felt for Josephine
during the first few years Of their mar
rage. But q late historian tells us that
although Josephine had a pretty figure
and wore magnificent clothes, yet
she was not beautiful, for her complex
ion was brown, which often showed
through the paint and powder she used
plenteOuSly, and her teeth were quite
bad. This is the right kind OF historian.
He tells the truth. and, in consequence,
gives US q more interesting and Pict-
uresqUe story. Il used 10 be weakness
of uoyeliStS 20 try 70 enhance the inter
est I'm their herOines by making them
fauluesSiy beautiful, but, with the
growth OF art, this practice has de-
clined. After all, individuality is the
charm. Indeed, perfection is tiresOme.
Emerson says, Every good man be-
comes a bore" He means every too
good man; every unuaturally good man;
the man who is everlastingly held up as
an example. So Solomon says, "Be not
Over-righteoUs; why shOuldst thou de-
stroy thySelf?" IL is diScOuraging to
find persons impoSSibly good or prefer
ratur1l'-- kN~"'ts'.'