Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-04

was quite elaborate and handsomely
served. During the evening the wed
ding cake was cut, the slice containing
the pretty ring of bow-knot design iaii-
ing to the lot OF Mr.. Edward Anshutz'
of Philadelphia. brother OF the groom,
and the slice with the money in 1t to
Miss Julia Wilson. Among those from
ont OF town were Mrs. Bernard Peters
and Mrs. Emily Il. Denslow, OF Brook
lyn, n. Y: Mr.. and Mrs. Will Scott, OF
Pittsburg; Miss May McIlwain, OF New
York, and Mr.. Edward P. Anshutz, OF
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anshutz left on the
1925 train for the East. On the 21st
inst. they sail Tor Europe, to be absent
about two years.
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A very pleasant little bowling party
was given at the Park Wednesday night
by Mrs. George w. Lutz, in honor OF
her guest, Miss Jessie McCabe, of Brook
lyn. About a dozen couples went out
on the 7 o'clock motor and enjoyed
themselves thoroughly. They returned
at 1920.
Miss Maud CARRIER, Of Martins Ferry,
assisted by her scholars, gave a must
Gale at the home OF Miss CARRIER, last
Friday night.
A pretty wedding took place Thurs
day evening on the South Side, at the
residence Of Mrs. John Pracht, being
the marriage OF her daughter, Mamie,
to ROLAND w. Cook. The bride was be-
comingly attired in cream silk, trimmed
with Valenclens lace, and carried
beautiful bouquet OF Marcheneli roses.
Promptly at o'clock tie bridal party
entered to the beautiful strains OF Men
delsSohn wedding march, performed oy
Mrs. Ida B. White, and the ceremony
was performed by Rev. A. w. Werder
| of the St. James Lutheran Church. AT
ter congratulations supper was served,
and the bride and groom left on train
No. los for their future home In ST.
Louis. About twenty-five Of their
friends accompanied them to Benwood
Among the friends from abroad were
Mrs. Hoffman, of Williamsport, Pa, sis
ter OF the groom, and Miss Minnie Gard
ner, from Hannibal, Canada. The pres
ents were numerous and costly.
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Did you ever notice that that ennooling
character, the mother, figures little In
| fiction? Let any lover of romance-and
who does not love an enchanting story,
we'll told, that deals with the passions
and the frailties, the nobility and the
depravity Of human kind-let such as
those review the entire field or English
fiction, since it had its birth in the dar-
ing conception OF De Foe nearly two
centuries ago, and bear witness TO- the
cold-blooded manner In which the
mother is almost invariably removed
from the scene by disease, by accident,
by violence-it matters not how.
The one effort of the novelist seems
to be to effectually and finally dispose
OF her. Fielding, Richardson and Smol-
lot, the earliest English novelists, were
quick to discover the inutility OF the
mother. Walter Scott made the same
discovery, and his herones are almost
without exception motherless from an
early age. Di Vernon, Rowena and Re-
becca, Lucy Bertram, the Lady Of the
Lake, the Fair Maid OF Perth, Con-
stance-al were left motherless In In
fancy. Charles Lever and Bulwer lean
to the same fondness for orphaned or
motherless young heroines. ThacKeray
gives little longer tenure OF life to the
mothers. Dickens rarely drew mother
except to caricature her, and not one OF
his more notable heroines but was either
an orphan or possessed only OF a father
Little Dorrit, Florence Dombey, Pleas
ant Riderhood, Jenny Wren, Ruth
Chuzzlewitt, Little Nell, Dos in the
Cricket on the Hearth" both OF the
leading juvenlles-neither could be de-
Signated as heroines-in "Great EXpec-
tations," and the three never-tO be-for-
gotten drawings Of lOvable women in
"David Copperfeld." were motherless.
The lesser novelists OF the same school
followed in the masters footsteps. Lor-
ma Doone, the heroine OF Blackmore's
greatest production, was motherless
from infancy. The charming Princess
of Thule had always been motherleSs.
Ramona could not remember her moth
err. Miss Phelps remorSelessly murders
the mother in her strongest tales. Even
Howells, self-assertive ''realist" that he
is, violates statistical accuracy in the
proportion of mothers whom he permits
to survive the trials of collaborating.
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The many friends of Misses Kate and
Fannie Moore gave them delightful
surprise party at their home in Mar
tins Ferry, prior. to their departure for
their new home at Ellwocd City, Pa. A
pleasant time was spent by all present,
refreshments being served at the usual
hour. They have many friends in this
city, who will regret to learn OF their
departure. Miss Katie was formerly
saleslady in NJ. A. Colvig's millinery
store.