Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28


she lived in Pittsburg, and Jimmie was I
Journalist Mrs Blaine, sometimes, used
to try her hand also at writing for the pa
pers, when the chlrography is said to have
paved the way to hades for many poor
compositor A man once described 1t a
being cross between the 'high-shouldered'
boarding school characters and his sisters
writing, and hers, he said, "was the worst
he had ever seen." One night a special
came from Mrs Blaine that was unsigned
as usual A few minutes later there was 9
burst of profanity heard at one of the cases,
a dead silence and then a repetition OF
Biblical words with a new application.
This state of things was continued, layer
about, until an editor, going by, stopped
and demanded an explanation.
whats the matter with this?" said he,
with his eyes twinkling; for he had been all
through the matter few minutes previous;
"why, it's as easy asmud."
Then be read off page, for, in fact, once
you understood its illegibiliry Mrs. Blaine's
writing was really not so bad. 'That's not
such bad writing for q lady," went on the
gentleman. "a lady," calculated the print
ers, That's no lady's writing, is it?" The
assurance from him that it was, the gallant
compositor, mournfully shaking his head,
said. "Well, suppose, I'll have to try and
set 1t up without saving one word" He
kept his word, but it was st the expense of
numerous sighs-
T.. Al. b,,.A& .f nar r.,;S.,{, vho xish
to be present on Tuesday night at the
sewickley Valley Clubs presentation of
''The Ladies' Babble," they are informed
that the most convenient trains are: 7:15
from the Fort Wayne station, Allegheny,
and 1890 Sewickley station. This last is
usually held few minutes for the accommo-
dation of visitors returning to town.
The leap year ball on Friday night was a
delightful affair, rejecting much credit on
the smart young women, Miss Hayes and
Miss Watson, who carried the management
on their own fair shoulders. The favors for,
the four figures were very pretty. The ger
man was successfully led by Miss Nina
King, Miss Rhodes, Miss Watson and Mrs.
Sewell. The society world was well repre-
sented.
Miss Julia Watson has reappeared sitter
the regulation period OF mourning and has
become once more the recipient of many
social attentions On the national holiday
last Monday Mrs W. G. Park gave din
ner In her honor, to which there sat down
Miss Frances Marshall, Miss Sallie Ricket-
son, Miss Sadie Stewart, Mr.. McClintock,
r. ~ "
and MI. Russell Forsyth.
Mr. Dawson Speer's marriage to Miss
Taylor, of Baltimore, will be performed in
April There viii be little formality about
Il, and Q studied simplicity observed, as
Miss Taylor's family are at present in
Two nuptisls set for this week are the
Of Mr. House and Miss Little on
Tuesday evening, March l, and that of Miss
Mason and Mr.. Carl Wilhelm on the same
evening. The first is house junction; the
second takes place in Calvary Church, at z
o'clock.
With two leap year balls in one season,
young society women are beginning to
realize that it costs their men friends some
thing to do the proper thing as escorts
There won't be so much grumbling here
after; for the fair feminine creature has dis
covered that trifes cost more than they
make = show for. However, the girls were
q bit more generous than the men have
been of late. They looked after the various
accessories with an old-time heartiness that
has not been seen here for many day. 1t is
said that the managers OF the last leap wear
ball are in it to the extent of s., 900, and
that there is a resultant scare, at which
the men are quietly smiling. If the
worst comes to the worst and pin and
bonton money gives out it is known that
these same hardhearted men will come to
the rescue, and consequently the girls are
to take things a little easy. A
little laughter has been caused by the fact
that every man was obliged to pay a couple
of cents more for invitations. Of course a
woman can never realize that Uncle Sam
charges more than 2 cents for looking after
one envelope.
The visit of Paul du Chaillu, the eminent
writer and traveller, to Sewickley last Fri
DAY is likely to be remembered there very
gratefully for long time. In addition to
in the regular course at the Pres
byterian Church to a large and distin-
guished audience in the evening, he found
time in the morning to deliver an informal
talk about Sweden and Norway to the
vikings Daughters" literary club of
Sewickley ladies, in the parlor of Mrz. M
L c. Graft The talk formed delightful
supplement to the valuable letters with
which Mr.. Du Chaillu favored the club last
winter when it was studying Sweden and
Norway. The deep interest taken by Mrs.
Graft and the Vikings Daughters in Mr. Du
Chaillu's books ''The Viking Age" and
The Land of the Midnight Sun, % rem
iered the meeting of author and readers
very pleasant The lecture in the evening
was also highly successful Mr.. Anderson
Mr.. Du Chaillu while in Se-
wickley.
Miss Sadie Stewards reception In con-
junction with her sister-in-law, Mrs Jack
Stewart, Of Homewood, on Tuesday even
ng was among the most agreeable of the
ater seasonable affairs Mrs. David A.
Stewart, Mn. Lucy Kramer and Miss Hay
rormed the remainder of the receiving
party. Young Mrs Stewards gown was
white and gold. Miss Sadie Stewart wore a
white silk freck trimmed with ostrich
Gathers and her mother black silk toilet,
-ichly trimmed in jet The decorations I
we're superb. The four figures of the CO.
illon were led by Mr. A Garrison McClin-
ock, Mr.. A P. Burgwin and Mr.. Wynn
r SewelL The favors were among the
laintiest to be seen in winter that has pro-
Tided many such beautiful things
Mr. and Mrs Henry Kirke Porter and
Mss Hegeman have decided to pass the
ummer in the south of Europe, and princi-
'ally in Greece, where Mrs Porter has
elstive learned IN. archaeology, who Noccu-
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