Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-26

couples were present and at the proper
hour a tempting array Of refreshments
were served.
It begins to look as though horse
back riding would be revived here this
spring. 1t is form of athletics which
is so enjoyable a I'd which is so much
calculated to make young woman Wig
orous, supple, graceful and healthy,
that it will not be strange If now that
the ball has been set rolling, eQues-
trianism among the fair sex will in
crease and become thoroughly popular.
Indeed, it would be surprising If that
should not happen. For, leaving en-
tirely aside the hygienic features OF the
sport, the fact that almost any woman
If only normally bright-looks her
| best on horseback, looks distinguished,
coquettish. adorable-ought alone to
have made horseback riding popular
with the slender, wel-constructed
Wheeling bellies long ago. 1t is indis-
putable that almost any man will more
IQuickly fall in love with woman in
| the saddle than out OF IL. and English
novels and the whole gamut Of love
story literature proves it.
! ~
/ Among recent visitors to the Mount
have been: Mrs. j. Wyatt Dawson, OF
Charleston, (nee Ida POwer,) who
spent an afternoon here; Misses Wall
and Martin, warm friends OF our Sis
\ tiers at Abingdon, and so feeling sort
/ of clanship with us; Miss Viva BOggesS,
De- % arlyc htrr
/ Virgie Crawley, Of st. Louis; Mrs.
Charles Durbin, Of Grafton, and her
sister. Miss McGraw.
To affect 4 literary taste Is sometimes
amusing, as there is no virtue in liking
certain books and no vice In not caring
for them. A man may be clever and not
appreciate Shakespeare, and woman
brilliant who does not admire George
Eliot. There are posedrS-those bright
little women who say they read Carlyle
with delight. find Browning a pleasure
and Emerson q ioy-whO display, while
they are are speaking, mental traits and
conditions rendering them totally inca
pable of so doing. In regard, for in
stance, to Carlyle, they are not educated
for an appreciation OF him, they
literally do not know enough to under
stand him; for, from the actual drift Of
their lives, there has been no possibili-
" Of the mental training necessary for
such a result. AS TO Browning, requir-
ing, as he does, true poetical enthusi-
ism aud int nSe emotional capabilities,
one realizes fully that such women are
here, too. incapable; and for Emerson's
majesty of thought, one feels their in
sufficiency. They are, however, capa-
BILE of many charming things intellec-
tually. They are witty and original,
but not literary and learned; they are
delightful, but not analytieal: and
they would be far happier il they I'M
derstood their strength and develop it.
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Mrs. II. ". Smith, Of Martins Ferry,
received her friends Friday evening be-
tween the hours Of and 10 o'clock, at
her home in Walnut Grove. She was
gracefully assisted by Mrs. l.. w. In
glebright AMI Miss EloiSe Gray. About
City persons in al were present and a
very enjoyable evening was spent.
There is in the city at present q bevy
OF buds that are rapidly unfolding their
petals. They form a picturesque section
OF the fashionable afternoon -promenad-
ers, but whether on the boulevard or
within the brightly lighted confines OF
lhQme, their pretty manners, their grace
! fIAdemesnor and their often tasty at
ii IS do not fail OF recognition. 1t Is