Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-29
January q, 1893

January p, 1893
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Only two more Sundays and Lent will
bring 70 a close a season remarkable in
some respects, n%oticeably that most
Of the Joys OF the season cen
tered around the holidays and
the month Of December, and
since New Year Wheeling has expert
enced q comparative dearth Of festivi-
tiles. Now is the time for al good peo-
pie TO realize that the inevitable is near
at hand. The next few days will hold
but little TO tempt the recluse from his
Preside, save as he is called 70 dinner
and the play. A few luncheons will be
the dissipation for the fair sex aud there
will be time 20 reneW the acquaintance
with the family circle, which was inter
ruDted during the busy weeks. The
time has come when society folk are
thinking more OF the resort TO which
they shall travel, OF the new cline
which they will visit, and Of the strange
sight they are to witness than OF the
gown they shall choose for the ball, or
the flower best suited for decoration.
They ~ consulting guide books rather
than h6GT ists, are studying maps in
steI~ combinations OF color, for soci-
e. has Cancelled its obligations and is
ADariug 20 enjoy other scenes and
faces; 80 is going South and East and
West in search OF change and recrea-
tion: society is on the eve OF its annual
mldwiater trip. Such being the case,
it is very natural that the gay times
should iu q measure cease. There are a
goodly number Of people left, who do
not even plan q trip 70 some delightful
spot on the coast, or near the springs.
There win be plenty TO keep them busy,
but sthe mad whiri is ''done for" and
the question ''wlat was it begun for"
is answered in the delightful memories
that encircle such events.
Miss Annie Emig was pleasantly sur
prised las. Tuesday evening az Remedies
Hall, on the South Side, where about
thirty couples of her friends had gath
cred TO do her honor and spend q pleas
ant evening. The affair was managed
by Miss May Vogler and Miss Frances
Horn. GuthGrt's band furnished the
music and all spent a pleasant evening.
Miss EmiE is from W~ells5urg, and is
visiting friends in the city.
Handwriting has become a lost art
in tSs section, where many years ago
10 vas a fashionable family paStime.
"Quilting parties In winter were as
frequent as teas and mUSiCaleS are now,
aud the young girl VINO could not stitch
the diamonds and -crescentS on the
downy comfOrtables w2s a rarity.
Many of these Interesting specimens OF
needlework passed down as heirloOmS
from one generation % another, and
they were slSO among the most valued
wedding gifts from mother to son and
daughter. There are quilting frames
IN the possession of many Wheeling
families to-day which are still Occa-
sionally used, and which have gOne the
rounds for nearly q hundred years.
Every family then had a %SiGebOard aud
the quilting party and anise cordial
usually went together. They were live
" occasions and the cordial, a very mild
and Dalatable stimUlant, added appre-
Gladly TO rapid transit In stitching the
Guilt for the final roll.
The origin OF the waltz is wrapped up
fn even more Obscu-ity than most OF the
other best known dauces. Although
generally supposed TO have been in
vented by the Germans, it is claimed as
a national dance by the French, and is
said to have been introduced into Paris
in she period Of Louis VII. Nj. CaStil
Blaze, a distinguished authority upon
this subject, adopts the theory that
both the dance the title were originally
borrowed by Germany from France, and
subsequently, reinstated from the f)rmer
to che latter country.
Miss Agnes Often, a young lady liv-
ing on Seventeenth street, was agreea-
bly, surprised Monday evening az her
hone by quite a gathering OF friends.
Thu affair was in honor Of Miss Otten'S
eighteenth birthday and she received a
number Of pretty gifts. Various amuSe-
ments were INDUCED in aud at midnight
tempting refreshments were served.
Monday night Misses Ada and Cathe-
rine Curtis entertained a gathering Of
their friends at their home on South
Wood street. An enjoyable time was
spent by all 10 dancing aud games. Re-
ireshmentS were served az II O'CLOCK.
Little Minnie Weir, the seyen-year-
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. f.
Weir, entertained a number of her
friends Wednesday afternoon at the res.
idence OF her pareats at No. 1908 Eof
street. From two o'clock until five the
parlOr was filed with the little folks,
and they all spent an enjoyable season
in games and other amusemeAtS.
Tempting refreshments were served
Miss Minnie received anember Of BIRTH
day presents from her friends. N
a
Foll@wing is q brief dsAcI
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IS IL a4Quadrille, facing the