Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-05

with the President, Wheu 1H0 49,
young ladies turn 20 poetry q
vehicle OF expression. tof tue
hrst lady Of the land has oee9
guilty OF versifcatiOD IN french anu
English. Her lucubratlons seem 10
have lain neglected for years-sca'IeIeu
I'm the albums Of SchOOiday irlen0s Vi
rsposing amid the detritus or trunks
dressing tables and boxes. Ia some
wav or other several specimens OF Miss
Folsom's work fell into the hands OF
one mercenary enough TO attempt d
profitable disposition Of the same. mus
It came that a well known New YORK
publisher was on the point OF giving
them to the world.
The nice de resistance OF the literary
feast was a story some tuousaHCS Va
words long, aud bearing lntern~I CIV.
dence Of having been written az aOOu'
the age Of seventeen. 10 tota OF pIIu
cess sgclnded in a house. Inc mouse
was vaguely located "ln a Tar away re-
gioa,S aad tradition respecting us ga,
fstence had penetrated 20 all quarters Ol
the earth. Various princes were slmul-
t~aneously seized with a wish 10 WISH
this house but they all unfortunate
ly -perished. Their fate seems 20
have deferred other emuious royaltles'
with one exception. AT the time the
actlon Of the story begins the secluded
Drincess walks up and down the shore'
gazing far out 10 sea or INDUCING IN
the Injury Of tears. No mention Is
made OF any particular reason Tor thls
mode Of life on the part OF the young
lady. There is no allusiOn 70 a cruel
father or Objectionable lover. We are
permitted 10 assume, on the au.norlty
m distracted explanations emanaIlng
from the princess herself mat IL was
All destiny.
However, the Prince Of IndomitaoIe
Shirt. already alluded TO. hts out an
expedition and leaves his people weep
ing As they watch the sails OF MS snip
disappear below the horizon. An ell
derly person of hideOUs aspect now ap-
hears. who for DAYS prior 10 the princes
departure has teen looking gloomly
mon everybody and everything, and az
last Is claDped 10 irons as a puzzle NUS
ance- But no sooner does the eXpeul-
tioD lose sight OF land than this melan-
cbolv creature hobs up out or the water
nroceeds TO swim 10 the wax or the
ship and to call upon the prince Tor
blood. saving also that the storm SILL
brewed when the sky was fair.
0This remark, seemingly or no great
p~rofundity, acts nevertheless, as a
mental souelgEf to all on board. Va
-1oTssTfem6tsa are made 70 destroy the
swimmipg nuisance, but that parsonage
IL found to be a veritable artiul dodger,
whom II is impossible TO MT "ltl any
sort OF missile. Even the prince mas a
shv or two with no effect.
Now we are taken 20 the lanRulShlhg
princess In the far away region. SUD
denly She spies a sail and announces the
fact In a Quick exclamation-to whom
does not appear. And at this Crisis In
\ narrative the Manuscript becomes a
blank The fair a~uthoreSs, writing
with the waning purposes OF sixteen or
seventeen, may have become weary OF
her tale. At all events, 10 never seems
TO have beeu finished.
h There is also a story written entirely
An French-yery good French, Win
mons of the absurd plumbers common 70
OH vounr ladies. There are " or three
Ittie poems TO the same language on
such subjects as "talllng Leaves
..Tbe Ringing OF a Far Away Bell ana
ga Farewell 70 the Moon Ia English
there are verses on The Birthday OF
Schoolgirl Friend, - 1.-THE Recovery OF
Tittle Edith and a few things OF TIE
same sort And every one OF these
things was written by Mrs. Cleveland:
seventeenth birthday.
II was this materiVl which, but FOL
uaDeuyering, that 10 seems 90 violation
OF the probabilities 10 say was directed
from Washington, may even now nave
been A d~electation to the publlcI 1t Il
not surprising that Mrs. Cleveland
NieDds nave believed her literary abtlt
tiSs. had they been afforded a field
would be now q source OF money an
fame to her.