Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-12

We are only children In this life,
dressed up in mems clothes, and hope
with DR.. Briggs that there is chance
In the future State for growth aud de-
velopment. | can sec how / could grow
ND 10 a future State and add TO what
now know.
During the terrible reign OF the cold
we met on train one day bound west
the rarest thing ever saw on earth
viz. SISSY" travelling man. Travel
ing men ara most generally business
men. They have to be. They are mostly
pretty rugged masculine men, with
voices that you can hear "the darkest
night that ever blew"
This one was constantly running up
against things that were just as rude as
they could be. That was as far as he
ever got. Some people were real hate
full, and he claimed that once his blood
boiled like everything.
Maybe it was the morning when he
took a sponge bath In the north end OF
the sleeper at Pittsburg, as the train
took breakfast there. You must know
that the sponge bath facilities cannot be
Just what one would wish on sleeping
car, especially when one has to do II In
the front doorway at the meal station
with the thermometer at Is degrees be-
low zero and great deal Of passing In
and out.
Still he had probably promised some
dear one solemnly that be would battle
every morning II 1t cost him his life.
People filed past him filed with won
Il. Il nd IN ha
said In light, thin, girlIsh voice, BEG
pardon, but would you mind shutting
that door?"
Nine Of us, after we had passed BY
him, went to the other end Of the car
and yassed through again three times,
enjoying II heartily.
Once we met the man who brings 10
the ice for the cooler. He was near the
young man who was trying to battle.
We had quite long quarrel with the
iceman over the right OF way, and one
Of our party jostled him rudely against
the young man, who was trying to towel
his back. The iceman slipped. and his
large cake OF fee and the great coarse
tongs also fell against him.
1t was horrible. The young man gave
wild shrek, aud with a moan OF pain
his Bonlanger whiskers went back In
side aud ii is said have never come out
again.
Later on after breakfast / tried to
make up 70 him and be friendly, but be
turned upon me like a wild beast and
exclaimed, "Oh, bother!"
overheard yesterday the wall Of the
short, stout lady. She was looking at a
fashion magazine, but she could not find
anything to suit her.
"Dld Won ever notice." she said 10 her
com panion. tail, 1.-THE young woman.
who was so long wasted that she never
seemed 10 sit down at all, or % be SIT
ting on her foot II she did sit down,
''did you ever notice that nothing IS
ever designed for the short. stout wo-
man 10 these magazines, Ethei?"
"Well, do not remember ever 10
have seen any designs for short, plump
people," said Ethel, shooting her cool,
spiral neck out Of her collar so as 20 look
still longer WASTED.
I NO" said the short stout lady;
"shortness and stoutness are regarded
OF the fashion plate makers as deformi-
ties, and you have TO go aud get some
special artist 10 work at It TO design your
clothes just ssyou would go to special
ist II you had a club foot and get him 10
make your boot for you"
"Why is ii, do you suppose?" Ethel
asked. with great, wondering eyes.
81 do not know" said the short, stout
lady as she swung her feet back and
forth like baby in q high chair.
There are surely enough OF Us. and
some OF Us are quite refined. You know
(. 10 is not generally believed that stou,
women are refEed. A man may get so
stout that even the presidential chair Is
not big enough for him. and yet he will
not loss any prestige, but let lady lQal
about 80 or 40 begin TO weigh we'll
shun the slot machines, and
strangers in crgvd look upon