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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
IMPRISONED BY HER OWN WILL
Romance of y Pretty Girl VINO mSrrisd
Against Her PARENT wishes ana Is
Now ReCiuse.

Romance Of = Pretty Girl Who Married
Against Her Parsnts' Wishes and is
Now Reciuse.
Some of the people who live at the
Grosvener Apartment Hotel, in Suffer
street, have come TO know by sight
youpg woman VINO has lived there
for more than year and ABOUT whom
there has gathered such an air OF mys-
tery that they have come 20 understand
that her chapter was one OF these, says
the sun Francisco Cat She is young
woman, quite as beautiful as the heroine
of a novel. accomplished in all the list
OF feminine arts, surrounded oy DOCKS,
mixtures, music-all the luXurles that
refined tastes desires and laVlshing ex-
penditure proyide-but whose time Is
given over TO woman's peculiar prero-
gatiye-to weep. Those who see her
frequently know this, but very few
know more than this. For, within sight
and sound of the rush OF wheels, the
clapr of the cars and the cries and
movements of the street, she has made
herself 80 entirely recluse, and Tor so
long time she has had so little inter
course with men and women that she
has got out Of touch; her tongue iisps
and hesitates when upon occasion any
thing more is required Of it than 10 or
der her carriage or dinner. The wom2n's
name Is Blanche Darlington, OF rather
she is known By that name at the
Grosvenor. She came to san Francisco
by steamer from South America . little
over a year ago and took the rooms
where she has since lived her strange
life. Little by little her story hss come
10 be known to few, despite areserye
that has been painful to those who were
disposed to be friendly.
she is the daughter Of well TO 90 par
enis, who live in small town In New
York State, and who for two years
since she left lhem, have been securing
the world in search of her, Advertise
ments have recently been printed In the
San Francisco dalies asking Tor lnior-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
WOMAN'S ECCENTRICITIES.

The many volumes written by men
and women, some known and admired
In the literary world aud others who
have just sprung into prominence by
reason of their novel which has burst
like comet into the literary sky, have
brought before the public so many diff
erent kinds OF women, each one pur-
porting to be the real, typical female,
that is difficult for one TO know eX-
actly how the women they know are to
be classified. The public has been
given ali sorts of women-introspective,
retrospective, sanity, wicked, loving,
ambitious, advanced aud conservative,
and vet OF all the moody" women she
who proudly asserts that she doesn't
like everybody, and she is very certain
that they do not nor would she have
them like her, il the most obnoxious.
Sometimes this moody type OF women
is run across in real life, and then there
is a hasty, undignifed scramble TO get
Oat Of the way, ane people breathe
sigh OF relief as they see the hem OF the
woman's garments disappear around the
corner, perhaps on her way TO she Gem
etery, where she eau ponder undisturO-
ed upon the fo!lies aud frailties of
human life and indulge In her unsatis-
fed longing for the unreal, the unat-
taina0le.
IL taxes an uDexceptional woman TO
be moody, for the ordinary women is
not a success ia that role. She may be
pretty and even have that indeinable
suggestion Of pathetic romance hanging
Hr,e 30 D.
ing 10 the cold hearted, casual observer.
No woman, no matter now hard hearted
or steeled TO the "milk OF human kind
ness" she may be, but who has some
longing for friends and popularity.
But she would take a lesson from
George Sands sketch Of the old chapel
master, POrpora, aud understand that
she must be unset fish In order TO
claim the best that the world has to
give hor. There are, of course, many
varieties OF the popular woman, but the
KEYNOTE OF her success lies in the fact
That she must keep her moods for the
privacy Of her bOudoir and have only
smiles and dignited cheerlulness with
which 10 entertain her friends.
They are very tiresome, these new
BOOKS mat tIJ % ulSSeCb WOm1n
heart, 10 any woman who has moder-
ately clear understanding Of that or
ganiZation.
\ clever and popular SRI said philos-
OFFICIALLY the other day:-"All men can
not be managed, but we can az least
understand them ia time, for they are
not as a rule given up 10 moods aud
cranky, melancholy fits that overthrow
Sll ones previous conjectures in regard
to them aud cause one 10 begin ali over
again from the foundation of their
character study. But 3 woman's tau
gle6 mind, her chaotic brain, her
knotty preiudices and opinions, her
clear and haSty instincts which men so
kindly say take the place OF Judgment
in our sex, her logical iGess on some
subjects Rad QuiIe contrary ones on
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05

folds over the shoulder and at the cor
SAGE opening, making the fair hesh
seem mo.e fair, and tiny spike OF PINK
reaching down the skirt.
OF white China silk, patterned In corn
flowers.
or the simplest muslin, null fElle,
whatever II is called, and these hot the
least attractive In srtful artessness
Of-yes, accordion plaits snd such
like banalitles.
II variety is the spice OF life thep
Saratoga ought to be famed bv breeles,
sweet as those attributed 10 CeylOn In
a more or less familiar hymn. Here Is
the sport and his feminine equivalent,
the former welcome at the hotels, the
latter not always. Hero are the rich
western and southern merchants and
their quiet wives sud beautiful daugh-
ters. And here is the sparkle OF life
which is all bubbles like champagne.
Plenty OF plain folks. too. and plain
dressing. But not on the surface.
ELLEN OSBORN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
LAWS OF HEREDITY.

DR.. Mary Wells Burnett is woman
who makes little buster in the world,
but who, after all, is factor Of no con-
siderable strength. She Is a quite
voiced, sedate hammered woman, with
The quaint exterior Of one who eschews
furbelows from principle. One cannot
imagine her getting into a tantrnm, as
some mighty nice women sometimes
DO, nor as saying impulsive things.
She made me think, as | watched her,
Of a landscape ia Southern California,
always the same; well irrigated, pro-
ductlveas TO thought, as an orange or
chard is Of fruit, unruiiled by storms
and uneulivened by al electric current.
There are people in the world, you
know, who never traBsgress the rules OF
progress aud perfectiOn; there are not
many Of them, but wherever and when
ever we frd them we ought 10 be very
thankful for the boon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
FADS AND FANCIES

This is an age Of fads and faacies-
an age when everybody, 1t would seem,
must have some loved hobby upon
which 20 spend her time, money and
thoughts. IL makes little difference
what the hobby is, whether 1T be Old
clocks or miniatures, belt buckles or
biooded dogs, taliy-bo coaches or private
cars, 20 long as hobby exists ana is
wei! lived mp to.
The genuine collector will enter heart
and soul into his or her pursuit, and re-
gardless OF expense or trouble will hunt
down a choice bit of which he may have
heard some rUmor, with a perSistency OF
purposd that would do credit TO slave
hunting bloodhound.
The vile OF q prominent city lawyer,
a charming and cultivated woman, who
has very choice aud rare collection Of
old china and furniture, relates with
considerable humOr several or the
incidents In her hunting tours. Gems
of rare old china are 70 be seen In her
cabinets, brought from old Nantucket
before the country was Oyerrun by
curio hunters about which she can tell
tales that remind one Of Mary Wilkins
clever New England sketches. IN her
hallway stands quaint antique ma
hoEany chair, more than 4 century Old,
once the property Of an old patron OF
the manor while in the DINING room
there ticks away a grave Old grand
fathers clock, relic OF her ancestors
life ia the colonies. 4 remarkably
heavy Spanish mahogany bureau, with
deep satinwnod lined drawers, huge
claw feet aud quaint handles, she points
to with pride as having been captured
in the attic Of cigarmakers down
town, where II stood uGhOuOred covered
with the dust OF tobacco leaves and
looked upon by its owner as worthless
piece Of Rubbish, occupying space that
could De much better utilized.
There was time not more than twen-
" wears ago in the outlaying country
among villages and farmhouse conld be
found treasures of antique value. Cen
uiue blue and white Lafayette plates
aud platters. depicting the Frenchman
snd his comrades at Battery Park; old
Canton china brought back by some
seafSring father or husband; old Dutch
pottery, braSSas, glass aud furniture
could all be found and bought for
a mere song. But times have changed,
bringing grief 10 the heart OF the gen.
uine collector, and now the art dealers
and those who have queer little shops
filed with genuine antiques have their
eye upon al! really good pieces ana can
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
sEKPENTs ARB NOT NERVOUS.
Strange Muscular Power Assists Them In
Fascinating Their Victims

Strange Muscular Power Assists Them In
Fascinating Their Victims
The power OF continuing motionless.
with the lifted head projecting forward
for an indefinite time, Is one Of the
most wonderful OF the serpent's muscu-
lar feats, says the FOTtntyhtly RcUiew,
and Is one OF the highest Importance TO
the animal, both when fascinating It's
victim and when mimickIng some IMAM
innate object, as, for instance, the stem
and bud OF an aquatic plant; here II is
only referred to on account OF the effect
II produces on the human mind, as en-
HANGING the serpents strangeness.
10 this attitude, with the round,
unwinking eyes fixed on the be-
holders lace, the effect may be very Gu
rious and uncanny. Ernest Glanvills.
South African writer, thus describes
his own experience: When boy he fire.
quently went out into the bush in quest
OF game, and on one OF these solitary
excursions he sat down To rest In the
shade OF willow on the bank OF a shall
low stream. Sitting there, with cheek
resting on bis hand, he fell into boy
lsh reyerie. After some time be be-
came aware IN a vague way that on the
white. sandy bottom Of the stream there
was stretched long, black line, which
had not been there at 6rst. lie con.
tinued for some time regarding IL with
out recognizing what II was, but all Al
once, with an inward shock, became
fully conscious tina. he was looking alta
large snake.
Presently. without apparent mol,
so softly and silently was IL done. Hs
snake reared it's head above the surfacs
and held IL there, erect and still. with
cleaning eyes fred on me in question
OF what | was. II flashed upon me then
that II would be q good opportunity 20
test the power Of the human eye on .
snake, and / set myself the task OF lon.
Ing IL down. II was foolish effol
The bronze head and the sinevy neck.
about which the water flowed uithout
ripple, were - II carved ia stone,
and the cruel, nnwinkIDg Dyes, With
the light coming and going In them,
appeared TO glow the brighter the long
er looked. rsdually there came over
me sensation Of sickeninR fear, which,
u had yielded to II, would have left
me poverless to move. bat with cry
ieaped up and, selling fallen willow
branch, attacked the reptile With Q
species Of fury. Probably the idea Of
the lcantl originated ia . similar sI-
perlence OF some native"
The IcaniI, 1t must be explained, IS .
powerful and malignant being THAI
takes the form OF a great serpent and
Hes 1t night In some deep, dark pool AID
should man incautiously approach and
look down into the water be would be
held there by the power OF the great
cleaning eyes and finally drawn down
against his will, powerless and speech
less, to disappear forever in the black
| depths
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
PRETTY TRIPLES
l. are in fashion arain.

Opals are in fashion again.
Never put rings, eardrOps or brace
lets 10 which the diamohds are set with
pearls or turquoise into ammonia water
Ammonia has tendency 20 soften
pearls and discOlOr turquOises.
The newest fad in portfolios, picture
frames, card cases, belts and other ar
ticles of a kindred nature is 20 have
them fashioned Of white canvas, with
the edges adorned with tan cOlOred
leather.
Glass caIafes are at present used In
stead of the water pitcher, aud add
much 60 the beauty OF she table. They
are by no means expensive, and those
that have rustic, low broad bowls are
20 be preferred.
Lace insertion set In the middle Of the
silk curtains Is one Of the new things in
vestitule curtains. This four or five
inch strip OF handsome, heavy lace ad-
mits additional light and adds TO the
beauty as well.
A very pretty menu card IS written
on frosted cardboard, the kind which
initiates the tracery on 2 window pane.
The ornamental lettering is In crystal,
surrounded by frost wreath. Metallic
ink, carmine or Freenish blue, gives the
best effect.
In embroidery for doilies the wreath
and bow knot gns are sill very pop
u.ar: the former for the round doiiieS,
the latter for al sizes and sorts. a
charming set Of dOilies recently sent 90
a bride are all done In wreaths Of differ
emit flowers, 40 two being precisely
alike. The whole effect is dainty in the
extreme.
A very pleasing table decoration that
is easily carried out throughout the
summer months is the addition Of flow
ers 10 the finger bowls. Use double
bowls, one large enough TO hold the
the other, and On the space between
the two with very small blossoms. The
effect OF dipping the fingers into flower
encircled water Is decidedly unique and
agreeable.
A summer spent In the Maine woods
or in the AdirOOdaCks will furnish ma
terial for countless Of these novelties 10
the shape OF birch bark, which may be
made up like rolls OF parchment with
the menu lettered on and tied with a
ribbon like the napkin rings or like tiny
canoes with miniature sails OF white
satin, on which the menu is lettered
with India ink 10 very fine script.
Sealing letters has come into fashion
again. OF late years it has rather gone
out Of style, but now when many per-
sons wish TO be courteous they send
their letters sealed. IL IS much more
polite when a man is writing to q lady
70 take The trouble Of lighting a match
aud impreSsing the wax that iaStens
the envelope with his personal mark
than fastening the Zap down in the US
ual manner.
A revival in favor OF old fashioned
names for girls is taking place. For
long time past few parents would have
thought d calling their children by any
such hOmeiy cOgGOmen as Mary,
Martha, Jane, Sarah or Ann, pre'erring
prettier names, such as Ethel, Blanche,
Maud, Dora, sc, But the latter have
now become so common that it is pro
posed 10 90 back 20 old world names In
wbish our Erandmothers AID great
graudmCthers delighted.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05

Or. Buruett's speciality is the study
1i heTedity. She has pursed the science
with every energy OF keen and logical
mind, until she seems almost 10 have
run 10 10 cover. What she doesn't
know Of the ms and outs, the curves and
twists OF this fascinating study is hard
Iy worth knowing. The Journal OF
Beredity, published by her for years
TO Chicago, was only abandoned few
months ago, by reason Of a stress Of
work in her profession. Ii will be re-
newed at au early date.
what IS your definition OF heredi-
typ" I asked.
at is the sum Of 81 ancestral forces
plus life. It eliminates in the indi-
vidual at birth, differing from hygiene
or environment, which begins at
birth"
DO you believe the laws OF heredity
can be modified or changed?"
81 believe that back Of the law OF
heredity is a greater or unknown law
which both modifes and changes 1t.
What that law is no one mas yet found
out though scientists are seeking IL
constantly. The relation OF inebriety
TO the laws Of heredity are of the deep
est interest. I am not one who believes
that all druukards are subjects of the
disease, inebriety. There are those
who indulge Unexpectedly for mere
pleasure, though even in that case the
Incorporate habit is apt in the long
run 10 establish a permanent departure
from health. The majority Of drunk
ards are not diseased, and even in cases
where the faint OF heredlty is so strong
that moral Incompetence 10 resist
temptation exists az adisease, the inner
itor Of this faint may by eschewing in
toxicants, by simple and healthiul diet,
by strictest observations of hygienic
laws aud by the active cultivation Of
mental aud moral faculties preserve an
unsulied life despite the law o. heredi-
Tvs blight"
IL was worth while talking a long
time with DR.. Burnett, but there is a
bayonet behind even stroller which
bids her "moye on"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05

nation concerning her. Her mother
has watched for and sought her out in
every locality, but the daughter, prefer
ring to live the life OF seif-sentenced
prisoner, has always avoided her. This
is the reason why she never goes out
except in q cloeed carriage and makes
no acquaintsnces other than necessity
compels. She married against her
mothers wish and ran away with her
husband to South America. She was
entirely happy until before
the honeymoon had scarcely passed she
LEANED that her husband had another
wife. He loved Blanche dearly and
would have divorced himself aud mar
ried her legally, but under the impulse
of the shock she left him and came to
San Francisco. She loved the man,
however, in desperate woman fashion,
and while she was there alone she
could not forget that he was down
there, also alone. And when after
time he wrote to her she answered him.
She realizes why he carried her so far
away under the simple plea of escaping
her fathers wrath. There was no d.
vorce from the other wife and has been
none. Yet after years spondence
il has come to be understood within the
small circle of her confidence that she
is weighing the advisabillty OF taking a
ship for the south again. His letters
carry money to her regularly, and adj
vices concerning his prosperity in busi-
ness and praying for her torejoin him.
And the unhappy woman lives entire
~ for these letters. She knows the
dates OF the sailing and arrival OF every
vessel carrying mail TO South America
and they figure in her calendar as red
letter days. And that is why she has
become the mysterious recluse that she
is. Too proud TO make known to her
parents her condition and TO acknow-
ledge that the wedding they opposed
was a mistake, she accepts money from
the husband who can be nothing more
than lover, and yearns and yet hesi-
tates TO rejoin him. So, with nobody
to talk to but parrot, she weeps and
dreams and watches for the infrequent
South America mail and goes through
the daily routine as she might were she
with him. Her meals are served TO her
ia her rooms and partaken of alone,
and the evenings, carefully dressed in
fashionable attire, she spends in read
ing or singing her love songs to the par
rot or wondering, perhaps when she
shall gather courage sufficient to join
him; or, If not that, what awaits her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05

,a .rvbov and always did. Besides,
we like them to look inte,eS's H.. h,,
Oh! the Saratoga oaiIs. 10 oanu
that fills the spiced air win 'no pus
ana thrill of the waltz, the m!i'au
twinklIug lights. the blaze Oh gems, s1e
v.st soors. the merry throngs tna' Sllus
nnon tbem. Less exclusive imam new
.,ars the Saratogans seem 10 NE 70
49, r,or, fun. Aud the dfesses-Wners
iii Won see them surpassed lor noiiuay
sayety or effectl -, .,,,.,
.Tbe belle OF the ball" Is an ABSURD
aynressIon here where oalis are many
ard ALI are bellies, but can .eIl you
30 ono belle OF the ball was oresseu,
aus 0srhs Won will agree with me thh
her trunks and hsnd6oxes eA'ss "
some purpose. IL was Ss'in So
and the petticoat-of course meAn ~
skirt. the visible exterior an1 fa
tbereof-was OF ivory white satin IAs
isbly covered with gold ana mother .,
naarl seouips and gold and crys'a
bssds slintlng, glaring, almost gar
sIsh Ths slaves were white SATIN,
80 and the Vatican train was OF
moirs Of the hue, ana almost the CAST
~ sold Golden yellow, too, was the
MORE draping of the bodice and us wv, Two
bows, one at the corsase; one a. tins tins
waist. The effect is effnlsent, per- YER
bsns would be too much SO, were the
beauty OF the wearer less regal, 49,,
And there was a gown OF palest oIue
satin. brocaded with trails OF mauvs
yiolets and OF single nowers anu Jus
M, MS sSirt was caught up with bow AZ
~ rIgtt over petticoat OF pink
mauye velvet, and the yoke and oodice
Sranerv of the same material Is drawn
m info a corsase bow over the orocade;
.Ieweled passemepterie almost covered
The collar and yoke, and there were
or coral pink shading 10 green with
CT pure white satin with glow OF
glory and OF grace In the RANT PINK
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05

what an almost endless variety OF dishes
can be made with rice and tomatoes,
alone aud IN combination. Tomato rice
IS as good as it is pretty. Boil hall
pougd Of rice IN some well haVored
stock, with an onion, soup herbs, Re"
pepper corns, three cloves and a BLADE
Of mace; when tender lift out these,
slice an onion, pull it into rings and fry
a golden brown in little butter and
stir this into the rice with bali pint
OF tomato conserve or reduced and sea-
soned tomato pulp strained TO free 1t
from seeds. Season with cayenne and
salt and serve. Abroad garlic is added
20 the rice while cooking and 10 the
onion while frying, but for American
pa!ates il will generally be sufficient to
rub the bottom of tbs saucepan with a
Glove OF garlic.