The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-30
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One Of the most entertaining literary
concolts OF recent yeara is "The Old
Nadia Club" by that most promising
young writer l. ZangWilI, who has given
us such works as "rho Master" THE
Big Bow MyItery," etc. Tho book iS
proiuSely illustrated by 7. II. Towns.
end, whose pictures add u charm to tho
text. 1t is a story OF a group Of Young
ladies who form club, the conditions
OF membership being that every candl'
date must ba under twenty-five years Of
age, beautiful and wealthy, and under.
take to continue so, and that every eau
didate must have refused at least Que
advantageous offer Of marriage. Tho
general recommendations OF this club
Of anti.matrimonial tendencies are gems
in their way;
"Never refuse the last slice OF bread
etc, lest you be accused OF dreading
celibRcy. Never accept bits Of wedding
cake, lest you be suspected oil putting
them under your pillow. Do not ex.
press disapprovAl by a snid. Never
distribute tracts Always iondle child.
rem and show marked hostility TO the
household eat. Avoid eeesatEicilie'.
Refrain from manufacturing Jam,
household remedies, gossip or goose
berry wins. Neyor nurse a cold or
relative. 1t is advisable not to have u
married sister, as she might decoAso aud
tho temptation to marry her husband
is such no human being ought to DO
exposed TO. For cognRts reasons Osch0w
friendship with crlpplos aud hunch-
backs Especially when the have mas
tered tho violin in twelve lOsions), men
OF no moral character, druukards WHO
wish to reform themselves, very uRly
men, and husbands with wives in luna.
tic asylumS. Cultivate rather the &C.
quaintanco Of handsome young men
| who have been duly yaccnRted), for
this species Is too conceitel to be dau-
gorous."
And again tho maxims Of this won.
deriul organization were Of the dead
hest character imaginable. For in'
stance:
"ThO husband is tho only creature
entirely selfish. lie Is n low organism,
consisting mainly Of a digestive RppAra'
tus aud rudo mouth. The lover holds
tho cloak the husband drops it. We'd.
ding dresses are webs. Women like
Clinging robes; men like clinRinG wo'
men. Women who catch husbands
rarely recover. Marriage is a lottery;
every wiio does not become n widow.
Marriages arc made in heaven, but old
maids go there"
But tho thrilling adventures that
oysrtake tho Would.be members Of
"rhe Old Maids Club" its extruordi.
nary endng-the story OF those must
be studied at length in the book itself.
which is absolutely unique in lie wuy.-
Lowell, Ootyoll & Co., New York Frank
,Stanton, Wheeling.
Mrs. oliphRnt has long since eStab.
lished herself in tho world OF fiction as
a powerful and entertaining writer. and
her latest work, "Diaua; tho History Of
\ Great Mistake" shows no decRdoncO
in hOr powers 10 please. No reader eau
fail TO appreciate either tho charming
dsxtorily which she has displayed in
working out the details Of the plot Of
DIANA" or the living reality Of hor
characters, oven whore tho lattOr play
but the smallest part ID tho action of
the story.--Lovell, Coryoll Il 20. New
York; Frank Stanton, Wheeling.
A groat deal has been said and writ.
ton Of "Con's Financial School" Nv. IL.
Harvey but no one has answered the
sophislry Of that author 50 effectively
AZ Prof j.. Lauroncc Iaughlin, OF tho
University OF Chicago, in his book on.
titled Facts About Money" 1t iS true
that tho country hRI had surlGit Of
"Coin" aud his audRCiolu iRllaclos, and
has been weariod by tho recent debate
OF Mr.. Harvey with Ox.CongrCa8lnan
Horr, but this work contains u previous
debate with Coin BIZ Prof. l.aughlin
At tho Illinois Club, Chicago, May ~, Of
this year, which IL WILL worthy OF
Siudious porusa by all financial stu.
dOnta. Tho work al'O contains a
chronology Of money with valuable
appendices. In fact II In n book which
tho aludUnt OF tho monetary sysIom Of
tho country cannot nllord TO be with.
out. In speaking Of COINS" book
Prot. Laughliu 'Rys: "llis book, how.
oyer, j, 80 utterly untruitworthy NJ to
facts aud inieronCos that no scientific
wtIlut would regard 1t with anything
but contempt. There IL hardly table
Of prices or bit Of statistic, that Is TO be
trusted throughout tho whole book.
III, Juggling with history IL simply
audarioul. But tho book worry clOvCrly
Appeals to tho class feeling Of tho poor
against tho rich llorc Ia il' great
powOr, aud hero It Is TO bn moro scrl'
ously OondcmnOd.' -E/A. Wrokt 4
Co, OhicAroi Frank Stanton, Wheeling.
-Four now books by foreign authors oil
singular nppo1lono,a ot birth aud on.
VironmonLs Norwegian, Dutch aud
French; yOt with aoIno eight uOdiIicn'
iiOns VI circumstance, OF, opportunity,
II Won will, ttoallne tho rHmu theme,
tho vanity Of man and tho wOakho's OF
woman. hut how .dlIlorOnt IL tho
touch oi cArl In potlrnylng the rna.
Alnna, tho hcartncllGs, tho mistakes and
disasters that hnnly ovnflukB tho DOM
in1nt characters. What II tango Tor
thought, action nnl contemplation from
tho uulHi NurilaUnnNi to tho Hnyn'Y nud
iflyplity NJ tho phfi9lAn aniDna aud tho
lnmrly paflurA and cottages NJ Holland
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