The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-14

there was q surprlslng number OF badly
dressed women In those boxes, Enough
money had been spent upon the gowns
But, alas, these women too often fancy
they can 20 to the dressmaksPs, put
their money in the slot and lot the
drasamaker do the rest
There we're many beautiful women In
the boxes They looked rs II they had
long, long generations between them
selvOS aud tho depraving influences Of
toll aud trade, Yet they were plain
American women, born oil humble poo
pie, with no claims TO ancestry, unless
those foolish little poems about May
foWors and Virginia gentlemen may DO
called claims TO ancestry. They wore
tho daughters OF successful tTRdssmOn
aud they looked and really Woro AZ ane
as pTlncesses,
PEpIaRHEs sHoRTRR THAN THE HoRsEs.
Ageutlsmap up In New England used
to please his neIghbOrs Of tho Back Bay
district by saying that it took three
generations In oilsIo make gentleman
or u lady, That remark used to make
them laugh on the other side OF the
water, whore three generations in oils
means somebody very now and odorons
Of varnish, But tie horss chow con-
founded both the New England gsntlo'
man and those on tho other side OF the
water. There were real gentlemen and
real ladies, 80 far as look and speech aud
aspirations TO fsel that onsiS OF the
very best clay are concerned, and they
were not even ono generation away from
tobacco and lead aud tallow and rails
and all sorts oil dreadful commercial
things.
Yes, and there were roal gentlemen
and real lRdiea in the crowd that
swRrmed by the boxes, io'tllnR and
staring and laughing and shaking hands
away up in the air with shipper and
show Of tssth. They wore not so rich
as the people in the boxes and they
don't have their names and pictures IN
tho papers every day, But they wore
all in fine raiment clad and spoke real
English and looked clean and happy. 10
tie real onlooker they made fully rs Gu
gavinga spectacle as tho people In the
boxes,
HhhN ANaf N's@ Nbsf''NANaf
You who 1.-Two far from New York, aud
did not have money enough to travel to
this show in luxury and live at splendid
hotels, would do well to give heed care
fully to oil those things that You have
missed. Here was wide-SWosplng cir
clio Of boxes, aud in oyory box sat a rep
rGsontative OF millions And mot Of
millions alone, bat OF luxurious living,
Of familiarity with the highest society
on both allea OF the Atlantic. There
we're perIons who have bought dukes
aud princes and oarls aud counts and
barons aud knights for their daughters.
There were men who have ceased TO
count their wealth or their servants or
tho number establishments they keep
up. And all for tbs ono price OF admis'
slon7-all under the main tent,
And the crowd was made up OF people
who would have been persOnages In any
other community. There were men aud
women who have large fortunes. as for.
tunes 90 in other cilieS, who have cul.
ture and ease aud refinement. who move
IN social sets that yield to none In
thcory, to the one In fact. Yet these
people wandered unnnticed, mere spec.
tators, nero gAperS upon tho wonder
persons in the boxes That is what
New York and the New York horse
show means,
A young man who has seon many
horse shows in this town complained
bitterly because the boxes and seats
held the sane old people tho same old
faces. lie said that there ought to be
something new-now millions, new
faces, new names. But that young man
would curse too sunrise as n thing that
had gone stale, would curse the stars for
being 60 often on. exhibition. Even in
magic America we can't create Won
deriul society like our smart set in n
single year. Aud we would not II wa
could. Its perennial beauty and wealth
and diamonds aud wit are joyful things
that We would have always the same,
like sunlight aud starlight And lot us
all pray that our smart sol may stick to
tho llorse show and give US our annual
treat
And now for the horses. They have
been in tho ring all this time. And the
judges aud the horse exports have been
looking at thOm, II the people have not.
1t is necessary TO add to this report OF
the real show that to-day wiz be a
greater day than yesterday; that to.
days entire company will appear In
the boxes with changes Of costume
throughout, hut no ohanges In tho es.
sontial magnificent featuros Of tho ser.
iouS drama, "WhVu Horse Show Is
Not q Horse SHOW"
Wants Free Ihc.