Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-06

NvSgNS - HI holiday season is
II f9~ kEa over and a general
,NKN NY. sigh OF relief goes up
So fS from the fashionable
49, set There were a
(Og5AFls5 ~ great number OF bril-
UNNA-0 10 liant entertainments,
~ (Ssss1 ~, aud all were very CO.
&1AJS ~ j0yable, but with so
(@SNS%zSS = many affairs crowded into
WI NJ such a brief space OF time,
SIN - the tax upon ones endur-
SYAS& ance is so great that a pc
CHtAJ)( rlod OF dullness is well
~. coined as a period Of rest There
INK is an unwrtten law which
u%&N$ makes social obligations as
~ )olnding as an endorsement in
the commercial world, and ne or she
who would shine in the beau monde
cannot afford TO Ignore the little debts
which the conventionalities Of society
create. There will bs many pleasant
memories ia connection with the holiday
festivities 10 1894. and the co ntinuous
round Of entertainments during Christ
mas week will form a topic for discus
sion for many days TO come. The club
balls we're elegant affairs. the wealth
OF flowers Ia the decorations aud
the fetching gowns OF the ladies'
contributing in no mean de-
gree TO their success. The
holiday entertainments OF a musical and
literary nature, and the innumerable
soirees and receptions, have served TO
Ill In the time most acceptably between
the dates OF more pretentiouS events.
After the restless attention TO social
matters which the period demanded,
the hostess has been relieved from
many OF her obligations, and there will
be little TO interest society persons ex-
cept consideration OF, and preparation
for the prospective events before the
ndvent Of the period OF sackcloth and
ashes.
The snow which fell during the pre-
ceding week had been worn down and
solidifed sufficiently 70 place the roads
in prime condition for sleighing the
past six days. II is seldom that the
conditions are favorable for this ex-
hilirating psstime for so many days
continuously. The young folks made
the most OF IT, Long after the country
folk had retired, the merry tintinnabu-
lation Of the bells ana the laughter OF
cOngenial parties, awoEe the echoes
weight with sensible persons. The New
Years reception is reliShed by society
because it Is departure from the form
OF entertainment which is conventional
throughout the remainder of the season;
n gives that variety 70 the whole which
we are assured els the very spice OF
life" There were some seven or eight
bostasses who received Tuesday even
ing. and hundred or more gentlemen
made the rounds between the hours OF
eight o'clock and midnight. The dec
orations at the different houses were
principaly In holly, mistletoe and pot
Ted plants, varying according TO the
taste OF the hostess. Miss Emma
Wheat received az the home or Mr..
Joseph Speidel on Chapline street She
Vas assisted Misses Gertrude List,
blanche Haase, Matte List, Bessie
Tsmb and Miss Warfeld, of Quincy,
Ius Mrs. A. A. Wheat presided at the
,,pncb howl, aud Mrs. Charles Roemer
rendered a number OF delightful piano
solections during the evening. Miss
NTo,,ie McMasters received callers at
1hs home OF DR.. K. o. McMaSters,
on Chapline street She was ASSISTED
while the Old-fsShiOned sled ana the
pobbv cutter gilded over the frozen sur
face of the roads. A favorlte deStlna-
tion was ST. Clairsvilie, where the inner
man was looked after before turning
bomewsrd. Many also selected the
Xvovside Inn at COlerain, as their OBJ
soc,ive noint. Sleighlng parties were
esnecially numerous on New Year
svsninq. 90 the whole this wholesome
tdlversIon made up no small part OF
he weeks pleasa re:
of,be many forms Of entertainment
20 sigsalize the passage OF another nile
e h, tbe onward march OF old
Tstber Time. none are productive OF .
.,,r derrse OF wholesome pleasure
-. tbe New Years receptions. The
Item Of keeping open house on The
g., eov on the year Is not SO much 10
.-a.,,s a. Il was in the recent past
&c are the objections which are
Dvsed against the practice Few,
=, 800 any OF them, having any
- ,be oarlor by Misses Ethel Bailey
Helen Caldwell and Ethel Braanon' Ii, In
49, - dinInr-room were Misses Sue
wV,obt Laura Caldwell and Etts Rine-
S.rt Miss Hulda Delaplaine and her
-no,rer Mrs. Mary Delaplaine' enter
..Ioed A. their handsome home on CHAP
lie street. They were assisted In re,
~ Misses Nellie Topping and
No. MeMecneu. In the dining-room
100 and chocolate we're served of
80 SI,sses Iessie Turner aud Flora wilson,
"a Miss Scull. Of Somerset, Pa grace
S,Iiv oficiated sc the punch oo"''
NIisses Mary. Shirley aud sara broeKn-
Stor received at their hospitaole home
. ~ Chapline and Fourteenth streets
49, were assisted by their parents,
4 ~ and Mrs. C. w Brockunler'
C Ca and coffee were served In the
Sioing room. Miss Gertrude Fisher re-