Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-16

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. ard several hours were spent very pleas
ant'y The affair concluded in a chorus
I'm which an joined with will. Later
the members OIL the faculty. and severalI
young ladies We're serenaded.
The phenomenal success Of the lawn
fs.e at the Girls Home at Elm Grove,
ON Thursday last. continues to be the
topic in Catholic circles Certainly
nothing like it hes ever before been
witnessed IN these parts. The Wheel
inc and Elm Grove railroad had time
getting the enormous crowd home 10
Wheeling. because. having gone out
from noon to- p. m., they al desired
,1 return ut an interval of two hours.
Still great good humOr was manifested
eI round and those who could not
wc &c themselves into q seat in one
train. waited in the cool darkness for
The ueNt The ladies I'm charge Of the
fe.a feel grateful. To- the Railroad Com
pauy for ,ICT efforts, as also for the re-
bate GA each ticket sold, which OF itself
VIII let handsome sum.
The grounds Of the home, consisting
il part of q glorious orchard rising tier
upon tier Of stately trees to The sky
line. were of themselves an enhancing
picture of rural beauty, but bearing the
ulwol-ed fruit OF Chinese lanters, with
the gloom of the 'eaiy cristles lit up by
natural gas, kindly given by the Com
pany. they We're glorious indeed. The
seventy orphan children rOamed ana
rompcj with the merry makers and lat
O. enjoyed o. substantial supper beneath
q spreading beech. TX was good to see
the ladies leaving their own for one day,
% Wail upon the uOtherless little ones
with loving assiduity. One most pa
tho-ic incident deserves record. A
young lady from The city singled out a
blue-eyed. disseminated tot of three for
her special care. She gave her candies
end a doll and kissed and coddled her.
But when the parting hour came in the
cleaning the baby chung to her and
cried piteousiy to be taken home Sha
was hushei away in her snowy crib to
dream of the Chinese lanterns. dolls and
candies and of that mother she had
borrowed for q day.
one of the mos, pleasing features OF
tho occasion was The hearty way which
all irrespective Of age. parish lines.
0r religious affiliations. cO-O2eTated in
the great success. It was oil for the
Orphans and that one touch of ma
urc made the whole world kin. OF
course the burden of the work fell upon
the ladies of the committees. who work.
ed like beavers. but they had helpers
galore. There were the tables spread
beneath che trees and loaded with
viands. all prepared and given in sweet
Charity's Heme The crowd sWOOpcd
down upon these like q locust swarm,
and many q reveier ate heartily Of lob
ster salad, mistakiDg it for some less
vindictive dish. and thus utterly ignor-
amt h3t it was loaded There was the
fishing b~ tho children over the ton Of
tent; tho torgec-relIing booth in which
the bU 'ness VAS strictly cash and the
amount Of future happiness graduated
according ID ones financial RESPONSE
bility. and through the local pOstOfice
letters OF gushing and oyerpowering
tenderness were sent at ten cents or
quarter The shy bachelors were over
powered by the gush, and the stingy by
the price Over OH n02ted the strains
Of the band. The platform especi-
ally laid down was not One-tenth large
enough. The music ceased promptly at
ten. and not Q drop of liquor or stimU-
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