Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-03
WHEEL ING REGISTER, SUNDAY NOVEMBER g. 1895.

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little fingers as many rings as are in
harmony and seem suited to her.
Nothing short Of hanging is sufficient
punishment to the woman who wears
ring on her forefnger. The only thing
El8t is worse IS the wearing of it on he
thumb, a fashion affected by some ac-
trCsses, but which, in reality, only be-
lCrgs to those people who regard a strip
OF whiteWash and hairpin as suitable
clothing.
A BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE
shown to me not long ago was an evil
deuce of the increased liking for moon
stones; it was formed Of those lovely
stones, alternating with rubies, and the
setting was so light that when the neck
lace was worn the gems seemed simply
to rest on the neck of the wearer. Just
as if they wanted TO, and not because
anything held them in position. How
ever, such a necklace as this is not like
~ TO be seen generally; its price, eight
thousand dollars. making it beyond the
reach of the ordinary woman. How
wTetchedly unhappy people must be
who can't look at things without long
ing for them! Fancy going through
life and never seeing anything beauti-
full without yearning to possess it! Why
life wouldn't be worth living. And
what a disagreeable woman such a one
must be- And how terribly ugly one
would BET For there nothing makes
woman as ugly as envy. 1t causes her
lips to datten rather than to curve,
makes her eyes smaller, and it gives
to her voice a sort of q whine that is
particularly unpleasant. Some sins are
fOrgivable, but envy always seems like
such a mean one. I think / have more
respect for downright malice.
FIXING UP" ONES BELONGINGS.
Our English cousins can learn q great
deal from us-I mean in the way OF
short sentences that express a great
dealt has just dawned on me that
they have nothing that answers to our
phrase, fixing up and that covers
such a multitude of virtues. From
making on old hat look as good as new,
clear down TO polishing all the silver,
it may extend and it covers such an
enormous ground. It means getting
everything all straight, and knowing
exactly where to put ones hands on
whatever one wants; it means hayins
the gloves that need cleaning separated
from those that are in good condition;
your religious photographs quite dis
tinct from your frivolous ones; the
empty soda water bottles apart from
the full ones; a systematic acQuaint-
ance with ones needles and thread; in
fact. getting all things arranged de-
Gently and in order, is fixing up ones
belongings. Now, fixing up ones self
is having ones hair brushed until 1t is
glossy. ones powder well applied, ones
gown perfectly tTig, ones slippers i'm
mensely fetching, ones gloves buttoned
and ones mind at ease. Wherever the
British lion curls his tail can he find a
phrase that means so much as fixing
up?" There are people who fix up
books, but this is all wrong. Books
should stand as their owner arranges
Them and
If THAT BLOOM OF TIME-DUST,
collects upOne them, it only proves that
they are not used often enough. Per-
sorally, / very much dislike TO have my
books disturbed; and when the fixing
up time comes l want to do it myself.
I would rather endure the dust. so that
l may in the dark, know exactly where
TO find the whimperings Of Mrs. Carlyle,
or the poetry of Eugene Field, or the
alcohol to light the spirit lamp, or the
h0t-water bag, or the blackberry bran
dy. or any Of the things that one al
ways does want in a hurry. However,
while / was away this summer, my
books were dusted-for this my family
have sent up thSnks-and I, in Turk
ish position, posed before them and
grinnod. with anguish at my heart. l
am smiling, and smiling, and still be-
inc q villain Of the deepest dye. Fancy
Robert Falconer" in close contiguity
with "Mademoiselle de Maupin"
Browning literally bound up in Health,
Beauty and the Toilet" while poor Tom
Moore is neighbOr to French diction-
airy and a book by Emily Faithful.
Dante is next door to "A Woman's
Worth and WOrthlessness, and Tiny
Tim" is the small neighbOr Of four
enormous medical books. Isaac Dis
raei has q satisfied air, for he is near
enough TO talk to CasanOva-what stO-
ries they must eXChange-while "The
Romance of a Poor Young Man" is jam
med close to The Heavenly Twins"
who We're squeezed into and almost
marked by THE Scarlet Letter" Swim
burne is next to How to be Happy,
Though Married" and Mrs. POtter's
"Ostler Joe" is Getting to Paris by
The House of ROthschild,' which is
brought to notice on the other side of
"The Green Carnation," which has
been almost showed off by "a Bachelor
Girl" Now. You have a sort of an idea
of the fixing up of my books, which
viii. thank goodness, soon be unfXed
and arranged so that the authors will
not use bad language in the silence Of
the night. when their spOOk are wan
dering around.
SPEAKING OF BOOKS,
there is the dearest of books on hand
just now. In the first place, it is bound
i'm scarlet, which makes it cover JOY
to look at. Then it is illustrated by
Gibson and Irving Wiles, which makes
its pictures a never ending source Of
pleasure. and then on its printed pages
are stories just long enough for the
dearest girl to read out loud after din
ner. Personally, I am always on the
lookout for a good book Of short stories,
and when I come across one 1 want ev'
erybody else to know, because the short
story after dinner can be made such
pleasure. The first story in this book
is an incentive to matrimOny, although
it gives the name to the book which is
a Bachelor Christmas" don't know
The man who wrote til don't know
anything about it. except that it is
altogether delightful, and that is the
reason why 1 am telling you, you who
7 count as nv friend about it.
1,-rrAr COOD THINGS FRIENDS