Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-27

corsets that are too large in the bust.
Have them instead, lit you exactly, aod
then the additional flesh that you NAV
need will be put in by your dressmsker
In the form OF cotton or curled hair.
One has the recommendation OF SOFT
ness, the other OF .ightness. The dress
reformer offers in the place OF corset
bodice bulky with thick cords. shane
less, certain 10 be uncomfortable on &C
count OF the buttons, and certainly OF
no use in bracing one up. II rather
suggests TO my mind the irOn-staysd
corsets worn by that historical person.
age, Catherine de Medici.
IT'S TIREsoME.
BY the bye. aren't you getting horri-
bly, tired OF hearing In the drawing
room, At the theatre and from between
the book covers, about the woman with
past? There is too much talk about
her and too many OF her, and the free
discussions as to her doings is extremely
undesirable. Women talk about her eK.
acIly as If she we're the most immacu-
late person. Indeed, they seem almost
TO worship her. Now, any woman who
has been unfortunate enough TO have
led wrong life, who has repented and
is trying to do right, does, bolieve, de-
serve all the sympathy ana considera-
tion that ia possible. But cannot be-
lieye that she is 70 be put up on a pedes-
tai and worshiped sim0.y because she
has done what she should not have done
And do not believe that She should be
allowed to take her place ia this world,
az least besides the women VINO have
led pure and virtuous lives. II this
wero done,~ all the women who ara
tempted would simply succumb; live as
they fancied. get as much pleasure out
OF a wicket life as they could, and then,
when il seemed desirable, sither be-
cause they were growing old, had lost
their beauty or wished TO lead a differ
ent life, would do it because they would
be treated as if they had never known
what sin was. | tell you this cannot DO
il wa wish 10 keep our women good and
honest.
THE SCRIPTURES EXPOUNDED.
Somebody. who Is very tender heart
ed, says TO me, But Hs who was Dr.
vine told this woman 10 go and SIN no
more and kept them from stoning her
by reminding them OF their own sins.
Well, my friend, that is true. She
was told to go and sin no more, and
% our way OF thinking IL would seem
as If she had dedicated the rest
Of her life 10 good works and
ID the worship Of God. Let
the woman Of to-day do the same. But
do not attempt to break down all the
pillars that sustain society by making II
as easy as possible for the woman with
past TO stand, as an equal, beside the
pure girl who is your daughter or mine.
The discussion about her isn't good
for any OF US, and when her reformation
is sincere, |, for one DO not believe that
she will crave society, but that she Will
live along her life Is best sue knows how
doing as many good deeds as possible 10
wipe out those wicked ones in the past,
so that when her ewes are closed 10 this
world and she stands before the Judge,
who will be- mercful "a we'll o. just,
she will be the woman without past.
Our mercy TO this woman mas, l very
much fear, degenerated into a sictly
sentimentality, that does not realize
whether it is you. Or me, or somebody
else who has sinned; that as we SOW We
must reap, aud that we cannot look for
figs on thiStles.
ONE wOMAN's CREED.
Ny religion is possibly crude one,
but IL satisfies me. This is its gospel:
~ shall pass through this world but
once. Any good thing. therefore that
can do, OF any kindness that | can show
90 any human being, let mo do IL now.
Let me not defer il, or neglect II, for 1
shall not pass this way again" That
is all.
A clever woman the other day was as 3
lunchoen, one OF those whore questions
are asked, and the first one was, what
two women, 10 the history OF the world,
have had the greatest influence upon
its ptople?" Every name was men
ito ned from Marie stuart down %
Queen Victoria, and from George Eliot
back to Catherine Of Russia. The pest
answer, it was conceded, came from 4
woman who thinks more than she talks.
She said Eve aud the Virgin MARY
This was greeted with applause, and II
was conceded that she had won the
prize.
This bit OF gossip was told. When
the Second Mrs. TaoQueray" was be-
ing played at San Francisco, a bright
club man said that II ought TO have an
additional title. Some one asked him
what il was, and ne answered: ''Ihe
Second Mrs. TaDqucray; or Lille in san
Francisco. Then they asked, IVY nat
constitutes
A GENTLEwoN Az?
One woman said, Being well-oorn'
well-bred, and well dressed" Another
description was this: "A gentiewoman
is woman whose voice Is never heafo
except by the person TO whom she 10
speaking. Who mas plenty OF small
ralk, but no curiosity. VINO shows ny
her quiet smile that she appreciates
that which is amusing, but who never
laughs loudly. Whose gowns are S"Iled
10 the time and occasion, who never
bores one with personalities.
still another was: "A gentlewoman
IS always neat in her dress, quiet IN nor
manner, and reposeiul IN ner eject
She Is kind and good, unseIlisn ana Io''
ing" But the one that took the prize
was this: "A gentIewoman IS "o-
manly"
don't know what will become OF Us
oil If this question business IS kept up'
for IL is really Il greater strain on tb9
intellect than cooking terrapin TO SUIT
man. There are some tulngs that
would like to know. but never expect
to fnd out. This is my first query.
PROBLEMS OF TIE DAY.
Why do women prefer To write tNo
nasty novels they do now, Instead Oh
honoring themselves By putting tne'
names 10 those that would teach 81 W.
men 70 be better and Do5.er?
W. l. -. t,s,yt u,or their Ives