Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-12

American women, accept the fashion as
given by the dress maker, or the mil
liner, and wear it like one Of a numer-
Gus flock, dressed alike, but she adapts
1t to herself. taking off here that which
will lessen her grace, putting on there
that which will add to her grace, and
making the original study an individual
one, only to be recognized by its good
points. You never saw a French wo-
man shove her veil above her lips to
eat anything; she goes to the trouble Of
removing it, for, with it raised that way
she knows that even the most aristo-
cratic she who had the bluest blood in
the Saint German, would have an air
of vulgarity, such an air that only at
taches itself to the boy of the street.
We have an English word that suits it
Well-at least, | don't think it is Eng
lish. l think it is American slang
who raises her veil just on line with
her nose looks tough" 1t is nasty
word, but it expresses the appearance
and even slang is permissible when the
language itself does not fully tell all
that one means"
Here I interrupted her again, and
asked her if she had heard
ABOUT THE NEW DINNERS,
those where you get a card with a rid
die written on it, and whoever had the
card with the answer took you out.
She said, NO haven't, and l cOnsid-
er it very stupid in the first place,
conundrums belong to the nursery
Civilized people have enough mental
work TO do without taking up such non
sense. Another thing, most people are
tired of the sO-called intellectually.
Many of the dishes, at both dinners and
luncheons, are mysteries enough, with
out ringing in any beyond these mater
ial guesses. Another thing, who wants
to dine off Of ones brains? Ones own
brains? Whenever 1 consider that a
woman has asked me to dinner because
she thinks / am bright. and Will help
her entertain. 1 either stay at home, or
else, when | get there, / enjoy myself
by being exceptionally stupid. II
hostess wants entertainment furnished
TO her guests let her hire those people
who make profession Of It,. There is
no man for whom I have so much con-
tempt as that one who becomes, i'm
way. the fool for the party. This type
is always wonderfully versatile. He
can rattle off the last new song, tell the
last new story, dress his thumb up in a
handkerchief to initiate some great per
sonage, make himself look like an old
woman with the assistance of
the same handkerchief; in
fact, make clown of him
self, without getting a clowns wages.
/ am told that occasionally these men
marry. My sympathies go out to their
wives, for surely they could not have
known what they were doing when they
sWOre to honor a versatile man. The
versatile man is an intellectual jack
ol-all-trades-h is master Of none.
And l can imagine that at home, hay
ing a bad stomach because of the nu-
merOus indigestible dinners he has
eaten, being tired out because he has
eXerted himself so much, he is probably
peevish, and surely anything but pleas
ant to live with What very little
after all we know of the people we meet
i'm the social world. How many Of
them are worth consideration? How
many of them are to be dreaded?'
Just here, l interrupted again, and
said: There are some who ought 20
wear on the breast a sign saying Be
ware.
THE FORWARD OLD MAN AT THE
DINNER.
I would put this, first of all, on the
old man who claims a right to kiss you
because ne knew your mother before
she was married.
l would put it on the woman who
never says anything that isn't compli-
mentary-for who what she may say
when distance lends enchantment to
the view?
I would put it on the woman who
wants a card to my dressmaker-I doubt
her credit.
would put it on the man who snubs
up his wife when he thinks nobody is
listening-Jhe chances are that, ten 90
one, he is a brute at heart.
l would put it on the woman who is
the president, secretary or treasurer OF
innumerable societies. but who forgets
whether it is her second or third boy
who is down with the measles
l would put it on the people who talk
too much and say nothing. Goodness
gracious. Now, YOU and I are pretty
old friends, but it is rather mean>in you
to suggest, even in fun, that the last
reason gives you an excuse for pinning
it on Bah.