Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-15


Atlantic have poured up0l him. and
which has recently. as cable dispatches
of Commons Mr. Stedman copies Aus
show, entered the doors of the House
tins monody upon Disraeli Beacons-
field. written at his grayeside in Hugh
enden, and in imagery, pastoral dlgres-
sion and stately lines the fourteen
verses have a grand ring. and OF the
kind for which poet laureates have been
created TO write. Wall street is very
proud of Stedman, who presents on the
thorOughfare its most distinguish i
looking occupant If he pianist Pader-
eTski only had in addition 10 his brain
covering Stedman's poetic beard and
Whiskers-he whom the irish call Paddy
Roosky- would YET more mash IN
matinee girls But Wall street boasts
another poet daily on its trotJors Will
liam Allen Butler. the great lawyer
whose magniicently appointed Offices
are in Wall street Both S.edman and
Butler came into fame by yer5 de soci-
etc the one by his Diamond Wedding
and the other by his Nothing to Wear"
But Of late years Stedman has found
more poetry in banking. and Butler in
arguing great railway cases than in
getting into the nine holes with the
MUSES.. Both are of very illus riOus
lineage, Stsdm3n'S going deep INFO Old
Mayflower and old Saxon eras. while
Butler is tn son of Cabinet officer
under both The Jackson and Van Buren,
administrations.
OUR ANTI-BRITISH FEELING.
New Yorks antipathy TO things and
people British daily grows The Dan
raven incident and those respecting the
Salvation army in the war which lis au-
tCcratic John Bull General d clared
agins, the American wing, intensified
the an,ag0nis,ic feeling that arose out
Of the Venezuela con en,ion beiwe n
Salisbury and Cleveland The feeling
is destructive TO Anglomania. And
am told that il is likely 10 diminish the
usual summer pilgrimage to London.
The take of berths on the steamships
fairly indicates his. and vet. i'm antici-
patton of thecUstOmary rush. our steam
snip companies had raised passenger
rates. But possibly the ling is ripe
that the transatlantic steamships are
sacrificing safety to speed The Amer
lean line has been especially unfortu-
nate with its steamers Paris. New York
and s.. Paul. much 20 the advantage of
The English Cunard lin. which has al
ways been remarkably free from de-
tention and accidents
STEAMSHIP GOSSIP.
As one who has made eight voyages
90, q
] should always take and advise pas
sage on the Cunard or the German
Lloyd lines, because they are Differed
by naval graduates and the seaman
snip is immaculate.
LEAP YEAR VIVISECTED.
Leap year gaieties. Notwithstanding
Lent have been unusually Jolly in the
city so far. Ii is certainly Jolly TO see
feminine ushers and 10 hear womanlv
requests for the honor of your hand in
a waltz or as your escOrl TO dinner or
supper. Leap year observance having
hereafter a hiatus until 1904 this one
now on the carpet has more inviting
and instant features. But what. after
all do feminine privileges Of the sea-
son amount to? Any woman who takes
an interest in gentleman can ultimate
ly win him if she so determins. There
is marvellous influence i'm viii power
exercised in the court of Cupid Then
there are so many strategic methods.
If maid takes fancy to a timid lover.
she has only TO match his timidity by
tact, which American girls possess far
abo.e those Of France, England or Ger
many. 1t is in the case Of the timid
lover that leap year privileges best come
into vogue.
SO while He was trying his courtship
10 test,
Leap Year came along and twas She
did the rest.
If the lover is homelike and unimag-
NATIVE, let him be tried with the apron
and the surprise Of dainty cake-mak-
ing. If he be pompous. he can be flat
tered by questions that show her an
parent ignorance and implied confess
sion of mental inferiOritv. If the lover
faucies Woman's only mission is 10 look
beautiful and engaging. she has but 10
employ the utmost destinations of dress
and manner. and shower upon him con-
secutively grace after grace. But i'm
any event, if the woman has passion
for man. her greatest coup is. without
betrayal or show. and with perfect con
cealment to concentrate her Will power
upon him and hypnotically. as it were
compel him to her feet
A COMING DOLL SHOW.
The society fad of the coming week is
TO be doll show at Sherry's. i'm his
grand parlors, under most distinguish-
ed and fashionable patronage. New
York City has taken on the dodge of
patron and patroness. after the nobility
fashion Of England. and no programme
IS issued for a public function nova
days unless accompanied with a lot of
patrcnesses- of course. self-elected.
fancy that New York City women moro
than any other city in tho Union love
TO see their names in print The dolls
are 20 be dressed by noted bellies and
matrons. and to represent eras in tot
lettes Gentlemen are to be invited 10
buy them as presents to juvenile girls.
or TO keep-if bachelors souvenirs:
and. of course. to pay fabulous prices.
all in the holy cause of Lenten charity.
A. OKEY HALL.
AN OCTLAND VOYAGE.
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