Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-19

INV AhlLNGS AS YOU FIND Ihhh
AND THE DELUSION ATTACHED
THERETO-FRESH FRUITS AND
THE PRESERVED ARTICLE-ICE
CREAM A REDEENING FEA-
TURE-NRS. JIM JOHNSON'S Flu
NERAL WAYS-WHEN The MIN
ISTER CAM
QrOm Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, July To- 1898.
We are invited out TO tea. In coun-
try parlance, going TO tea is quite
differenc matter from dropping in 30
have cup Of tea in the city. here,
one receives ones invitation at least
fve days. ahead of the time. and 1t Is
delivered by the hostess herself, dress
ed like Mr.. McGin-y, in her best SUIT OF
clothes. She appears about 8 CLOCK;
lOOks warm and Over-dreSsed ana Is
ushered into the parlOr. Aunt Maria
parlOr is like almost every other one III
the village. In the frs, place IL IS
kept pitch dark. and when You come I'D
from the daylight, you would run q
great risk OF breaking your u ok, IL IL
were not the fact that, with the exec p
ton of ,he centre table, every otner
piece Of furniture is ranged in
straight line against the wall mere
are six chairs, one lounge upon Wnlch
no human being could lounge, an&
rocking chair upholstered In The most
slippery hair cloth. The centre taole'
which is the Joy Of Aunt Maria me- Is
q funereal one; il is round and has
marble top to It. and upon it, az regular
angles are placed the family Bible. the
family album. two books bound IN req
and gold that wers given 90 Aunt Maria
by Uncle Timothy when he was court
ing her. and a basket made OF strung
beads. which is supposed 90 h0lu FlS.--
ing cards. There is another table IN
the room. but that is against Jne wall.
II is smaller and has @ cover mao OF
silk patchwork Every patch having
a history which Aunt Maria can give
and does give gladly. On this table
are the wax flowers, pond lilies ana
red roses. under a glass globe, which
were given 70 Aunt Maria by ler
bride smaid. and then there is plaster
OF paris Apollo which Aunt Maria got
from a man with whom she traded
that Is 10 say. she gave for il five times
Its worth in clothes belonging 10 Uncle
Timothy.
The wall IS papCred in light yellow,
with punches Of daffOdilS in pale blue
upon IL. and the only pieces of art
decorating it are the photographs OF
Aunt Maria and Uncle Timothy taken
on their wedding tour, whore they pose
with claspsd hands. a something they
would not dream Of doing, and Aun,
Ma-aa's brooch. wa,chchain and we'd
ding ring are worked out IN gold paint
Then there is a wreath or hoWefS
made Of hair. put IN a frame.
T'RE HAIR OF ALL THE FAMILY
Is in this this wreath. and the lady who
made II charged five dollars for her
am sure she deserved more.
These pioaIres. Sre counted so valuable
that instead1S beig hung low enough 40
see them properly, they are ever so far
trD. and TO look at them one has TO stand
on chair and risk sliding on But when
we heard that Mrs. Jim JCsnsOn (she is
always particular 10 call herself Mrs.
Jim Johnson because she don't speak 10
Bsl Jahnson's wite) had come 20 ask us
10 q tea party. we nearly fell over each
other in our eagsrness 70 receive the in
vfatiOn. We were told That there would
be no "fussin'." and that We were eX-
pected to come early and lake things as
we found them. Being city bred, l be-
Ieved this. Later on I learned that un-
less / wore my finest frock Mrs. jim
johnson would be insulJed.
BY tGe bye. at country tea parties Chill
Hren are asked as well as the grown
llDs. The faceful day arrived. At two
O'Clock Aunt Maria began TO scrub the
children.
ErTsQRE WAS WEEPING AND VAIL
ING
n the land. She evidently regarded
Them as wicked. but young Holsters WI
xvouldnt be worth consideration until
iav were fiery red. At four o'clock I
I'D Nanny weeping bitterly. The
-sfoiiSle resulted from the fac, that Aun,
Maria had read a fashion magazine and
sT0m what she read and from the dia-
E.,lical pictures she had concluded that
NonDv's swiss skirt should stand out af-
per the received mode. The consequence
was She made poor Nanny put on five
,,a-tfcoors. and every pe-,icOat was
Starchier than the other. j haven't the
slightest doubt Jhat starch has value in
fl,e commercial world. / know that
rounded and perfumed with bay rum is
Is used BY people who object 20 the de-
Iight of fine French powder and who
strain nj a gnat and swallow very en-
orrous camel by bsNging starch bag
a. their faces and gaining an. impression
a.. result so that they may be able TO
'-b,-,,o. their shoulders and express their
Eatred of powder and rouge. Starch IN
-I-f-4s and I'm frOcks is not in harmony
'.t,bor with the warm weather or Wig
800 n, dress. Poor Nanny looked Ike
- ogrravating blot on the landscape.
when She moved she ratified ana "heh
s5e SAT down she stuck out HlS,O'N
- ms that the old woman Wao hrst
80 s.aroh was hung as a wien ana
LII one cannot but be convinced th0-
stnosS is 1000,
pP6DUCT or THE EVIL SPIRIT.
~ r1Tnous TO the temper. In his
o~aciaI case il made pretty girl like
S Sgr,,, Iook commonplace. Starch and
is wielders are surely possesseu CT Ue'-
jIs Abou. the belt OF each one OF Nam
80 nerticoats. / DO beLeVee' lnete was
= -,o1nd az &C.. and IL stood up III luNl3S
49, were dreadful 20 look upon ana
,,,1s- ne trying TO wear Inc very Woiu
5fself is disagreeable, Tor WHO likes
starchy people?
usIf-nas5 four found US all dressed
, ia 80 ,,.,.son came into use, but the