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


and bonne,s were taken OFF and carefully
laid on the table so .hsy might not muss
the bed, and the children were sent OF 10
play with the Johnson cherubs. Then
we sat in the parl5r and talked. Pollte
conversation is an art a. country tea
You are expected 10 talk about ne
weather The fashions, the sermon OF last
Sunday, bu, never under any circun-
stances mus. you be natural
Besides our own party there was
widow lady who was introduced as
Mis- Tomlin scn. Nobody really called
her ANYTHING but Mis-" Yet she was
'matrOu. she IVES nos a person VINO
could heve been called cheerful. her
toilette. though dingy was distinctly
funcreal. and Mrs Jim Johnson told me
that she was OF a very good family,
though her means is slight, and she has
been unfortunate In her husbands. h3V-
Ing buried three" I then saw hat
SEE WORE THREE WEDDING
RINGS
o. diTcrent viG,hs. Sill, If not cheer
full. her c-lve ltion was original. Sire
gave us a fuu history Of the Sickness
and G-ath @, Frederick, who she spoke
of as her "frst;" she talked CT the BUS
mess ability and kind thought OF A0ner'
wl0 was her second (Ah0er b2d his Ire
insured fer uire hundred dolarsl. and
While she vas charitable, she did not
elcss over the sac that John TOm.inson
who vas her bird, inclined TO drllk.
About six O'Clock The clergyman arflve4
We all sat up. s,raighter and lookea
more uncomfortable than before. TN
cle~Tiucthv ana Jim johnson a.so came
on The scene. ana after little CONVEX
sqtion wien Jim Johnson. l discovered
that if he had q weakness, IL was, DY
his own confession. for tobacco. Dut
that she. and when no said she ne
pronounced it With Sc,emniV and /
knew he meant Ms Jim, would not al
low that a man should be given up TO
small vices. Then va went in TO -ea.
7 ACKNOWLEDGE that I object to the long
grace said by TIE minister. The sally
Lunn was getting cold and the tea was
not IMPROVING by waiting. The chill
dren were all at little table.
Now. thsSe was one funny thing
about this hcsritable board to the eyes
of the city folk With plenty O, os3u-
tiful ripe rasDberries in her garden,
with b'ackberries such as gold could
no. purchase. arS with melons sVeeJer
than any / have ever tasted ar her com
mand. Mrs. Jim offered us e'aven kinds
of preserves ard ne fresh fruiI
1T WAS a GREAT TEA.
There was fried chicken 1T one end.
and as Mrs lin intellectually said,
brefs-eak "'caure the gentlemen liked
Il nj The other. The country idea Of
beers-eak IS different from That which
obtains I'm the city. The country BUTCH
er cuts it Thin and the country cook
does ii brown and hard. But beef al
WAYS has special prestige in small
Mace. Then there was hot Sally Lurn,
hot tea biscuit. bGtter5d toast and white
bread Offered to us. There was jelly
cake. chocolate cake. angel food. pound
cake and croki-7. and hot and iced ten.
The preserves were served in small
glass dishes. and Mrs. Tomlinson con-
sidered herself q great swell because
she held up her dish in a very genteel
manner and ate from It aDo' &c ica'-y
with q determination to spill nothing
9rF leave netting. ate Sally LUnn
ur-i1 exnac-cd TO turn into ore. But
Mn T;7, Smiled and seemed gratified.
81 eo;1 -p. g-as o-'q6 liked 'thai~ moor
vfr-rls" r. is the fashion in the cOun-
trv m urd7rrate whatever Won serve.
7 thought when we had finished ea,inf
cake that this constituted the tea, bur
was mistaken The table W2S cleared
and we were served with fee cream. real
~ made o. cream and wei worth eat
ing. and thoa little thin wGfer-like
cakes that I'm Erg'and they call ShraWs-
burv- When these arrived I was sor-
nv had eaten so much Sally LUnn. but
s.n had sudicien. physical backbone
10 DO my duty To- tho remaining dishes
and not cause Mrs Jim Johnson to feel
that 7 turned my nose M. The aver
age country hostess walks about
WITH A CHIP ON HER oHOOLpiiR
es far as the city people are concerned.
and She calls her good things by bad
names so char she may have he sdyan-
.soa of Won
IS, ,+.,. .., --a oil u-ent ont o., the piaza
md -qIle9 .,oli.e1y again. wandered
i'm The ssrIpn with the children to look
a. some wonderful little pigs. and while
7 WAS admirfng The pigs l heard Mrs. Jim
johnson saw 10 her oldes, daughter.
'Now. get some Of that ice cream in the
qloss dish and send it righr off to old
Mis- Terry for il will be coolin' 10 her
~ercbe1 Inns" They have q way of hid
inc ~5ci~ ra7d deeds in the country and
din n badness in .1e mos. matter-of-
focr manner. and exactly as if r. were
so,,o-biDq tn ne ashamed os At nine
o,o1o,l- no ,rooor a~1aared And then
- - .-ar-od to saw pool-nigb- we told