The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-22
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Pas made her have a hired girl
70 wash nd Iron nd scrub,
Cause, he says. M use lAlkln' now,
Am Just the work Ter mother. siuee
she's presldant eh. bubg"
ma to'ther day he said, NOW ma,
You so down to the store
ND get that Ingram carpet you
Was wantin' once before.
Gdfh. II Il costs four dollars !
Don't carel fTNou't do 10 more
To have homemade rag carpets on
The presidents front room noor'N
." ma then" he said, md looked at her
A-hnghin' kind OF Sly,
'P,Faps we might lind some furniture
You'd maybe Ike TO buy"
Then ma she. ups and kisses pa,
md wiped her both eyes dry,
ma ps ssid, "sho, now, tain't the thing
ts' .BuGalo Courier
II think" said the athletic girl to a
New York Sun writer. .that she Is
right lazily m~otioning toward the trim
girk THE proper way to clothe the feet
and legs for bicycling and the one most
IN fashion is TO wear thin stockings and
low shoes, but ! have gone even a step
further and have discarded long THU
stockings"
''what! You ride without Hny?"
shrieked the trim girl, and the two ma
irons just gasped.
eyes, 1 don't wear stockings any
more she answered quietly. you
know, OF course. that I've Just returned
from Paris. and masculine hosiery is
the latest fad for women there, Women
who pretend to dress well have packed
away all their long stockings, even
those OF the sheeniest silk, and have
accepted halt hose as their substitute.
Do you want to see a pairG" she went
on. lifting her skirts daintily. you see
they nre of exactly the same length
and style as my brothers or fathers,
and they are. oh. so COOL You see my
leg is bare for almost eight inches. OF
course, this Is not so when4 am wheel
ing, for l wear silk or Isle thread tights
which come t. my ankles, and over
them my half hose.
Women who have for years dressed
the legs OF their little boys and girls In
short socks get used TO the Idea, and
are quite delighted to abandon the su-
periuous length which has always
CuAfdNIeTlLtu ltIllHlAS hpaiNAgH ~
course, the faddlsh woman accepts the
fashion because It Is new and the
wbeelwoman Is going to take to Il be-
cause 1t Is cool"
30 they come in cotton and llsle?'
asked the stout woman, deeply inter-
ested.
mo, as yet they are only made Of an
exquisite quality OF silk, but a dealer IN
Partisan novelties q N Broadway told
me only yesterday that he had ordered
them In cheaper materials. They are
OF plain colors. with clocks Of contrast
ing shades, and with u band Of small
bright plaids at the top. They look
very smart with slippers. but the solid
comfort that q wheelwoman derives
from this style OF stocking makes II
what II Is. All the bicycle girls In Par
Is have adopted It. and II is only q mat
ter Of time when all OF 'em here In
Amerlca-those with big calves, little
calyes and no calves at all, Just straight
up and down llnes-wln be wearing
them. 1t really Is the only comely and
sensible way to dress the leg for blk
ing"
matron.
ayes, do" agreed the thin one,
TITS n great idea" commented the
trim girl, evidently deeply impressed,
and then fell to talking about high
boots. legglngs, thin stockings and 50
on with renewed Interest.