The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-03-03
HAS THE SILK HABIT.
a New York society woman : Victim 6
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a New York society woman . Victim 81
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ssSee that woman over there,
said the noorwa1ker, as he jerked
his head cautiously toward the silk
counter and looked intently in the
opposite direction; well, she's got
the habit worse than any one Lever
saw, and in my time I've seen
great many sad cases. She's hope
less now. Chronic case. you know.
/ suppose she will die from it some
day.
What habit? Why, the silk hab=
it, of course. Has to buy it. you
know. Can't help herself. and her
family can't do anything to cure
her either. For years that woman
has given her life, her energy and
her wealth in gratifying her habit.
She belongs to one of the Oldest and
the richest families in the metropo-
lis, and owns a beautiful town
house, not 600 miles from Del
monico's. That house is filled, liter
ally Drumming over from basement
to garrett, with yards and yards of
silks and satins. There are closets
bursting with bundles and packages
that have never been opened since
they left the dry goods store where
they were brought.
THAT is a peculiar phase of her
mania The moment she has paid
for the silk she loses all interest in
1T, and nine times out of ten she
never sees it after it has been paid
for. Why, in the years that she has
been victim of the habit, she has
bought enough silk stuffs to gown a
Patriarohs' ball and have enough
left over to make hundreds of WON
en- happy and we'll dressed for life.
..There is not a more exaoting
shopper in the whole city. and the
merchants delight at seeing her be-
fore his counter is tempered always
with dread. She is connoisseur in
silks and satins. and it is a dreary
day for the merchant who tries to
deceive her with an inferior grade
of goods. She knows more about
silks than half the heads of dry
goods firms. and could give points
to not a few wholesale buyers.
For time she switched of from
silks and tried linens. Thatwas just
as acute, while it lasted. and i viii
guarantee that during the months
she was under the linen influence
she bought enough to furnish
Broadway hotel, cafe and restau-
rant. sleeping rooms and all. The
linen, too, is hidden away some
where in her house. She herself
probably does not know where, and
surely she does not care. Every
merchant in the shopping district
knows her, and he knows, too, just
what becomes of her purchases. for
neither her servants nor her family
make any secret of it.
..Her husband died some years
ago, leaving an immense estate. His
last request was that every wish of
his wife be gratified, and it has
been. Not one yard that She desired
but that has found its way into the
fashionable warehouse. There are
rods of that beautiful, old Powered
stuff, literally acres of that old fash-
toned silk that your grandmother
used to wear and that was stiff
enough to stand alone. No new de-
sign that is placed on the market
ever escapes n6f. 5Q0 eIO1OWS 6Q6
fashions as faithfully as though She
really had an idea of having the silk
made into a gown.
Some day her heirs will make q
fortune selling the result of her hab-
1T at auction, and fine silks and sat
ms viii be a drug ON the market. -
New York Press.
Through Sleeping Cars to Toledo.
Commencing Feb. 81, the b. g.
o. r. r.. in connection with the
q IA. v. & S., Will establish adai1y
line of Pullman Sleeping Cars be-
tween Baltimore, Washington
Columbus and Toledo, via Parkers-
burg and Athens. The west=bound
train will run as follows:
Leave Parkersbi 11.15a IN.
Ar. Athens. 12.1b p. M
Columbus. 2.55p- m.
Toledo: 6.25 next
Direct connection is made for
Detroit. arriving $40 p. M
This is the best service ever Of
fered between Washington, Cen
trail Ohio and Michigan, and will
doubtless prove to be popular with
fine blic