The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27
A CHICAGO ROMANCE,
The Visit of the Gay Relations TO the Quiet
Famlly-IIow the Minister showed Ills
Manic OF aud sympathy.

The Visit of the Gay Relations TO the Quiet
FamiIy-IIow the Minister showed Ills
Manic OF aud sympathy.
Chicago Record.
The Kirkendalls are respectable, The
ladies so to afternoons given by the
incest people. Mr.. Kfrkcndalt rents
pew In church. The Young ladies' are
not allowed to go wheeling after G
o'clock in the evening, unless accom-
panied by their father, The little boys
do not swear. Mrs, Klrkendall alwayn
knows the correct thing in calling carda
and salads. Take them for all in all,
the Kirkendalls make remarkably good
citizens, and are an honor to the COM
maRity
But they have relations. God gave
them, but He has not taken them away,
and so they live, as 1t were. in the midst
OF the Kirkendalls. although being ar
titses in the song-and- dance ffne, they
are not In full sympathy with them.
Now the song ambulance artistes are
no shame to the Kirkendalls because
they are good. honest girls. who prefer
to make from $50 toE50 per week singing
and dancing to working in n store OF
factory at 50 week As they have n
large family of young brothers md sis
tiers to care for, this point Of view is'tn-
titled to respectful consideration. They
are Jolly younglparties, and they can
brOll q Spring Chicken In their ROOM or
make cup Of coffee that viii reconcile
the most strait-laced to a bohemian ex'
istcnce: They make their own stage
clothes. they walk io-saye car fare. and
they do without perfume and sometimes
even 20 10 the length Of washing their
own handkcrchiefs In the hotel wash
bowl. All their money oyer and above
they send home 10 the several sisters
and brothers,
The KirkendaIts are not such prfgs aa
to be ashamed Of relations OF this char
| acter. Not at all.
But the s0hg-RHd-dance artistes are.
OF course. a llttlc-well, little-that ls
| to say. they are different, They are not
conventional. They wear their blond
wigs when they 20 to call on the Kirk
cndaiis and they rouge a bit, because
one gets sallow with night work; and
| the powder they wear seems az white
| as PleFrota face, md about their eyes
are strange black markings which give
large and siumbrous appearance 10
! them,
They came TO sec the Klrkendalls the
| other Sunday and were made right well
come Edith, the high kicker, wore n
picture hat OF white straw with
red Illusion wound around 1t. This
crossed at the back OF her neck, came
| forward on her bosom. crossed ngaln,
/ met at the waist line, was used as y
sash and hung to the bottom OF her
! dress skirt. The rest OF her costume was
black, and the sleeves of her gown wcrd
quite short, so that Il was necessary for
| her to wear shoulder gloves, These also
wore black, and her arms were further
| rendered striking by n huge serpent Of
| silver, which beginning nj her wrist
wound a Rinupus length to her elbow
from which point OF ncshly vantage he
shot green rays from his glass eyes
| Blanche. from her canvas shoes TO her
| chiffon paraFol, was aitlrcd In sollcd
white. Marie wore yellow cheese
cloth. trimmed with black lace, maroon
colOrcd boots and an enormous black
hat, with yellow Fufflcs al over it.Wiih
| the three was their dearest friend An
mabel Lee, named after PoC's cnnsump-
! tive heroine, but having the advantage
OF that lady In number Of ways. First
| and foremost she was not In grave by
| the sounding sea, but was very much
nlivc. Sccondly,shc had q neck capable
! Of plonEailOn. She could while sitting
| before you and looking you calmly In
| the eve, stretch up aud twist Il I'll u re-
scmblcd corliscrcw. by this habit
the lady earned her salary, which was
| larger than that Of the sOng-nnd-dnncc
artIgtce. aud enabled hcr to dress with
luxury
This quartet was ushcrcd into the
| Kirkcndall parlor and treated to lemon
| Ddo An four we're rood laHsAnrR. and
thc Klrkondnlia were willing 10 he en-
,rrlnlnpd with any form Of fnocuoua en-
! tpFialnmeni. So an went well. But the