Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
The Week in Society.

My lady sees her guests depart,
Anu oreathes a sigh with thankful heart
tra Io know that IL Is DER
b. aWeil-kept house is almost wrecked,
DAe Mite else could she expect.
ana Q, twas Such d bore!
= Inc fragments of a shattered vase,
'o say mangqed real old lace,
while -c AI,nosi compel a sob.
=, mrs coIlec stains on treasured rug
AeisiSleht at her heart-strinGs tug
ana cause her head to throb.
a macaroon on wilton mashed.
s'oiile e punch on her rare damask splash
Perpetual the stain:
f.nu SONS ons there has smiled an ice
opoA u nook that knows 70 price
Each glance around gives pain.
had such lovely time. YOU know,
30 g gn51 you Camel what. must you
oro Are ringing in her head
W. group Of petty debts is paid
"etc all included2 She's afraid
30 lies awake in bed
A Lenten auietude pervades ALL
Things social, yet there are many en-
ter.a1nments which are given by those
VINO either do not desire to conform
70 the conventional idea of Lenten OBJ
servance. or have persuaded them
serves that the affairs are permissible
because robbed of certain formalities.
Then there are others who feel that
tney have satisfied their consciences
by making some sacrifices, but who do
not include social pleasures in the list.
A great many of the gentle sex are
conscientiyely deyoting their time and
talents to religious and charitable af-
fairs, and their withdrawal from gay
circles Is one cause of dullness. While
the entertainments during the last
Two weeks, may appear, numerically,
TO indicate very lax observance of
Lent,lt is in the small attendance that
the presence of the penitential season
is evidenced. 1t will not be long until
what to wear" will be the all absorb
ing topic among the ladies and fem
unity will be stirred up over the East
er bonnet, and the commencement
season.
To those Wheeling ladies-said to
be very few in number-who under
stand and practice the art OF make
up, the following from the School
mistress, may be interesting: THE
laws of England with regard to artifi-
cial aids to beauty are not SO strict
now as they were in the reign of
Charles ii. In the year 1870 this cur
ious act of parliament was passed:
That all women of whatever age,
rank, profession, or degree, whether
virgins, maids, or widows, that shall,
from after the passage of this act, i'm
pose upon and betray into matrimony
any of his majesty's male subjects,
by scents, paints, cosmetics, washes,
artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish
wool; iron stays, hoops, high-heeled
shoes, or bolstered hips, shall incur
the penalty of the laws now in force
against witchcraft, sorcery, and such
like misdemeanors, and that the mar
riage, upon conviction, shall stand
null and void"
There are a great number Of delight
ssf1--ss r. entertainments during the
Lenten season, which are not given
publicity by the press. They general
~ take the form of card parties in
which the invitation list is limited to
but a few intimate friends-say
enough to occupy two or three tables.
Sometimes it is plain euchre, and oc-
casionally it is that good old game
with the widow thrown in. Again 1t
is straight or duplicate whist. Ge1-
orally light refreshments are served
at the end OF the play. Care is exer-
cised to avoid the formalities-"claw
hammers rich gowns and other ct
ceteras-and also in limiting the num-
her of guests, in order not to dignity
these affairs as entertainments incon-
sistent with the conventional observ-
ance of the Lenten season. During
the past fortnight, there have been
quite a number Of these gatherings
which have escaped the eyes and ears
of the newspaper reporters, and which
are seldom published because of the
request so frequently made-"d don't
publish it please Just few friends
and l am observing Lent, you know"