Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23

y ganCe at New forkS Fifth ave-
raa crowded with carriages convinces
one that the oolong wave. better
known as the afternoon tea, is likely
to result in cyclone. The postmaa
is delivering cards for teas in every
direction. To-day it is Washineton
square. tomorrow it is Nineteenth
street. and the merits of caravan tea
made in Russian samoyar, OF English
breakfast made in a satsuma tea pot,
or OF orange pelloe made in a silver
3D.. especially agitate the feminine
mind. With Russian tea a liuueur
gass CT sherry or rum may be put in
ard IS supposed to add to its excel
lence For my own part, / am old
fashioned enough to long for sugar
AID cream in my tea and to prefer it
out OF a broad, low, thin cup, rather
than out Of tumbler. l find that 1
am not alone in my tastes, which
proves that the conservative party IS
growing. Very thin sandwiches made
tasty with a leaf of lettuce and a dash
Of mayOnnaise dressing OF tlssue-like
chocolate waters that fairly melt in
ones mouth are offered at tea. The
men who drop in are apt TO choose, in
preference to either of these, a slice
OF bread, buttered on the loaf, with
little raspberry or strawberry jam
over it. AS lady is, in the Saxon,
Leaf giyer," it seems appropriate for
her to serve bread in this fashion, and
the oman who can stand and dispense
ii from the loaf gracefully is the pos
SCISSOR of q charm that is absolutely
unequaled. Serving tea sinks into in
significance beside it. One Would
think the aroma of bread and butter
would be over it, but in reality there
is hint that she who can manage 10
cut the loaf and make it dainty Tor
you is capable of being like the wise
woman in the Proverbs, able to man
age those of her own household and
this is not the easiest thing Ill The
world. A woman has to be bit of A
diplomat. as well as 20 have clear
common sense, to manage the different
clements in a home SO tnat harmony
is the result.
Yesterday Afternoon, while drinking
MY fifth cup of tea, | was the conndante
OF a young woman who had attempted
to economic. The young woman-We
will call her Dolly-concluded that all
new bonnets except those she made
herself would be barred out, but that
by using some very handsome feathers
She already possessed she might have
a large hat According to her own ac-
count. she meditated after this fash
ion: My feathers are beautiful. They
deserve to be put on hat by master
in the art CT posing feathers, and, as
they will constitute the trimming, L
can afford to go to first-class milliner
who absolutely understands the art OF
making a picture hat" Burdened with
her feathers she invaded the workshop
Of the high priest Of the big hats, told
linn what she wished, and he consent
cd. after much persuasion, to mount
her plumes for her. She tried on var
ious hats until the shape desired was
got, and then inquired the price of the
new one. 1t was So. "Ha, hal" she
thought. Mine will be about $40
Within week box the size of three
ordinary handboxes in one and OF dead
white pasteboard appeared, overshad-
owed by small boy in a startling liv-
cry who presented a bill for S19.75.
Not being brave. Mistress Dolly did not
behave as she should-that is, jerk out
her feathers and send the hat back
with her compliments. Instead she
Meekly paid the bill, clutched the white
elephant, seated herself before the mir
Tor and tried on the hat. Somehow
Dolly thought her face never looked
50 small. 1t certainly had never been
SO white and it had never looked so in
significant. Was that hat very large?
Was it very pointed? Was it very
enormous?
After declining to answer these ques-
tons even to herself she brought
consolation to her own soul by think
ing that she was not used to a hat
IKE that and she determined to try
1t or her friends-that is, to see what
Their opinions would be. Her most IN
innate friend was deliciously vague,
ana said that she never saw hand
somer materials" Her best young
man was inclined to be little brusque,
looked at il, looked at her, and then
mQuiled, DO you call that hat? l
call it a hearse, and you look like
small corpse under il" Then she
e'-ed. and he went away wishing that
Ae hadn't said anything, and, to make
Afr feel better, sent her ten pounds
q candy and a big bunch of violets.
hJj alas, for Dolly. She has spent
more money than she could afford.
She possesses a hat that she will not
wear and at present she is ripping 1t
10 pieces and making small bonnets
cut Of it. There is a moral in this tale,
%mch is: When you go in for hat.
beware Of the picturesque" Even
Wh9n you are not saving money you
Will find that it is better in the long
run to look like other women than 10
nave on your head a startling SYM
phony in feathers and felt. No man,
except an artist, likes very big hat,
and he only likes it because it helps to
decorate his studio when he gives an
tilernoon tea. Consequently he is
purely selfish in his approval of it.
he chatelaine has got to be matter
u great Importance and the girl who
goes not possess one with anywhere
tH.om 80 to $50 silver and sold things
@anSling on it feels that she is entirely
WIT OF the swim. l had to laugh the
o.her day when | heard a man say,
she is such a nice woman, because
Sae always has such at lot Of pins
Feort her" 1t seemed a curious sort
q approval, and yet if anybody will