Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-10

there is only one day in the year
4 Dame Fashion permits ner fol-
lowers to appear on Fifth avenue on
sr5av. and that is when the bells are
ringing ID the story Of the Easter JOY
aid i the world seems happy and
b-g- Then Miss uss-and-Feathers,
whose father numbers his dollars by
,54 millions. and Miss Blue Blood
rscse father has fewer dollars and
none ancestors. With Mrs. Velvet, are
s1 ll the most wonderful procession
Il -aa year. Il starts just after church,
s-a il IS all over about 8 O'Clock. In
re all sorts and conditions OF
gowns and Of il are all sorts and con-
d-!ans Of souls. Then the avenue
8E- Ike a flower bed. The most
#fgnlfed old lady is radient in a bon
hit covered with yioieJs, while any
tady under 70-and nowadays 70 is
only counted elderly-wears a head
dr-ss wherein the flowers Of the field
gld those Of The conservatory meet in
great masses and reckless abandon.
THE gowns are not so gay. There is
distinct liking among the matrons
for heavy black satin made rich with
rufles edged with fine French lace,
while the Younger women are in per-
-aav iILed frOcks of some soft wool
taat IL either the new blue, a silver
gray. jeJ black or one Of the popular
SHADES Of purple
# Purple reigns supreme. The milliner
( PCS you that there are forty-five diff
s5renL shades OF it, so that it may be
mlapted to any type of woman from an
Bsh blond to the darkest brunette.
The men in the Easter parade look
Is only New York men do look
smart. not only to their finger but to
their boot tips. Their frCck coats are
made Of English cloth. but are cut and
fitted so exactly that one is certain no
English tailor ever had his scissors in
,lem.
AS you are a popular man. YOU have
been to church. \ popular man al
WAYS goes 10 church. You are walk
ing up the avenue with the intention
Of luncbing al your club and watch
ing from it's window the parade OF iiv-
ing flowers that will pass by. Your
hand is on your hat every minute.
4lsl YOU DUN W II klEAiHGl, rather
fair woman whose face is more intel
ielual than beautiful, whose costume
IS decidedly English and who has the
repuratiOn-and YOU remind yourself
Of tot being one Of the best women
writer's in this country and belonging
% one Of its most aristocratic families.
Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, jolly
Frank GriswOld's sister
minute later and you are bowling
70 a stately. richly dressed woman
whose gown hints Of Felix in its su-
perb black satin. with it's jet trim
miugs and queer quaint, coarse white
lace-a dark haired. dark eyed woman
with that air Of having been descended
from be few families who swan
around in special ark Of their own
during the food Her air is peculiar
ID Philadelphia women. You say pc
cJliar TO Philadelphia women? You
mean peculiar 10 Philadelphia women
Of the exclusive set, and surely as Yen
ereer with extreme Difference Mrs.
Caawalader Jones you confess her
charms and her intellect but most Of
all her blue blood
Another Philadeiphian. How Phila-
<.t'--4-+ fIt--E44 lAO Hal J ~NEN Vi n
ers Bit his is a younger woman.
pretty woman. though dark woman,
2 woman who is beautiful-yes-bu
fhon YOU hesitate and remember when
lovely Marion Langdon, with her
patrican air and her finely cut fea-
t1res. was the beauty of New York.
ana r0u look again and think. Yes.
Afs. John Jacob Astor is a beautiful
woman. 5uc her beauty is a little too
intense for perfection Her hair and
efas are 100 black, and her color is too
high
Here Is another dark beauty, one
Tho has gained the catch of the sea-
SON. the one TO whom the greater
number OF the Nackay dollars will go
-5iss Katherine Duer, a gay. dashing
WAC IS very popular. Her friends
al her Kitty" and she has been
credited with having had more pro-
9o-als than any other of the lovely
SITS who were the bridgesmalds OF
lf Duchess Of Marlborough.
Aoa wonder if in this procession all
aa beauties are dark. Il has only
8 little while since the golden
4'1ad girl did not need TO be search
t3r but could be found everywhere.
ara is one Of the beauties Of the sea-
and Of course she has been to
e1aca-dark OF eyes. fair of skin and
hair Of the lovely mahogany
ssaaa tlar ven see so often in New
pms and so seldom in any other
place II 1t strange that Miss Fin
-aler should have it? No; it comes
aec- ln The maternal line Then
aa.a is another fair haired girl. Miss
l4lh Hoe, fair in that delicate way
faat suggests a German frauline and
Aca tells that not very far back
acre is English blood. One of this
s91s deburantes. the daughter Of
f@ immensely rich man. society IS
wondering who will get the desired an
sH from the dainty maiden.
you raise your hat to dashing
man-that is the word you use-a
man who looks as II fear were un-
@-ewn TO her and as if she had deter
a1et to set as much enjoyment out
lte as possible With her is we'll
dressed man, very dark. with hair that
suggests lis having been treated 10
5t, 01 shoe polish, it shines so. What
there that is odd about his face?
EEK again, One half Of his mus
,aehe is black. the other half is per-
" white All. now you know Mr..
-e-triek Gerhard and with him the
H- Baltimore girl whose madcap
FRANKS were the talk of her city. You
.+n mbar seeing Mr.. Gerhard some
ars ago. don't you? You think Of
tEa as y vOf4nn man and vet he looks