Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
Copyright. 1852


ed a managing mamma" at the first
assembly ball. The echo of this for
dorm commentary has been heard
! throughout the week, at all pretentious
kctions. We girls are resigned to the
devitable. It's take your CHOICEST a
cotillion through or stay at home.
Though dances are the order of the
day unless you be married belle or
entertain layishly just prior to the ball
kou aren't in it, See!
New York men have been wined,
ed and sought after to such an ex
{ Mat their heads have become too
for Sheir hats They simply lord it
II all. You would think a dozen
tty girls all in row, fetching in
aen and manner, beating time to the
dsic with a dozen slender feet, would
arouse the chiyaliy at least of the few
Z available men.
But not SO. You'd reckon without
your host At the last dance | was
mad clear through. l saw three blase
youths sneak away until the sets were
found to avoid service. Wasn't that
contemptible?
But what are you going to do about
it? Grin and bear it as only woman
can,>Of course A few moments there
Efter they appeared chatting briskly
bitterly oblivious to the scornful
Rglances of twelve pairs of talking eyes.
Later one approached Ruth, wishing
to engage in conversation. She CURLY
replied to his commonplace remarks
4 that she had come to dance and not to
Atalk. She got the next waltz.
! The game isn't worth the candle, as
Mar as I'm concerned. I've struck the
off INV lief and now cinpp I've
confided in my dear public, l feel bet
ter.
n "Wanted-A stop put to information
nl marriages and the crinoline craze. "
A wag of our set thrust this text I'M
kr my nose in an entr'acte at the
galkuerie" rendition the other night.
Won't you subscribe to these senti-
hts, Miss Daisy? They are the cry
ing evils of the day. said he melodra-
vmatically.
1.-TWO all important questions, I as
sure you"-this with a significant nod
toward the adjoining box (Which he
had just quitted), where sat two mar
ketable sons with alert matters. I'm
marriage I'm not interested''+
Surely" interrupted my loquacious
friend, you aren't going to be hoop
skirt fiend?"
Heaven forbid"
Come to think OIL, the first is a
menace to managing mammas with ELI
gible sons, ,y6ile the latter does threat
en- an 1880 epidemic, both serious SEN
sati|ns.
Society, know, is all a-flutter over
the reported engagement of two Ameri-
can heiresses to English noblemen
Pauline, daughter of William Waldorf
Astoria, owner of Pell Nell Gazette and
multimillions, it is said, will marry his
grace of Roxburghe; May Goelet the
Duke of Buccleugh. If so, England
will be billion and 'alf to the good
It's too bad when a girl wants a SEN
timental lover or attentive husband she
has to go foraging in foreign fields. The
trouble is just this: Our representa-
tive American man" is too busy to
make love. He leaves his mamma to
negotiate matrimonial affairs, while he
juggles with puts and calls in the
stock exchange pit. Most times the
undertaking is a failure. Mamma oc-
casionally executes the commission and
delivers the girls. When she does, So
ciety folk regale ezch other with rolls
of long lineal forsfathers of-the con-
I tracing parties nd p-&smongers pirate
a D. FlOLlc " II.
naio2S Of women are queer
Ill object to lovemaking by
Englishmen command leisure
deyote themselves assiduously to the
Objects of alteration, even though neg
D1ectful after they wed. Then, too, wo-
men have penchant for titles. If pos
sessed with the wherewithal to pur-
chase, why not? That's their affair."
History records instances where crest
and title have been bought for the ex-
press puorpose of bestowal So if one
chooses to pay the price for a man who
owns the covered belt and coat of arms,
what's the difference?
I've grown to be a social hereto,
Aunt Hettie is apt to exclaim when she
reads. In the privacy of my bungalow
it's otherwise-she'll chuckle with me
over this grande dame dilemma. These
Nestors of society are indulging in
much airy persifiage upon the subject
which quite amuseS, but between you
G1d me their souls are veXed.
"lThere aren't men enough to go
around, that's why" again repeats a
mothers son standing idly near. This
generation will have to take a leaf, |
fear, out of this ehappie's book.
Maybe the observance of the law of
supply and demand, allied to the
Schenck theory, might meet the wags
motion of "hoW TO stop international
marriages"
And as for the other perplexing prob
lem, if "Trelawny of the Wells at the
Lyceum theatre should lose every mem
Der of its charming cast the first step
toward the abolition of the crinolne
craze would be taken. But so long as
radiant Mary Mannering and winsome
Bessie Tyree are permitted to exploit
hoopskirts therell surely be followers.
We marvel at the grace embodied in
stiff skirts as we review their stage en-
trees and exits.
The modiste is already advocating
the use of crinoline in modified form.
Especially is this true for her slender
girl or obese madam patrons.
In either case, the modiste contends.
crinoline is a distinct advantage. No
lines are visible below the waist. Phys
teal imperfections are adroitly conceal
ed in voluminous folds.
Considering these sage remarks, we
may as well admit the Gibson girl"
has had her day and the maiden "a la
MeTode' is thing of the past. pre-
&di& We'll soon doff our hats to her of
awney fame"
recently listened to an orthodox
bon on Sins of Omission and Cont