Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

- No. III - S1sSyee 49, -
81 him. Making money Is : great
thing, but I certainly do not believe in
getting it at the expense Of all domestic
ties. Then there are mothers who re-
pulse their children, who when dear
little soul runs with dirty. sticky face
to be kissed chilled all the wealth Of
love by: "Oh, do not touch me; you
are so dirty, you will spoil my dress"
Cruel?-it is sheer cruelty, and believe
me, it bears very bitter after-fruit
will now speak of the licensed cruelty
that is practiced every day-horrible,
wicked.
MURDEROUS CRUELTY OF
SPEECH
Go into a modern drawing room and
hear genteel, apparently well-bred wo-
men discuss an absent one. You will
understand what mean about cruelty.
The half innuendoes, the upraising OF
delicate eyebrows, the little cough, the
yelled suggestions. Yes, it is wicked
to murder, to transgress a command
ment but it is quite lawful, and pro-
per, and fashionable to kill a reputa-
ton out of some wanton amusement,
for the pleasure of being taught smart
and then, with what refinement of
cruelty two rival women greet each
other, and whilst they give their Judas
like kiss stab with their tongues, far
more venomously and deeply than if
they had a dagger. I will give an in
stance of what I mean, and this, again,
is true. A certain very charming lit
tie lady is very popular with the men,
bers of the opposite sex, and the num-
Der of her sweethearts is legion. She
is very pretty and very up-to-date, and
l am quite sure, as straight as die.
She likes to flirt, and she does it open
ly and above board, and think that it
is her very frankness and straightfor-
wardness that makes her so popular
with men. She is also an exceedingly
clever needlewoman, and has excellent
taste, SO that she is able to dress ex-
ceedingly we'll on an allowance that the
majority of women would turn their
noses UP at. One evening she was
present at a reception where I was. A
lady, who greatly detested her, came
in and kissed her, and said, in the
highly clear voice affected by society
danes nowadays: 'You look quite
too fascinating tonight, dear, but
where is Captain -, isn't he with
your" NO" answered the girl laugh
ingly. "He is not here tonight My
cavalier is Lieutenant Stars" ooh, I
hight have known you had a new cav
a,er," rejoined the lady. 81 see you
have a new dress on" I do not think
1 ever heard anything more
= DESPICABLY VENOMOUS
than that remark. The poor little
woman flushed up and the tears came
into her soft eyes, and the pleasure of
the evening was spoilt for her. 1t is
these little speeches that seem to me to
be the refinement of cruelty. Then
there is the licensed cruelty of wearing
ospreys. We have got an anti-plumage
league, whose members must not wear
birds. Quite right, for it is scandalous
70 tn ho Of 10 fnth-
cred songsters; but, if they cannot wear
birds, why ospreys, where far more cru
city is involved? Then there was a
great cutlery some years ago about seal
skin, and the people who wrote and
talked about it so strongly were cloth
ed in coats of Persian lamb; and If |
could only tell you how Persian lamb
is obtained no decent woman would
wear it-so revolving is the manner in
which it is got. Isn't this licensed
cruelty? Oh, and there are heaps and
heaps of other cruelties that are prac-
ticed. Having large houses and letting
your poor wretched servants sleep in
damp underground kitchens or in top
attics without the least ventilation, or
ringing the bell constantly for them to
come up and down stairs. There is the
cruelty of the slaves of the counter
those poor wretched shop girls who
have to stand for ten and twelve hours,
or even more, and are never to look i'll