Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15

A-ClSSilDol ~ lOOh OuC III ell. DI luSSL
started out for herself, making shoe
tops and tending babies in a room 16
by Is feet. The title ''ladys shoe fit
ter" is somewhat misleading, but it
is the proper one for Bridget's pro
feshing," as she is pleased to style it..
Mrs. Maginn makes uppers for women s
shoes
Many of the factories have the sew
, eral departments in operation where
shoes are made complete. Others send
the upperS TO like establishments, most
ly run by men. Shoes built upon this
lnstallment plan furnish an avenue of
resource for mother of six rogush
Irish lassies.
L was vastly interested on this voy-
age OF discovery. My excuse for re-
ealing good friends with list of these
odd occupations is that some one who
mas to earn a living may be grateful
Tor suggestions they may contain.
AS a character study Chalone Beck,
dlminutive specimen of thrifty Ger
man spinsterhood, was fascinating. She
hates men; says so in language more
forcible than elegant. The evolution
| shlrtmaking has undergone since the
! NAi1AS VI Jul 81 10 ST. 1hluSIy
eXemplified by a visit to her huge fac
tory in the neighborhood. She is a pio-
neer of the business. Here 80 women
are busy as bees and not drone among
| them. She adheres to her principle
when female help can be obtained men
are never employed.
An underpaid schoolteacher several
| years ago in disgust quit Neighbors
rldlculed her project of raising frogs for
market. Now she enjoys an income of
| $4,000 year. The venture has been a
| success. She practiced target shooting
| until she could sQuarely hit the bulls
! eye, and to-day shoots her own frogs.
| Pluck, perseverance and woman over
! come most obstacles when seeking to
earn livelihood dings in my ears con-
stantly since my experience with the
east side workaday folks.
Now let's scurry back to polite So
ciety.
Succeeding the prevalent air of bal
sam fir, pine needles and holly is one
more subtle.
| Woman has taken to perfume with a
lavish hand. She uses it without stint.
| Once it was considered bad form; not
so these times. With an increased de-
mand the supply is created in more
available form. Perfumed pills are the
| latest decoy scheme of the chemist.
| Done up in little round boxes similar
| TO bonbonnieres, the fragrant pellets
| are offered for sale. A few carried in
| the pocket, tucked in the corsage or
slipped in the glove fulfill the desired
| mission. The tiny tablets give out only
| faint, delicate fragrance, which is
| liked by the refined woman For the
| bath they are superior to toilet waters
and claim hygienic advantage over
sachet bags.
The wheels of time appear to be go
| ing backward to the pompadour per
| iod of powder, patches and perfume.
| These three claimants, bobbing up
serenely, are striking evidences of the
return of the era.
1t is no uncommon thing to see a
woman bedecked in chains to the
number of three. One supports her
muff, her purse bangles from links
at her belt, while her -lorgnette in
variably depends from a delicately
wrought golden thread suspended
about her neck Beads of real or mock
! JCNSlS are ulduS W w service ana can
| be bought for any sum more than
! $3.50.
A new political paper is engaging
public attention not because it's an
other newspaper, but from the fact
that it belongs to Oliver Belmont. He
has aspirations, and his wife, formerly
Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt, talks of
establishing a literary salon The
weekly made its debut three weeks
ago, is called Verdict, and voices the
opinions of Mr.. Belmont on matters
| Democratic DAISY MAY.
| New York, January IA.