The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11
HERE AND THERE.

HIKE ANU THERE.
Conn, forth from Information, yo spring
Twang. the vernal Tyre and tattoo on the
drum; -
Let loose your rhapsodics. blow the deep
baSSooE-
All hail the seasons glory; ye bards. at
tune!
Tune up. ye bards and bardlets, tune up
all around
Sing OF clover meadows, and Of the
wooded mound
Tremoio the zephyrs, smite them hip and
thigh
Trill OF runnin' rills and of a smllin sky.
Sing of scented blossoms, of busy bum
Robins chirpn' gayly in buddin' orchard
trees
Emerald creation, paint hills and valleys
Touc., up the fad!n distance in a light
serene.
Rouse up the srortivc lambk!ns. have them
out at play
The colt with risky whinny, also too, his
neigh:
The youthful: ,porker's treble. let cap n
Its climax reachln' with the barnyard all
a-slee.
THE early bird doth get tho worm"
spring bards, take hced
Pile in the manuscript, the title and the
deed:
Take time by the pompadour spring Is
All hail the seasons glory; ye bards, at
tune! ]. W.
Tn the spring 4 young mans fancy
| lightly turns to thoughts of love" said
Tennyson, and to this truth he might
have added that spring raimcnt comes
| in for a great deal Of the young mans
attention. His spring suit may be re-
jected, but he extracts much comfort
from its wearing. Girls ere not the only
pebbles on the beach OF fashion: their
brothers talk less, but dabble in 1t just
the same, and the correct dresser is adj
| mired by the male fraternity unless
| he happens to overGo the thing. and
| then-well, the dude extraordinary pro-
vokes Il plying smile. An example came
around the corner of Twelfth and
Market streets in the glare of yestcr-
| days noontide sun.
y slight gust of wind blew 1t around
lIle tSlllS III
| O'Neilrs display OF photographs gasped
in astonlshment as the procession went
| by. 1t passed down Market leisurely
without n drum or q funeral note. but
| the loud attire spoke volumes Over all
was q bright gray crush hat, with n
| fawn-colorcd band. The lower story
or possibly the Berea grit, was encascd
| In flaming tan shoes. Proceeding up
ward, trousers Of blue and green checks:
n cream overcoat, buttoned closely and
| adorned by a rose in one lapel; drab-
| hucd gloves. one OF which carcssed the
| inevitable cigarette, the other balanc-
Ing a cane; and then the dream-blue-
striped shirt. 4 bright red tie and peach
cs and cream collar. Oh, the glory of
that collar, It fingered behind like the
waiting of perfume, long after the
| parade passed by.
did you see II, Nell?" asked the girl
| next to the curb.
Hush. Bess." came the chorus, tin
we get our breath"
Newspaper men know a good thing
when they see It," said Manager Palser,
OF the Digby Bell company, which ap-
pearcd here Wednesday night In Joe
Hurst, Gentleman" According TO Mr..
Palscr. 1.-THE Hoosler Doctor" in which
Mr.. Bell starred last season, contained n
beautiful. story, one of the prettiest ever
told on stage. But II was too real"
said he. in explanation OF its abandon
ment for more stirring plot. You
! newspaper men gave us fine notices,
because sentiment Is prominent fca-
| turc of nearly every newspaper mans
mental makeup, but The HoOsier Doc
| tor showed too much of the pathetic
| side Of life and we found that the
average theatrc-gocr likes to be treated
to scenes In high life. Novel readers
prefer TO read about lords and earls and
| duchesscs and castles, while The HoOs-
Ter Doctor depicted the realistic re-
verse
There arc now two local branches Of
"Thc American Boy association" for in
spite of dIssensions the Wheeling
branch has determined to stick 1t out.
| and the seccdcrs have formed the West
| Virginia branch. The little fellows are
| beating the bushes to increase the mem
! bershlp Of their respective organizations
| and n hot time Is the weather forecast
when the rival walking delegates come
within close range. The old branch
officers are: President. Elmer Bonnettc:
| vice president. Jack Berry; secretary.
| Clifford Bonnclle; sergeant-at-a arms.
| Ross Miller: treasury. the German
bank. The officers OF the new organ!-
zltlon are: President. Harold Brannon:
vic" president. Harry Thomas: sccrc-
tary. Ohio Hciskcll. Jr.: sergeant at :
arms. Cecil Bacr: treasury. The City