Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

Once there was Girl who was being
Courted by Syndicate She was the
Girl who took First Prize at the Bust
ness Mems Carnival. When the Sun
day Paper ran whole Page of Spring
fields Typical Bellies she had the
Place OF Honor in the Centre.
If Stranger from some larger Town
was there in Visit and it became ne
cessary to Knock his eye out and
prove to him that Springfield was
strictly in it, they took him up to call
on Maize. Maize never failed to Bowl
him over and get him all Wrought Up,
for she was a Dream of LONELINESS
when she got into her Glad Raimant
Maize had large mesmeric Eyes and
Complexion that was like Chaste
Marble kissed by the Rosy Flush OF
Dawn, and she carried plenty of Brown
Hair that she Built UP by putting
Things under it. When she sat very
straight on the edge OF the Chair, with
the queenly Tilt of the Chin and the
Shoulders set back Proudly and the
Skirt sort OF Whipped Under so as to
help the General Outline she was GER
tainly a Pleasing Object to size up, and
no matter where the Spectator sat in
the Room he courin't get a wrong
Angle on her, tor she did not Fail
Down at any Point.
Maize had such Rush of Men Call
ers that the S. r. 0. sign was out al
most every Night and when the
Weather permitted she had Overflow
Meetings on the Veranda.
ulghC across the street from Beauti-
full Maize there lived a Girl named Ag-
mes, who was Fair to Middling, al
though the could not Step it Off within
twenty Seconds of Nazie's regular Gait.
Sometimes when she happened to get
the right combination OF Colors and
wore a veil as far down as the Nose,
and you did not get too Close, she was
not Half Bad, but as soon as she got
mo the same Picture with Maize, the
Man Charmer, she was faded to a Gray
Bleach.
All the plain, everyday Xxx Spring
field Girls, designed for Family Use
and not for Exhibition Purposes, used
somewhere and forget to come back.
Maize was the Cause eff the Famine in
Callers.
she Other Girls had to Admit that
Maize was good deal OF a Iangerine,
but they did not Enthuse the same as
their Brothers did You cannot expect
a lot of Spirited GirIs to strike
Chord in G and sing any Anthem of
Praise to a Friend who is trying to
make Wall Flowers out of them. IL
Riled them to hear Maize tell how Pro-
voking it was to receive Bouquets and
Books and all sorts Of presents from
Men with whom she had barely
Speaking Acquaintance. Ordinarily a
Girl sort of Palpitates for an Hour or
two after the Delivery Boy comes with
Five-Pound Box OF Candy or a long
Bunch of Jack Roses, SO Maize did not
make herself any too well liked by ell
ing the Other Girls that she was tired
of having Expensive Gifts pileu up in
front of her. And when some Poor
Man who was Far Gone on Match
less Maize, the Spite of Springfield,
would start a Rhapsody to some other
Girl, the Other Girl would say Yes,
Girl, but when she said it she would
look as if she had just tasted Lemon.
But Agnes, who lived across the
Street from the Peat of Springfield,
tried to be Cheerful and keep her
Hammer hidden, although goodness
knows she had reason TO feel Put Out
1t is Hard Lines for Sociable Girl to
sit around the House and play Solitaire
and practise Finger Movements on
the Piano and read James Lane Allen,
and see everything Lighted Up across
the Street and know that Some One
Else has Callers to Burn.
Agnes felt sometimes as if she would
just have to Up and Tell the Boys
what deceitful, twofaced old Thing
this Maize really was. and how she
had said that most of the Young Men
in Springfield gave her a Pain and
acted like Farmers. when they were in
a Ballroom. But she knew better
than to do it. for Maize had all of them
Luny about her, and they would have
said that Agnes was Miffed because of
Mazie's Popularity
Agnes understood that Men ALWAYS
show q Strong Preference for a Feath-
ed Headed Girl, if she has the Looks
and Circus Style, and particularly if
all the sedate, well read, plain, intel
lectual Girls are trying to Close Up
ahead Of her, so as to throw her into a
Pocket and put her out of the RUM
ing.
So long as Maize was the Reigning
Fad. and while Mazie's Front Room
was the Mecca for Golf Players and Glee
Club Undergraduates. Agnes sat back,
trif1e Forlorn, but not so Ratified that
she took any Chances of Queering her
own Game.
Sometimes when there was such a
Push at Males Home that the Late
Corners could not get up to within
Rubbering Distance of the celebrated