Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-18
THE AMERICAN FAMILY.
A Dissertation on the Busy House.
wife of the Present.
A Look lnto the Households Of Many
families Where Little AanOyances
Cause Trouble.

There are some few families who
seem TO be in a continued state of u
pleasant surprise over the natural order
of events, who, in maintaining per-
severingly the attitude Of waiting for
something to turn up" are Overwhelm-
ed with establishment when the 'sOme-
thing" actually happens. The weather,
for instance, causes perpetual discom-
fort. THE rain, il raineth every day."
when the sunshine was looked upon as
a ~foregone conclusion. The frost is
apt to nip the tender leaves of the
plants too soon, and the suow-winds
sound dismally around a shivering
house. When the sultry warmth sud-
denly comes, when the early spring is
transformed into summer, and all ma
ture r~ejOices in the transformation with
easy adaptability, the greatly
Surprised Household
is almost reduced to despair, for their
preparations for the season are never
Then the directress of the household,
who has the guidance and manage
ment of affairs, is sore pressed. Sigh
ing over the work before her, which
looks mountainous in the warm wealth
ct, size llACS w SAlOOlu lIC laI5lCh
threads of family life until she is quite
distressed at the complexity. "There
is too much TO do" and it is not her
;ault that the much is not done; for is
she to be blamed for the delay OF the
painter, the plumber, the carpet nun?
Is she entirely responsible for the heaps
of sewing that will require the ''stitch,
stitch" of weary fingers beyond mid
summer? So in her signing thoughts
she becomes nervous and tired, and
the
Whole Family IL Troubled.
Theoretically and. practically this state
of the household is unpleasant; but I'M
fortunately it is not an exceptional
phase OF American life. From mistress
10 maid thee is always the restless,
ceaseleSs struggle to accomplish the
many things, So that all the require
ments OF our social life shall be met;
from the heads Of the house to the
! smallt L members there is the constant
! desire for more" that it is the charac-
t,ri>l,c OF u political aud social sys-
tenn. AID - the years ~revolve, aud
We are ueveT quite ready for the day of
the mouth. The hurrying, nervous,
typical American family, who have
ltNtl Nllt HlEllAS ~ EidlAiN olA uOHlISS
and who are apt to misunderstood even
blessings which come unexpectedly,
will yield in time most possibly to a
cooler, more quiet and more self-re-
strained type of household. AT present
the life of the American wOman is
Made Up of Emergencies
which would severely tax Il less COM
pick nervous system. Whether she
lives in Chicago, where the majority of
citizens move fifteen times in fourteen
years, or whether she resides in Aris-
took county, where lie is more tram
quill, she must encounter the uneX-
| pected so often that it is no wonder
that her nerves are unStrung and eX-
istepce becomes something to be feared.
But in the future, when American life
becomes more stable and when women
will not find happiness only in con-
tinued excitement, the family will be
more composed, more harmonious.
Health, which brings the strong power
of overcoming difficulties, will be q
more common possession of u women
than now. Nerves" will not mean
nervousness and e~xcitability, and the
eXasperatlng events of life will be met
with a calmneSS that will disarm half
the cause of irritation. The woman of
the present screamed on Brooklyn
bridge: the woman of the past would
have had mysteries or tainted. Is not
that a slight improvement? The
woman of the future who is trained by
carefully arranged gymnastics and out
door exercise will never scream or
faint. She and her family will be ready
| for all emergeneies.-BostOn Journal.