Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-20
SUGGESTIONS TO REsEkAH.

Toths Readers Of the Register.
l have been very much interested in
some of the things told us BY your core
spondent "Rebekah." 80,
Will she not give Us some practical
hints on the subject Of Home Making and
Housekeeping" This is q matter that aP-
peals to the heart of every woman. !!
know q number of women who are msgnit-
icent houseke epers-that can make bread
that would delight your eyes as..wen as your
palate; their pastry is unsurpassed; their
meats are cooked lust right" and every
thing upon their tables Is par excellence
Their houses are kept in Is nearly q spot
less condition as could possibly be. Any
that dares come in is pursued with relent.
less vigor by these busy housewives, and
driven t~riumphantly from their premises.
No speck of dust is allowed snyWhere, and
If q luckless spider ever crosses the treshold
he is kept on such q continual Jump that
one would suppose, could he speak, his
fret remark would be: Would MIR. Oar.
win please tell me if l am the descendant
of q toadY' -,
Many of these ladies do their own work
simply because they can not secure compe-
tent helO. They tell me it is almost i'm
possible to secure q girl who a wash
dishes so that your fingers will not stick to
them when you 90 to hft them.
The glassware looks as if it had been
brought through the Milky Way" to the
table. The corners Of the house are q
wonder to behold. A visit to the china
closet and p~antries is enough to try the
patience of the meekest woman.
Tucked away in one corner Of the
closet is one Of her lovely china cups,
minus a handle, and another one with q
chip taken off tho edge. all through the
house is evidence of similar earelessnesS
and neglect.
Groceries and provisions are wasted till
the family expenses are double what they
ought to be. Il is needless to enter into
the details of a 'housekeepers trials" for
they are familiar to every woman.
"Rebsksh' refers to the fact Of home
making as well as house keeping" being
one Of womsn's duties" The homes to
which l have referred l must confess the
element of home making
Is LARGELY LEFT W
You are afraid TO do anything you would
like to do for fear you will dissrrange some
of the well ordered plans of the household.
There is no freedom or pleasure in the
house-none of the real home feeling that
is go pleasant TO US all. I'll acknowledge
that | would rather take q little dust in my
homo than to be made so uncomfortable in
order to be free from it.
You know cleanliness ID" only next
to Gpdlipess," but in many homes it seems
to come fret.
Why can we not gst "help" who can do
even a few things Well2
Why is it you have to hunt for a seam
stress when you need one. and then have
to wait weeks before che can serve your
Some people learn by sad experience.
and in The tall engage a time for their
spring sewing to be done. Amid the con-
8 ami cry OF hard times what is the
meaning of this2 If "Rebeksh" has any
practical ideas on this matter will she
please give US the benefit. We all want
to make our homes the most attractive
places in the world to the people we love
The best, but how are we to do it when We
have used up every particle of nerve pow
er in doing the things that seemed sbso-
lutely necessary to the physical wants Of
The family?
Is there no remedy for this2 We r
convinced that a woman who can be q com.
paDion to her husband intellectually and
have for him a we'll kept home, as we'll as
a well,kept house, is doing a grander work
than one who is only trying to accomplish
the half of this.
We are sure that a mother whose chill
dren can safely turn to her for an expls-
nation Of every puzzling equation in algs
bra, and can have her ready to clear up
every mystery in chemistry and
philosophy and who can learn from her to
read the trscery of Gods hand writing in
the starry heavens above and OF the rocks
beneath the earth, is more of q mother to
them than she who can only clothe and
feed them.
We know there are noble women who
have not had the opportunity to reach the
place where they could give this help to
their children, but to them we find God
often gives a culture of heart and soul
which will cause her TO see that the child
is developed in all right directions and she
will strive TO put into bis lite hat which
she realizes is missing from hers.
For the sake of the mothers and wives
who want to be "home makers we ask
that your correspondent give US some real
practical suggestions. G. R. c.