Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
WOMAN AND HOME.
4 PICTURE OF THE vrvAcloUS
sOAROiNG-HoUSE SOCIETY GIRL

4 PICTURE OF THE vrvAClOUs
soAR0ING-HoUsE SOCIETY GIRL
Household Cares ard Anxieties-Family
Courtesy and Ecspect-One Who Takes
the Load-''slumming''- Van Colt
Architecture.
The soarding house society girl is a crea-
ton of wild, ma iestic, and innate beauty.
she is sgog with yivacity and breathlesz
with pretty enthusiasms IL it were not for
tie pathetic side of her life we would most
OF US regard her with serene amusement as
a capital burleslue on the woman of as
sured social POSITION Her life is per-
petual bluff She never lives in boarding
house, tut IS only stopping there until
mu-msr' can find a suitable house-a
search that is always and invariably IN
successful / met a boarding house society
girl last night She was one OF a hundred
thousand sisters in New York When she
entered the room it was with fixed smile,
elbows akimbo, and head thrown back. Her
long and thin hands with their skinny fng-
ers and stained nails were made prominent
by lot Of cheap rings that ratified loosely,
and her hair had been arranged in stub
born ringlets with elaborate care Thrust
through the hair where it was cooled at the
back OF the head were two bits Of wood that
looked like unvarnished penholdeTs
japanese chopsticks" giggled the girl
as she touched one OF them nervousIy, but
it's the thing TO he Oriental now, you know,
and I'm avfully sorry-indeed it S made me
quite too desperately blue because my
bcudoir was 50 prettily fitted up in Eastlake
style with whitewood an mating, and all
that, but, Of course, what has TO be has to
be, Berthe MEG. Thompson said at the
Williamson reception last Tuesday. -Of
course yoa know the W'ms'n's-most
chawmin' people donchewknow Pm quite
in love with that Corot of theirs, though
I've an etching from Rubens own brush
that some declare is guite"-etc, etc
Poor giri-what a desperate effort to
appear as though in prosperous circum-
stances Her boudoir is third-story hall
bedroom with short curtains and an old
fashioned bed, and the etching from
"kUbens' own brush is a cheap print from
an illustrated paper surrounded 10y a homo
made frame
The Alterations OF women are quite as
pronounced as those of OF men 1t is worth
noting that each sex deals more harshly
with the shortcomings of its fellows than
with the sins Of people of an opposite gender.
-Blakely Hall in Chicago Times
Her Household Cares and Anxic.fex.
You think, o man Of the world, that YOU
have all the cares and anxieties II the
cares and anxieties of the household should
come upon yon for one week you would be
lt candidate for Bloomingdale-I mean
insane asylum. The haif-rested housekeeper
arises in the morning. She must have the
morning repsst prepared at an irrevocable
hour " hat if the fire will not light. what
if the marketing did not come. what if the
clock has stopped. No matter; she must
have the morning rcpast at an irrevocable
hour. Then the children must be got of to
school. What IL their garments are torn,
what if they don't know their lessons.
what if they have lost a hat or sash, They
must be ready. Then you have all the diet
OF the day, and perhaps of several days, to
plan. But what If the butcher has sent
meat urm1sticable, or the grocer has sent
articles of food adulterated. and what if
some piece of silver be gone, or some favor
lite chalice be cracked or the roof leak, or
tie plumbing fail OF any one of thousand
things occur.
You must be ready. Spring weather
comes and there must be revolution in the
family wardrobe; or autumn comes and you
must shut cut the northern blast But what
if the moth has preceded you to the chest.
what if, during the year, the children have
outgrown the apparel of last tyears what if
the fashions have changed! Your house
mist be an apothecary s shop; il must be q
GisTensary there must be medicines for all
sorts of misunderstanding 10 loosen the
Group, something TO cool the burn some
thing TO silence the jumping tooth, some
tlt,,fr tn tba he oba
in half a dozen places at the same tire, or
you must attempt to be- Ii, under all this
wear and tear of life, Martha makes an i'm
patient rush upon the library or drawing
ROOM be patient, lie lenient-Rev Dr. Tai
mage.
Family Courtrsy and Mutual Respect.
! agree with the writer who says: I'VE
have seen enough OF the domestic highway
man who holds his mother and sister in
check with the threat, Entertain me. or
seek the corner grocery Let Us hear q
little about the responsibility of the boy for
the girl"
j know a family where three sisters
hardly dare speak when the only son Of the
house is present lest they offend his ma ;esty
IL men wish q pleasant home they ought
to do something to make it So
great deal has been written about the
influence of sisters over brothers, but /
don't think | ever read anything about the
influence of lrotLers over sisters Yet
believe that brothers, especially elder
brothers, often have more influence over
their sisters than they realize. / know this
is true by my own experience
l can not remember the time when did
not look up to my elder brother as the en-
bodiment Of wisdom and goodness loved
and respected my psrents, but they seemed
so much older that l thought they could not
realize my feelings Is well "a ono nearer nv
own age
| valued his good opinion above every
thing and il he approved of what did
was satisfied, and did not care if all the
world blamed me did not always follow
his advice, tut always respected it, and
never did what knew he disapproved of
without regret;ing it
] think the secrc: of his influence over me |
was that he WAS never arrogant or domin- |
eering, never spoke contamptuously of girls |
or women, never preached goodness, but |
always practiced il, and seldom openly tried |
10 infusnce men Il. Trowbridgs in Good |!
Housekeeping
The Whec.-Bcrss OF the Family. |
There is wheel-horse in every family;
some one who takes the load on all occasions |
IL may lie the older daughter. possibly the |
father, but il is generally the mother. Ex- |
ira company, sickness gives heavy in |
crease of TIE burden she is always carry
ing Even summer vacations bring less |
rest and recr, alton 10 her than TO others Of |
the family. Tha city house mus; lie put in |
order 10 leave: the clothing for herself and |
the children which the summer demands |
SEEMS never to lie finished: and the excur- |
sions and picnics which delight the heart OF |
the young people are not wholly a delight |
to the -provi1er."