Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-14

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the formation Of true homes, and does
not elevate the character Of either men
or women" The arguments for and
sgainst modern city life" were re-
fmarkably evenly balanced. Mrs. TER
HUME with brilliant wit and biting sar-
casm said:
"The engagements Of a deyotee Of society
would tax the endurance Of Hercules.
MANY Of our best people receive even on
SUNDAY. I arm told. 10 is so domestic, Tor
the husbands and sons can be at home.
'''Where are they on week days"
asked.
..,Why-out, where everybody else is
"Children's balls sept up until the small
hours, where infants in costly tnery are
encouraged 20 eat indigestiole food, lisp
fashionable small talk and waltz IN not
rooms until brains and hearts are heated
by premature follies and passions, ought
10 be prOhi Oited Oy the +. Z. Z. Inc
bslGame society RODS the cradle and the
grave. A baby in full dress is well-nlgh as
piteOus a spectacle as grandmother
rouqed and decOllette, and both Oaroarlc
exhibitions are distres,ingly familiar to
peOple who still maintain homes IN which
they live.
II know Of no organization OF immortal
men and women in civilized lands except
that of the fashiOnistS that aims at a0So-
lutely nothing and gets there every Time
NOur American citizen is the hardest run
business machine upon the globe A home
of the right sort represents to him the dry
dock into which the battered hulk puts up
for repairs. When he eudOws his reluctant
personality with evening raiment ana
trains his faded visage into society grim
ace. he comes nearer SalnthOOd than ms
spouse will ever suspect When he strikes
evening functions, and insists that his wife
shall attend, there is always club where
other evicted citizens congreSHte and are
cOnsoled.
"a darker chapter treats Of the burdens
bound upon the OreadWluner OF the mousse
hold when the appearance Of wealth ana
fashion must be kept up IN adequate
means. What shall we declalm against
ambition that foregOes the comforts which
iudiciouS expenditure OF moderate income
would afford; that spurus the holy quiet
of domestic Joys; that neglects the culture
of heart ana soul 20 seem rlcht ms III Is
that crowds our counting rooms with BANK
ruDts our prisons with defaulters, and
turns our places Of fashionable resort into
car.catures Of foreign courts, foreign man
ners and foreign vices. II is not matter
for marvel that as Just retri0utiOn there
should 0vertake as every half decade pan
ic-carthquake TO shake US TO our senses"
On the other side, Mrs. a. NJ. PAL
MER showed the drawbacks discourage
ments and disadvantages Of life in the
country. The talent Of the country,
she insisted, finds in the country no
opportunity OF development The
smart girls and boys drift to the city,
following a law of gravitation. To
them the city is opportunity. She de-
clared:
.'Tbe city woman, like her home, is too
often misunderstood and misrepresented.
She is spoken of as tritler, given over 10
dress and dissipation. Yet there are busy
workers among them, careful guardians Of
their children, faithful dispensers OF char
itv, steady workers for tle advancement OF
humanity. giving literally Of tao good
things spiritual and mental which home
life has given TO them, The light and centre
OF homes. 1t has been o fad 70 scott at the
fashionable city woman, and TO paint her
as OOdviOus 20 home duties. Yet many a
leader En- society goes TO the ball with the
kisses OF her babies warm on her lips, aud
spepds her morning hours with her chill
dreU These women do not Obtrude their
work upon the world; but their watchful
love guards every avenue where evil might
enter. and cherisheS every impulse for
good in their children, in whom are cul-
ured self. denial and OeuevOleuce, generos-
itv and tenderuess-all the virtues that are
fostered only in homes where mother love
rules
Or. MARY ALIENS observations were
of a judicial style. She said:
Twenty-Five years ago woman was
called the queen of the home; but she was
really little more than an upper servant
superintCnding the cooking and attending
to The matter of buttons and darning Now
the transition in the ideal Of wOman's duty
is producing chaotic conditions. But II is
the fermentation which clarifies, the dis
order Of housekeeping that involves the
promise of order.
Woman has seen that she has something
TO do besides sit down in her rose garden
Ofcomfort She has found that her own
children are not safe while those Of others
are unshepherded. The child Of the rich
man is not safe when the child Of the poor
man has the fever.
THE pretty girl who Is born In poverty
and bred in sin lays her hand on your son S
arm and teaches him all that you have
saved him from. The sons and daughters
OF the Christian homes are not safe because
the sons and daughters Of the slums are
not.
In the old days it didn't take a boy long
10 fud out that ne knew more than his
mother. The time must come when boy
can't say: What do you know about this
you are only woman, but rather: You
DO know because you are woman Moth
ers must know, by actual contact with all
phases OF life, how TO teach their sons and
daughters in clean, pure, scientific Ian
guage 10 understand life in al its mysteri-
Gus processes, TO know theirOwn organism
and their value 10 the human race; and so
shall they be kept from temptation and the
home becomes q home beautiful"
This is a more comprehensive view
Of the situation, due, doubtless to the
speakers more comprehensive oppor-
tunities Of observation.
1t will strike the more experienced
and thoughtful that the Sorosis debaters
are on the wrong track. They persist
in regarding the fashionable life" of
thA city as modern city life, " when, in
truth. the former is but a very small
part OF the whole, Is within narrow
Rounds and is frivolous, unhealthy and