Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-09-03
-FOUR roRuNArE DAUGHTERS
Whose Wise and v eaIthy Mother Trained
Them in Useful Arts and Handierai's'


whose Wise and v eaIthy Mother Traineu
Them in Useful Arts and HandlcFAits'
There was once a wise mother. This
does not mean that the species Is no"
extinct, though some cynical people,
whose top hair is thin, support the IDEA
The wise mother was the wife OF pros,
porous father, who was suceessi Vi
Liverpool merchant. She was also ue-
scendant OF one OF the oldest ana pIOuU-
est families In England.
Associated with this father and TINS
mother In the business Of family lie
were 7our daughters. There WASN'T the
least prospect that any one Of the lour
would ever be called upon 70 earn ner
livelihood, but it was right here, never
thelesS, that the mothers wisdom as
serted itself. The eldest daughter re-
celVed a musical education which IN u
self would have brought her good In
come. In addition TO this she served
An appren t!ceship 20 a cOniectioner ana
pastry cook. She paid q heavy preml-
UNI for II, but the things she learned 10
make vould have warmed the nearL OF
the coolest critic TO praise.
The second daughter was Initiated
into the mysteries OF clear Starching, so
that her laces and kerchiefs and other
dainty fabrics were the envy Of all her
friends. This wasn't enough TO satisfy
the wise mother, however, and this
daughter, 10 her turn, "Served her
time" at large outfJter's, whose bust
ness was almost entirely with India
and the colonies. In that business sue
cess depended not so much upon the
workmanship OF the goods as upon the
manner in which they were packed.
This wise wOman's daughter learned
how 10 pack everything, from tailor
made gown 10 Venetian glassware.
Incidentally il may DO mentioned
that. in packing for long transit, gloves
were put into bottles aud sealed up with
way. ike so much catsup. This IS be-
cause otherwise the thread would be-
come rotten, causing the gloves TO rip.
Thus were two daughters armed
against fate and fortune by the fore
thought OF their wise mother But
there remained two more 10 DO cared
for. and one Of these was delicate and
threatened with the loss or her eye
sight. She was encouraged 10 study
vocal music. This was 70 strengthen
her lungs, and as she could practice all
DAY long il she chose In darkened
room, IL did not tax her eyes.
The fourth daughter, much against
the will OF the wise mother, was as bent
on studying TO De COVERINGS as the
famous frog who felt. a settled lnclina-
zion toward woOiug. The mother want
ed her daughters to be proficient In
directions where their talents would
shine with a peculiar lustre because OF
the scarcity OF competitive lights. But
n her daughter was determined to be a
Royerness she should be one whose right
10 supremacy none would dispute, so a
special tutor was engaged 70 coach the
Young woman Ia university studies.
Music and drawing were added, not as
accomplishments, but as means TO an
end.
or course, all OF these four daughters
might have found their lines lying a.
ways In pleasant places, and In that case
the extreme wisdom or their maternal
training would not have been so palpa-
bic. But il happened that the govern
ess. after the lapse OF some years, found
A. necessary to earn her own living. She
al once secured position at a salary
double the usual amount paid. This
was followed by teaching the cOngrega-
ted children OF several families who
sought for superior services, until final
" abe had Que OF the finest schools ia
that part OF the country.
Thanks 10 the wisdom OF that mother;
svery one Of her daughters could have
made good living had the necessity
arisen. Except in the one caseit did not
arise. But the training they had re-
eeived was by no means lost,even In the
fortunate places that fell to their lot.