Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-30

Irritable recreation and amusement
Dark DAYS. stormy nights. seasons o.
sickness. business disasters. VIII DO lit
he toward depressing the soul which
can
. GALLCP OFF OVER MUSICAL KEYS
or soar in jubilant lay. It viii cure
pain. l. viii rest fatigue. Il viii Quell
passion. il viii revive health. l. viii
reclaim dissipation. Il VIII strengthen
The immortal soul. IN The battle Of
Waterloo. Wellington saw that the
Highlanders were falling back. He
said. What is the matter there? He
was told that the band Of music had
ceased playing. and he called up the
pipers and ordered them 10 strike up
an inspiring air: and no sooner did they
strike the air than The Highlanders
we're rallied and helped 10 win the day.
Oh. We vho have been routed in the
conflicts o. life. Try by the force Of
music % rally your scattered battaliOns
am glad 70 know that in our great
cities there is hardly G night in which
there are not concerts. where. with the
best musical instruments and the
'aaN--r tlH'tA'-- arg. -A--A --4AA-
rainuenr PaIr0niZe such entertain
uents when they are Afforded you. Buy
season tickets. j. you can. for the phil
harmonic and the Handel and Hay
den" societies" Feel thar the dollar and
a half or The TWO dollars that YOU spend
for The purpose OF hearing an artist
play or sing IS a profitable investment
Let your Academies o. Music roar with
the exclamation OF appreciative audi
. enCes assembled ar the concert or the
O-atorio.
Sdll further; commend. as worthy
o. their support
THE GYMNASIUM
This institution is gaining in favor ev-
cry year. and know OF nothing more
free from dissipation. or more calculat-
ed 10 recupe-ate the physical and ment-
al energies. While there are q good
many people who have employed this
J. institution. there is vast number who
are ignorant Of IT'S eXcelleuces. There
are men with cranped chests and weak
sides and desp0ndent spirits VINO
through the gymnasium might be
. reused ND 10 exuberance and exhiliara-
ton OF life There are many Christian
people respondent from year 10 year,
who. might through such an institu-
u0n be benefited in their spiritual re-
la-iOns. There are Christian people
who seem % think that IL is a good
sign 20 be poorly; and because Richard
Baxter and Robert Hall were invalids.
they think that by the same sickness
they may come 10 the same grandeur Of
character I want 10 tell the Christian
people o. my congregation that God will
hold YOU responsible for Your invalid
ism fit IS your fault. and when. through
right exercise and prudence, you might
be athletic and we'll
TIE EFFECT OF THE BODY
upon the soul you acknowledge. Put
a man OF mild disposition upon the
animal diet o. which the Indian par
takes. and in a little while his blood
VIII change its chemical proportions.
L viii become ike unto the blood OF
the lion. OF the tiger. or the bear. while
his disposition Will change and become
fierce and unrelenung The body has
a powerful effect upon the soul
S-I fur-her. commend 20 yOu
large class OF parl0r games and recrea-
tons. There is q way Of making our
homes @ huntred-fOld more attractive
than they are now. Those parents can
not expect 20 keep their children away
from outside diss-pa-ions unless they
make The domestic circle brighter than
ANYTHING they can ind outside c. J..
I Do not. then. sit in your home sur-y and
rlsvn1a-hs-ic. and with a half-c0n-
+ demna-Ory look because % the sportiul-
ness Of your children. You were young
once Yourself. le- your children be
4 young. Because your eyes are dim and
YOUR ankles are s-ih. 90 nOC denOunce
. s1orfulness in those upon whose eyes
rhere is the first lus-re and in whose
foot there is the bounding JOY OF robust
health. 7 thank God that n our draw
/ ing rooms and in our parlors there are
I inuumera5le games and sports which
have nO- upon t1en The least faint o.
iniQuity
Ligt- I'd all your homes with
INNOCENT HILARIIIES.
+ 10 not sit doxn with The rheumatism,
wondering how children can 90 or 50.
Rather -hank God thai their hearts are
So Light. and -heir Laughter is so free,
and their cheeks are 50 rudy, and that
their expectations are 50 radiant The
rgh- viii come soon enough, and the
f des1latiOn-h viii come soon enough
F for the dear children. BuC when the
storm actually clouds the sky. il viii
. be time enough for YOU 70 haul out your
rees-tackles. Carry. then, into your
~, W. cha f~-- e-,,r--e
GAMES when are the inventions OF our
own day. buc the games which come
down with the spOrtfulless OF al the
f pasc ages-Chess and charades and tab
. leaux and batuedOre and calisthenics
and lawn tennis. and all those amuse-
. ments which the young people OF our
homes know so vel how 20 c0ntrive.
. Tlen there viii be the parlOr sOcialies
groups Of people assembled IN YOUR
F homes with WIZ and mimicry and i0v-
iali-y. filing Che room with Jos from
. door 10 mattel and from the carpet 20
f The ceiling On. is there any exhilar-
alton like g score OF genial souls in one
room. each one adding contribution
OF his own individual merriment 10 the
aggre cation Of general hilarity?
rejoice in fAe popularizatlon c.
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
I hail the croQuet ground and the fish
ernal's rcd and lhe sporIsman's gun.
In our cities. lie is so unhealthy and
unnatural that Whea The census taker
represents ely as having four hun
dred thousand Inhabitants. there are
only tvo hundred thousand, since ii