Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-10
N THE Days N Old. :
In a Reminiscent Mood, Bah Tells How
the World Has Changed.

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CESSOR OF PEROXIDE OF by
DROGEN-LOvE MATCHES AND
HAPPINESS-PowER OF THE
BABIES - HOW RELIGION WAS
TAUGHT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
"A LICK AND A PROMISE'-BAB
DOUBTS TIVE ROENTGEN RAYS
WOMEN WHO COULD CHEER
HOW THE BICYCLE WOULD HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED-THE LOVER
OF LONG AGO-THE AWFUL
CHANGES OF \ CENTURY.
From Our Regular Correspondent
New York. May tn the days OF
old''-that was what heard coming up
the staircase. The voice that sang the
words never knew the days or old,
though il was a sweet and clear one.
But the words themselves set me to
wondering. Were the days Of old bet
ter than these days? In the days OF
long ago, were men and women any bet
ter, and nObler, or was life more deslr-
able? It is true that, in the days OF
old nobody got up early in the morning,
called Central, " and had row with her
to gain the morning amiability. In the
days Of long ago nobody telegraphed
ow-do-you-dO" TO San Francisco. and
got Good evening" in such a short
time that IL could not be counted. All
life was slow. and il seems TO me, some
how that all life was better. There were
some luxuries missing. We did not
have strawberries In January, nor did
young ladies start out with black locks
in the morning and appear with blonde
ones in the evening. In the days Of old
peroxide Of hydrogen was unknown on
the toilet table, although there were
wonderful mixtures for softening the
skin. for making the hair more glossy
and the hands more soft.
People did not have as many clothes
in the old times. A matron freshened
from season to season. the black satin
or black silk that was her best dress.
and only brought out on special coca
sions, such as the marriage OF a son or
daughter. the brocade that, il was whis-
pered, came from France. With this
brocade was worn, not twenty yards OF
imitation, but one yard of real lace, and
the festivity over, IL was carefully put
away and remained in the seclusion OF
a carved chest, with the perfume OF
cloves and lavender. until another feast
day came about In those old days ser
vents were better. Why? Because
mistresses took an interest in them, and
the one that intended 10 marry was as
sisted in getting her household linen,
while the one who nursed my mother
and all her children, me and all my
children" was buried from the house
of her mistress, often beside her mis-
tress. and laid to sleep forever with that
best tribute. love and sincere tears. In
those old days,
MEN MADE LOVE TO WOMEN
as they do nowadays. but that love
making eliminated in a marriage Men
spoke to women with more reverence
than they do lust now. ard when young
Knickerb0cker took TO visiting Miss
StauyyeSant every Sunday night, both
families knew what it meant, and Nine.
Knickerbocker and Nine Stuyvesant
looked through their linen chests to see
what could be spared, and Nine. Stuy-
vesant wondered II 1t would be wise
to give these young people. just start
ing in life, a silver tea service. Nova
days. their descendants demand dia-
mond tiaras. necklaces. and wonderful
sunbursts that, too often. cover hearts
that have married for diamonds and not
for crowns of love. In those old days, a
mother willed her fur cloak to her
daughter; It was worth il; II was real
sable or seal ermine. and styles did not
change with the fancy Of every cOcOtte,
as they do nowadays A well-cut we'll
made garment was in the fashion, and
the mothers fur surcOat was gladly as
sumed by the daughter and willed by
her TO her oldest daughter.
In those days marriage didn't mean,
always. the union Of great wealth and
great social power; sometimes a man
married entirely for love. and his father
could sympathize with him. even though
his mother lOnged for him to wed one
OF the rich young ladies who came Of an
afternoon to knit and drink coffee with
her. But the fathers heart went ont
TO the son, and he settled dover on the
poor girl. and marriage meant the max
ing OF a home: indeed il meant more
than that. II meant surrounding two
young people with six or eight. or ten or
twelve little people, born of their love.
and each greeted gladly. Nowadays.
marriage too often means a hotel and a
puppy.
BABIES BRING HAPPINESS.
am fond Of dogs. but there is no
dog that can take the place Of a baby.
and no people who are married can find
perfect happiness when they make their
family consist of their two selves and a
dog. Ii is true there are some unhappy
people to whom God doesn't send little
children: but those 10 whom he does
send them should receive them with
open arms and remember that. as they
are children born OF welded love. so
they will encourage and keep young the
welded love forever. In these DAYS wO-
men forget the wonderful bond that a
little child is. What foolish women
they arei a husband may be led aStray.
may sin grievOuSly. but If he can ask
his pardon through the ewes of a little
child. where is the wife who would not
grant IL? A wife may seem foolish.
bit tiresOme. and sometimes even silly.
but if her love for her husband lisps it.
self in the voices of little children. her
weaknesses will be forgotten and only
her virtues remembered. And vet
there are women who do not care TO be
mOthersi
In those days Of old. women may have
been-if such a thing is pOSSible-Over-
religious And such a thing is possible
in a way. The hot Sunday dinner
was unknown. the children wept over