Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-12
(C,onyrighted. 1S97.l

There is no doubt about it that we
who are superSensitive are having an
unhappy time of it. 1t is possible that
when we enjoy we enjoy as no others
do, but when we suffer, what it does
mean! From toothache to the loss OF
ones best friend, from diSlppoint-
ment in q frock to coming down to
bread and butter without jam, there is
such intense wee that all the pleasures
in the world, or at least in this world
of worry, cannot compensate for our
sorrows. We who have seen New York
at its worst, with one side Of the street
dug up to let the gas pipes go in. the
other side dug UP TO let water pipes go
in, and the middle dug up for the bene-
fit of the car tracks, have endured
smells-you cannot cali them odors-
that are past description and have
rome to the conclusion that the Amer
ican public is the most long suffering
and the most absolutely idiotic OF any
in the world. No other nation would
endure what we do.
AS a nation we may have rights; as
individuals we are counted as nonenu-
ties. Good, clean street cars are start
ed for the benefit of the public. The in
dividual pays his nickle and has to
stand. If he were an Englishman, he
would write letter to The Times, all
other sufferers would join in signing a
petition, and the car company would
be forced, after the seats were all &C.
cupied, to put out sign announcing
that it was complete and if any one
entered after that it would be because
he preferred to stand and against the
rules and wishes Of the corporation. In
dependent, AS individuals we are the
most servile in the world!
We are so afraid OF what somebody
will say, and we are so ready to start
on pilgrimage of Improvement and
so willing to stop midway. We have
good intentions of which we repent, and
naturally these go to make an uncom-
Portable roadway for somebody here
after. 1t does not make the least differ
ence whether you wear a No. 10 or a
No. l shoe in these days Of wretched
streets, because ones boots are so en-
tirely covered with mud that it looks
as if country roads had been gone
Through rather than what might be
called and should properly be the by
ways OF civilization.
With the various effects in the way
of chiils feverJ, nervous exhaustion and
the queer stomach troubles and horrible
colds tcft hay5 come from stagnant
pools anu ab0mniabie smells at least
one type Of woman is abroad. She is
not altogether pleasant. She is crude
Crudeness il a woman is offensive. She
must De like the Orchid, the product OF
civilization. E'lt the woman who is tn
the front now and who is doing mucr
talking is the sanitary woman. No
place is sacred to her, for she rushes in
where even the most daring angels
would not venture. and no human be-
Ing is free from her fads. She tests the
way we breathe, the clothes we wear,
the friends we have and scorns tradi-
ton as she does dust.
hate the sanitary woman. am per-
Sectly willing to live on as did my
grandmothers, with no knowledge what
ever Of sanitary blessings In fact, I
sometimes wonder if they are blessings
The sanitary woman is a most unpleas-
ant person to visit you. On her arrival
che c=refully inspects the plumbing and
has to have some special treatment Of