Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

BY MARY SIDNEY.
has to hustle to keep his head above

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has to hustle to keep his head above
| stream"
se9nshness was conspicuous by its alb
sence In the old-time mother. The best
room upstairs was selected for the guests
chamber, and the best carpet and cur
tains. bed and bedding were all kept good
- new for company use. The sheets
came out of the drawer snow-wnite and
spotless, and fairly loaded with healthful
ozone What pride the young housekeep-
er took in having everything in apple-pie
order when her mother or mother-in-law
came to see them. They must see how,
We'll she could keep house and satisfy any
DOUBTS they might have entertained lest
| she would come UP short in her new POSI-
! tion- The parlor also was a haven for.
visitors, and when opened and aired how
fresh and inviting it looked, and the soul
OF the housekeeper had not been worriedi
out Of her trying TO keep 1t so as wheni
in constant use. The old fashioned motherl
was given to hospitality, and had a great
deal of that honor that prefers one an-I
other She could deny herself anything
and be happy. but her friends must be
treated to the best the house afforded.
/ The "up-to-date'' mother uses the best
room and best furniture and best spring
bed herself; the parlor is always open
and the children make havoc therein. and
ere she has been married ten years things
| Will be cracked and faded and threadbare,
and a lack of thrift be manifest every
where, unless the parents have left such
untold wealth that refurnishing 1t is mo-
object.
| The guests sleep in some by-place. is
there are not good rooms and beds enough
TO so around, they do not mind a bed that
will not dent, but they know they are not
honored in that house for where brother
ly love and kindness exist. the best places
are held in reserve for the stranger with
in the gates. The young girl in her faith
| er's house would raise the roof IL she
could not have the very best fat Of the
land for her beau. but after few years
of that familiarity that breeds con-
tempt" she has not much concern for
his comfort the servant can attend tu
home, she must be looking after rhe hea-l
then of Borrio-boola Cha. The old FASH
Toned mother carefully nursed theisick OF
her own household. carrying her children
safely through the measles. whoop.ny
cough. sore throat bad colds. worms cuts,
bofls. bruises. burns. etc. without the
aid of trained nurses or doctors There
were not so many slick we'll fed doctors
In those days, and such as there were had
to farm along with their profession to bel
sure of livelihood. The mother was al
helpmeet in truth, and her husband most-t
ly had little cash to Jingle in his jpocket.f
! She could always find time to help al
neighbor in time Of sickness, funeralsi
births, movings, cuttings. apple cuttingss
| etc; good social times Of usefulness theyl
| had, no kid glove teas no euchre clubsN
no notes going to protest and no sheriff !
standing at the door knocking | am mott
blaming the girls turned into their ownl
| homes without knowledge Of their dual
| ties or a willingness to do them. Thew
have had no training or experienced; their
mothers bore all the burdens Of tha !
homes they left, and they pursued music
and dancing. clubs, societies and enter
tainments of all sorts. free from all breadi
| and butter problems, and the future hus-,
band and children take the consequences.
Who that has had an old fashioned
mother. tender and true. whose highestl
ambition was to train her sons ana daugh-i
| tiers into honest. self-supporting, God-s
fearing citizens: who spared no labor thati
| she deemed was for their good>and sacrf-A
feed her own pleasure and pasNmes that
they might be properly clothed and fed---g
but must have reverence for this type OF
noble womanhood whose children rise upi
| to call her blessed, and who're works
| praise her in the gates.