Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-14
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!. TIE NUVEDS' EVICTION.
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When two mothers of families get to-
gcthcr. they have great times relating
and comparing their rcsprctiv" troubles
with their childrru. the topic h"ing only
little less interesting than the ever vital
subject of the shortcomings of servant
girls or COURSE the one mother is very
little interested in the doin-s of the chill
drcn other than her own. but she listens
with polite stimulation Of attention i'll
order that. when her turn comes. She may
have an opportunity of unburdrning her
woes to Il sympathetic listener. Then
they trade recipes and prescriptions for
the cure of al the Ills that infants are
heirs to-which privately neither intends
to adopt. being firmly convinced that She
has the only system of raising children
correctly Still these cradle confabs serve
to relieve III" maternal mind. and each
forthwith proceeds to confdc in her bus
band how little the other woman really
knows about caring for infants. The huS-
band merely GruntS, having. pcrchancc,
some doubts Us to his own wifr's wisdom
in all her nursery lore, and there the sub
ject lupScS |: took Il bachelor to discov-
tf the ilillllbIS bl llt.tll = IpfbltS
Still. in spite of all thcir trouble, the
NuwcdS took parents foolish, fatuous
pride in their infants. furgctful of the
fact that the chidlrss c"upl" seem to he
the ideal Of modern society. Watching
their little h:1s rf humanity slowly Un-
fold into s.rcrt blossoms Of childhood.
they did not realize thHt they had, in Il
certain SENSE. committed a crime against
civic economy. Space in the cities noWa-
days Is 50 limited that no provision seems
to be maGc for babies. and if the present
development of the concentration idea
goes on it will bc but Il short time until
suburban incubatorS and nurseries for
infants will have to be established for
the benefit of poStcrity.
The whole tendency of modern middle
class society is toward concentration in
flats and apartment houses. The very
rich have their manSions, with anplc
room for fostering the scionS Of their
families. while the very poor, crowded as
they are into allows and tCncmcntS, still
have streets aS nurseries for their numCr-
Gus brood Bat the builders of modern
flats. family hotels and apartment houses
seem 10 have left the Juvenile contingent
entirely ont in the cold. Furthermore,
these places are the favoritc resorts of
the Grabbed old bach. the aciduloUS old
maid and government employees, who
like to put on the utmost style with the
least expenditure of money. These per-
sons, who presumably never passed
through childhood. combine to pass II
boycott ON Juvenile tenants, 50 that real
estate agents ar" commonly forced to ad-
vertiSc mo children or pets Parents
of small families are therefore forced to
make their choice between small houses
away out in the new sections, of the city
and an anticipated hovcl ON some douhtful
side street, the prevailing Styl" of archi-
lecture in Washington. the three story,
English basement residence built like Il
stcplHdd"r and requiring all the skill and
endurance of an Alpine climber, not be-
ing desirable either ON the score of econ
omy or convenience in the raising of chill
drcn.
A combination Of circumstances, how
ever. prevented the NuwcdS from rcaliz-
ing that solely ON account of that parent
hood in which they took such pride and
comfort they were no longer ''dcSirah,t
tenants" Previous to his becoming Il ia
thcr Mr. Nuwcd had borne Spotl"-'
reputation among the real estate agents,
all of whom seemed glad to secure hin
as Il tenant owing to his habits of promr:
payment of rent. care for the premises
occupied and general fair dealing in the
matter of giving due notice of quittal.
He now rc"''ZcS what il is to be Il parcn-
tai pariah tn" poSSrSSor of an infAnti'"
incubus, which makes former friends |"
aSkancc ut him and pass hy on the Of
side lie no longer smiles hCnignly ,"
the world and hrHgS about his wonderful
babies. On the contrary, he realizes that
he is hand. ,pcd hy the mere fact of hav
ing childrcl as if they were some kind a."
contagion vHich compelled them to
segregated '"om other people. OF CoU
Mrs. Nuwcd is blindly and unrcaSona'
angry at IT." mere suggestion that !
children are not fit to live with, but that
is the mother instinct.
When the NuWcdS came in from their
suburban place late last fall, they dcc'
ed to 20 into II flat for the winter. Fac
was kind to them. for there remained lt
least one desirable Hat for rent. PoSsibi'
the fact that the season was late and :
was not likely to be in demand last win
ter led the owner to overlook the fac;
that the NUwcdS were already atilct,
with one child, Il little girl, > years o.
At any rate they were welcomed and pc
mittcd-Aay, pcrSuaded-to sign year
lease at II gOodly rental for the premise
But here is whc., the NuwcdS made
grave mistake and grossly betrayed IT,
confidence and indulgence of the own
of the fiat Deceived by the fact that hy
had SO graciouSly overlooked their o:
fault they. committed another AboUt
the middle ,Of the winter another little