The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-04-03
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1901.
GRANDMAS OF TODAY
THEY KEEP IN THE RACE WITH THE
YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE END.

YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE END.
The Old FnshIOned Grandmother, the
One Who PIacIdIy sat In the Chin
ney Corner DarnIng stockings, Is .
Thing of the Past.
] was bemoanlng the fact that l had
never known my grandmothers. One
died before / was born and the other
when | was few months old.
thought II would be so comforting to
have n grandmother because they al
ways regarded their grandchildren az
being incapable Of doing wrong. At
least they were sure to multiply one $
Virtues and minimize faults Their
chief object In life, as picture them,
was TO minister to their descendants
comfort, tosmake the crooked places
straight. The grandmother OF my fun
cy would keep my clothes In repair,
darn the stockings, knit plenty of wash
rags ard silk mittens, surprise me with
my favorite dishes, laugh at my Jokes
and generally submerge her life In the
affairs Of mine. What WIS ! going to
do in return for all this unscldsh devo-
tion2 | would be her granddaughter.
That, according to the old traditions,
was quite enough compensation.
was holding forth, exploiting my
views and desires on the grandmother
question In the presence Of one of those
people who delight to take person
down and make him feel cheap, espe-
cially If they imagine one IS posing rs
younger than the family Bible records.
This Individual spoke up and said:
why, If your grandmothers were llY-
ing they would be so aged that they
would be mummilied. Instead Of darn
ing your stockings, knitting your nit
tens, they would be blind, deaf and Inn
beetle. You would have to tend them
with greater slavishncss than mother
Il newborn babe, and without the
sweet rceompense in the latter ease.
When people become imbecile with
age, they grow repulsive, and the pro
longing of this state Is dreadful, while
each day the unfolding of bidding
life Is filed with mysterious delights"
OF course | did not want Il grand
mother that was deaf, blind and imbe-
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onrons hoods dan clothes
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clnre that every woman owes # TO her
self Ia have n career and stand at the
holm and stcrr n ia the very end She
mnst not aIlov hor llfc ia he snhmerp.
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come frcoucntIv but must have outside
missions As soon Ms her offsnrIng Is
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"Perbnns you are right | replicd.
Sucb - arandmothcr os This vould be
no comfort to mo os - prandmother
yvbtIe sb. ,nt.ht ho , most ho,nrui
frien1 md could bo nroud of bor ma.
clifton Il. tho literary artistic or nhilan-
thronic world os hcr t,stcs might die.
tote her nnrsnlt
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