OF A CERTAIN PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY. 47 



had fifteen children, three of whom died in infancy. Those who lived 

 were not sent to school regularly, and when they came were so filthy 

 that teacher and pupils used to resort to ''playing house," in order to 

 have a chance of scrubbing them up. All were made to shift for them- 

 selves at an early age. Their characteristics are : 



V-210, born about 1877. Generally sat in school with his tongue 

 out. Got the barest rudiments of learning. Drinks now, and earns 

 his living working on the railroad. Has married and has two children 

 (VI-137, 138), of whom nothing was learned. 



V-212, born 1879. Said to be the best of this fraternity. Is sober 

 and works with fair steadiness on the railroad, where he is at present 

 foreman of the section. Has married V-213, the illegitimate daughter 

 of IV-24, Line A, andIV-4, Chart B. Detailed description of children 

 will follow later. 



V-214, born 1881, the ignorant, irresponsible member of Line D who 

 married V-1, Line A, this history. Characterization on page 18. 



V-216, bom 1882. Quick at school work ''considering who she was." 

 Sexually moral. Married V-217, who works fitfully on the railroad and 

 at gardening. She is a very decent, pleasant-spoken, obliging woman, 

 but a very careless housekeeper. Of their two children, the eldest 

 (VI-146) is very slow and dull, but good-natured and persevering. The 

 younger, fairly quick; up with her grade at school. 



The next younger daughter (V-218) was born 1883. Well-behaved 

 and able to progress at school. Now a trim, comfortable matron with 

 much good sense. Her husband (V-219) comes from an honest, indus- 

 trious strain; works in a chair factory and keeps his family in com- 

 fort. Three of their children (VI-147 to 149) are dead. Those remain- 

 ing are neat and well brought up, but are greatly retarded at school. 

 They are: VI-150; a good boy, well behaved, but inattentive unless 

 held strictly to his task by the teacher. Very little idea of number or 

 proportion. At 10 has just managed to "scrape" into the second 

 grade. VI-151^ is also well behaved; very small for her age, has num- 

 ber sense, and is, in general, brighter than her brother. Has managed 

 to make second grade at 8 years. Another girl (VI-152)^ appears very 

 nearly of normal mentality. 



Reverting to the children of IV-113 and 114, we have V-220 and 

 V-221. The former was accidentally killed at 8 years; the latter, born 

 about 1884, is a dissolute alcoholic man, but fairly capable at rough 

 work. His wife (V-222) , a distant cousin, had a very bad reputation for 

 sexual immoralit}^ in her early girlhood, and comes from a shiftless, 

 stupid family, who, however, are said to be honest. She had married 

 V-223 at 19, to whom she had seven children (VI-154 to 160), continu- 

 ing her excesses all through her married life. Her husband finally put 

 her away, taking all of the children but two from her. One of these 

 (VI-155), the second of the family, a girl of 15, lives with her mother 



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