54 THE FEEBLY INHIBITED. 



hearted; decent but disorderly and untidy. 3-9 , once a vegetable cook at 

 Waldorf-Astoria hotel, good worker, quick temper. 4- $ , unknown. 5- 9 , 

 queer, nervous, and excitable. S-d', brakeman. 7-9, was vegetable cook 

 and later on vaudeville stage; now in domestic service. 



Father.— Draxik., won a great reputation in walking matches, ran several 

 saloons, deserted wife and large family and lost track of for 11 years; had married 

 again. 



Mother. — Died under operation for rupture. Traits unknown. (36:41, 

 V6.) 



(56) Propositus, 9 , a drinker, formerly ran around a good deal; had a child 

 illegitimately before marriage and another one since; a rolling stone. Sibs: i-c?, 

 a feeble-minded tinker er who helps at various jobs. 2-cf , a prosperous man 

 who is quick-tempered and has an epileptic daughter. 3-cf , a heavy drinker. 

 4-0^, a drinker. 



Father. — A wanderer, tramped widely, worked at anything. 

 Mother. — Said to have been a good woman. (34 : 152.) 



(57) The principal fraternity is that of the patient's mother. None of the 

 4 women of this fraternity are said to be nomadic, although details are lacking 

 about 2 of them. The only man is a wanderer and a heavy drinker. 



Father. — ^Was a wanderer and inclined to desert his family. He went to war 

 and did not return. 



Mother. — Is "of good reputation" ; nothing more is known about her or her 

 other relatives. (36 : 50.) 



(58) Propositus, cf , born 1859. Likes traveling, trading, seeing strangers; 

 now a promoter of newspaper circulation. Sibs: i- 9, born 1858; has over- 

 powering headaches two or three times a year, relieved only by discharge of bile 

 from stomach by vomiting. 2-c?', not nomadic. 



Father. — "Always liked to travel and said up to his death that if a young 

 man again he woidd keep traveling' ' ; occupation, traveling dealer in notions, 

 etc. 



Father's father and mother. — Unknown. 



Mother. — Not restless; her sibs imknown. 



Mother's father and mother. — Unknown. (C0I-3.) 



(59) Children: i-c?, born 1887; extravagant, wants to become a bridge 

 engineer. 2-cf, born 1880; good speaker, has wanderlust. 



Father. — Improvident; has wanderlust and repressed Bohemian tastes. Sibs : 

 i-cf, improvident, wanderlust. 



Father's father. — Wanderlust. 



Father's mother. — Domineering, vain, mercenary; at 76 likes jolly com- 

 panions and dancing. 



Mother. — Care of flowers, love of country walks. Sibs: i-cf, erratic. 

 2-cf, domineering, resourceful in emergencies. 



Mother's father. — Inventive and mechanical. 



Mother's mother. — ^Vain, giddy, superficial, morose, suspicious. (Nas-i.) 



(60) The principal fraternity of 9 includes 5 boys and 4 girls. Of the boys, 

 3 may be regarded as probably having nomadic tendencies. Thus one was 

 "always wild, running about; married, deserted his wife, and has now gone West. 

 He was alcoholic." Another "would work well for a time and then spend all 

 his money, he has now gone West; is somewhat alcoholic." The third is a 



