The Bulletin". 41 



and dainty pieces of embroidery for tlio home is not a taslc. hut a pleasure, 

 to her. Yet tlie motlior's sironsth does not ))prinit of Iier doing everything; 

 so frequently tliese little touches have to be left undone. 



In order to keep her home so that it will be a delight to herself and a 

 pleasure to others, the mother must jnake a stndji of the ftaving of steps, 

 stroii/fh. and time. She must "cut off the corners,"' as it were — make one 

 step answer for many, and one lick do the work of two or three. In this way 

 she may save enough time to enable her to do the housekeeping as it should 

 be done. We might suggest a few things that would help her in this, and by 

 adding them one at a time the expense would not be so great after all : A 

 convenient water supply comes first; then an oil stove and a tireless cooker; 

 linoleum on the kitchen Moor would save many, many hard licks; a sink fixed 

 in one corner of the kitchen table with a pipe to carry the waste water away 

 from the house is a convenience that is found in a few country homes, yet it 

 costs very little, and will save hundreds of steps in a day; while countless 

 numbers of steps might he avoided by having a place fenced off for the garden 

 close to the house. Conditions are not the same in every homo, and the house- 

 wife will have to study out many of these problems for herself,, and when she 

 makes a real study of her housework she will grow more and more interested 

 in it ; and as soon as she learns to do it in a systematic way she will be aston- 

 ished at the number of steps she is able save herself, and the great amount 

 of work she can accomplish with the same strength and in the same length 

 of time. 



The always-tired mother must look at this question from another stand- 

 point, also. When she uses up all her strength day after day and goes to bed 

 at night too tired to sleep, her nerves and her whole physical make-up must 

 suffer. Consequently the daily cares, trials, and disappointments that come 

 into every one's life, which by accepting and overcoming in the proper way 

 would sweeten her disposition and ennoble her character, will, on the other 

 hand, make her peevish, cross, and disagreeable — not because she chooses to 

 be so. but because she can't help it. Consequently, in her efforts to make a 

 home she fails completely, for the very best in home life is impossible without 

 forbearance, kindness, and unselfishness. If we find an irritable, fussy mother, 

 the children will imbibe the spirit and will develop fussy, disagreeable dis- 

 positions ; and when the father and mother cannot agree, one need not expect 

 anything but disagreement in the children. 



After all, there must be contentment at any price. It is not possible for 

 OA-ery one to have a beautiful home : but even the poorest, in the simplest 

 little hut, can have a happy home. The real home is in the heart, and that 

 must be filled with love, kindness, unselfishness, and a proper consideration 

 for others, before we may have the real "Home, Siceet Home." 



HEALTH HINTS. 



By Miss Katharine Parker. 



In this discussion I shall not endeavor to enter into a detailed account of 

 how to acquire health or to maintain it. The time is inadequate for a 

 lengthy treatise on this very important subject, a theme which should stand first 

 in our list of subjects for consideration. Therefore, as the title. Health Hints, 

 suggests, I shall endeavor to touch on it in a way that will bring it to our 

 attention, and I hope cause us to pursue it further in the quiet of our homes. 



Upon the women of the home more than any one else rests the responsibility 

 of the health of the family, and for that reason she should give the subject 

 careful consideration and acquaint herself as fully as possible with the laws 

 governing health. The happiness and welfare of the entire household depend 

 largely upon her knowledge and enforcement of these laws. Yet with this 



