May, 19U 



complete lunchoon. Indewl, it may 

 he tised so on riee, or squash, or 

 almost any sort of left-over that 

 your larder siisinests to vou. !\Tore- 

 ovor bacon which has already been 

 fried ma^' be made apjiotiziuix in 

 this way, if vou are careful not 

 to cook it too long. 



Bacon sandwiches, made by put- 

 tincj cold, lean bacon tlirouj^h the 

 STinder, mixincj it carefully with 

 bacon Qreasc, without butter, are 

 a deliyhtful chanpe to the children 

 who carry hinches. And bacon, 

 next to butter and cream, tis the 

 most easily assimilable of the 

 fattv foods. Therefore it is the 

 fat to ofive children who need fat. 

 Butter their bread thick ; pour 

 cream on their porridg;^ ; make 

 the^r dessert temptinp^ Ai-ith 

 whipped cream and Gdve them' 

 bacon. This is better than mak- 

 ins;- them miserable with cod liver 

 oil, and is more likely to keep 

 their little frames round and lov-t- 

 Iv with the firm flesh that resists 

 disease better than anything else. 



A Mother's Influence. 



God gives to the mother su- 

 premacv in her family. It belongs 

 to her to maintain it. This can- 

 not be done without exertion. The 

 temptation to come down from 

 her throne and become a mere 

 hewer of wood and drawer of wat- 

 er is very strong. It is so much 

 easier to work with the hands 

 than with the head. One can chop 

 sticks all serenelv unperplexed. But 

 to govern demands observation, 

 knowledge, judgment, and patience. 

 In both cases there must be sacri- 

 fice. If the mother .stands on high 

 eround she brings her children up 

 to her own level ; if she sinks, they 

 sink with her. 



To maintain her rank no exer- 

 tion is too great, no means too 

 small. Dress is one of the most 

 obvious things to a child. If the 

 mother wears cheap or shabby or 

 ill-assorted clothes, while the chil- 

 dren's are fine and harmonious, it 

 is impossible that thev should not 

 receive the impression that thev 

 are of more consequence than their 

 mother. Therefore, for her chil- 

 dnen's sake, if not for her own, the 

 mother should alwavs try to be 

 well dressed. Her baby, so far as 

 it is concerned in the matter, in- 

 stead of beincr an excuse for a 

 faded bonnet, should be an induce- 

 ment for a fresh one. It is not a 

 question of riches or po\'ertv ; it 

 is a thinpr of relation. It is simp- 

 ly that the mother's dress should 



be (|uitc as good as, and, if there's 

 any difference, bettor than her 

 child's. It is of no manner of con- 

 scduencc how a child is clad, pro- 

 vided only its health be not in- 

 jured or its self-respect wounded. 

 Children look prettier in the cheap- 

 est and .simplest materials than in 

 the richest and most elaborajte. 

 But how common is it to see the 

 children clothed in silk and fea- 

 thers and flounces, while the mo- 

 ther is enveloped in an atmos- 

 phere of cottony fadiness ! One 

 would take the child to be a mis- 

 tress and the mother a servant. 

 " But," the mother savs, " I do 

 not care for dress, and Caroline 

 does. She, poor child, would be 

 hurt not to be dressed like the 

 other children." Then do you 

 teach her better. Plant in her 

 mind n hioher standard of self^re- 

 snect. Don't tell her you cannot 

 afford to do for her thus and thus; 

 that will scatter premature thorns 

 alonpr her path : but say vqu do 

 not approve of it ; it is proper for 

 her to dress in such and such a 

 way. And be so true a woman 

 that she shall have faith in you. 



It is essential also that the mo- 

 ther ha'^'e sense, intelligence, com- 

 prehension. As much as she can 

 add of education and accomplish- 

 ments will increase her stock in 

 trade. Her reading and intellec- 

 tual life, instead of being neelected 

 for her children's sake, should for 

 their sake be scrupulously culti- 

 vated. Of the two things, it is a 

 thousand times better that they 

 should be attended by a nursery 

 maid in their infancy than by a 

 feeble, timid, ineflScient matron in 

 their youth. The mother can 

 oversee half a dozen children with 

 a nurse ; but she needs all her 

 strength, all her mind, her own 

 eves, and ears, and quick percep- 

 tions, and delicate intuition, and 

 calm self-possession when her 

 sturdy boys and wild yountr girls 

 are leapinor and boundin? and car- 

 eering into their lusty life. They 

 want then a mother able to curb. 



yonrmttthoda mt hr^mdini, rMrin^ 

 auid m«Ji*^in£ Liv* fitoak T L>«t 

 oj) h»v* it if it will anly All tb« 



and guide, and rule them;, and only 

 a mother who commands their re- 

 spect can do this. I/ct them see 

 that she is familiar with all the 

 conditions of their life — that her 

 vision is at once broader and 

 keener thpn theins — that she knows 

 all the phases alike of strength 

 and the weakness — and her influ- 

 ence over them is unbounded. Let 

 them .see her uncertain, uncomfort- 

 able, hesitating, fearful without 

 discrimination, leaning where she 

 ought to support, interfering with- 

 out power of suggesting, counsell- 

 ing but not controlling, with no 

 presence, no bearing, no experi- 

 ence, and they will carry matters 

 with a hvwh hand. They "will over, 

 rule her decisions, and their love 

 will not be unmingled with con- 

 tempt. It will be strong enough 

 to vex them when they have done 

 wrong, but not strong enough to 

 keep them from doing wrong. 



Nothing gives a yming gSrl such 

 vantage ground in social life as a 

 mother — a sensible, amiable, and 

 gentlv commanding woman. Un- 

 der the 'shelter of such a mother's 

 wing the child is safe. 



WOITT.DN'T MIND THAT. 



An Italian who kept a fruit 

 stand in Sydney was much an- 

 noyed by possible customers who 

 make a practice of handling the 

 fruit and pinching it, thereby leav- 

 ing it softened and often spoiled. 

 Exasperated beyond endurance he 

 finally put up a sign which read : 



If you must pincha da fruit — 

 pincha da cocoanut ! 



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