Vur.. III. 
LOS A NOE LEIS, CAL. JANUAKY, 1880. 
No. i. 
HOME TOPICS Wlieu I mlvisu t lm w«*nry nnd dinhenrb 
»jr futH (iMiwrn | cited mother to peixuvor® and him ply do 
S UNDAY morning in runny homes in the Mm Imst kIjo ran, 1 by too muatia intend to 
worst morning in tho neck. On ullitTI fldvise her to try to dc* all the work idle 
days work .'in 1 school require early lifting can That may ho tin worst she can do, 
and prompt action. The regular routine l>y breaking down hoi health and adding 
is usually liroken iii upon on Sunday morn- to the cures and toils of others. There is 
i"g. 41! wish to have their sleep out. The such a tiling as wise sellishnoss. I rruneiii- 
mother of young children has little to her an old lady whom 1 met «t a railroad 
shun in this extra sleep. Indeed, it is station several years ago. Observing my 
haul to see where she ruu get any ehiMieo two little children, the begun t>> isle mV 
t>> make unfui broken rest and abbreviated : about my family. She was the mother of 
hours of sleep, for babies wtdnt up as early ! thirteen children, and, in answer to my 
us usual on Sunday mornings, and tile inquiries, she told nie that the hardest 
actual cares aud labors of that day, which j time to got along with her children was 
is to be one of " rest to some nf the when there were only three of them, as 
family, make it impossible for'be homo- nomi of them were able to help her. 1 
manager to done away the morning hours, have found, in my own oxpei iciic* 1 , that 
She re mend sm a bit of mending which five are mure easily taken care of than two 
surely ought to have been done in prepare- small ones. What, a icliuf it seems w him 
• ion for a Sunday-school outfit; shoes that, some of them are old * nougli lo.Ji*-,s ihi-m- 
hl*'"c lost some of their buttons; a Idrle selves, ami t>i get ready for church fir 
Kiiit should hare been sponge I with urn Sunday-school with only >i very little help 
monia water before this Sunday came: the and watching. Soon they iiro able to 
f.irt (hat Katie has not a stogie pair of attend to llleir own bullous and darning, 
clean at tickings left in In r drawer, or Unit IJy this t i mu they hcipaboul the lioiwe-work, 
she has forgotten to hnve -lohu get himself and mam » beguia to Hull some rest on 
some new collars something of this kind Sunday, as well us the others. When 
is p.irtty sine to haunt the w«auy brum of there j* a good deal to do on Sunday 
tin mother of >i numerous and growing! morning, as tlioro is apt to Is- where Ihi-re 
family. Sin- blames hi t • • If for neghoi i- a large family ami iuniflieionl help, it is 
when she ought not. nud pcrhupA feu In only fair that the father of the family 
lieu, or less of discourag. mnnt. 1 all OH Id lend a hand ubunt I he liituau W by 
J-il me, right In re, pot in a word of cannot ho dii -i aim nr morn of th* little 
sympathy and ciicourigc-tnoiil 1 know ■ ones? lie ought to be able to help about 
"1“** ^ 11,11 wiitmg about, having laid all that buttoning uud ty mg wbieli usually 
nl.umlaut ixperiem'c. I.ei m> Woman, till up the mnthi i’* (one. and mak" it mull 
oxer burdened with run « and lalsiis, im- u tiresome thing for tier to > ; i ( n i.lv for 
* out 
ivgirie that her eat*' la lH*cuhur, and by no 
("‘'■‘ns Id lor envy childless omtlmi- or 
uniiiarried women who hnv« morn quiet 
and leisure Then. |. no other wav out of 
the hard place ,u which she lied* hen**.If, 
except to gu ahead and do the b. M dm can 
and have hoj.i for tin (ntum. Willi lubd 
hgent cure aud judicious timiiuig now,, 
the. f little* ones who add to the pic-, mil 
lrtb.ua, will all, ill a few yearn, l.ivom- 
beip. is, hut they will n..t grow up to it 
naturally, they nuut lie n,lined by “ line 
upon line ami pi. —pi upon prca . pi, 1 mid 
‘■specially by good example. 
hutch lieim If, vir In til llm little one 
for Suuday-Bi'hon) 
Kv'dtiljOv it in the part nf wisdom In 
have ■ veiy thing done in preparation for 
Hundrtv that can lie dour in the week |i> 
ceding, Our l’urit alt foremothers >.i t is 
a coed example in tins n | >1 W* Ihink 
they cunie.l mailt r« loo far at timea. but 
w» do well It. leain what we* m from their 
example. If the children ■ >n h.ivi Mi. ir 
bath* nud clean cloth' • i-n Saturday >ft> i 
"non or evening, it i«*,i much < h u gnu 
If iIn ie is o.dd meat fur diving or lot 
warming uw, plain baked pudding mid 
plenty of the moat nourishing bn-cl. and 
vegetables of easy preparation without the 
mother's labor, it is u g>. >d thing Am. 
A-jn.nUunM. 
HOUSEWORK THAT MAY BE DONE 
SITTING. 
1 H \\ E been told that tlie* house of Mr. 
Edison, the wonderful iuvfutor, is \ 
museum in its multitude of labor saving 
coutrivnm cs; but Mi Edison is tot the 
inventor nf a high stool for tbe kitchen, 
which humble piece of furniture, when 
J properly introduced into the «■<•*• u-.mv of 
| the work, will prove t« It* a source of sal¬ 
vation to many a woman tired to ilea'll 
j from living so much on her fu l. On* 1 *-nn 
do will) ease many household tasks, whir h 
iii* "*udlty done in a standing postm-w, 
nml llm facility for working while -.aud 
' upon <\ stool is, of cotuwe. greatly ioctv owd 
by pim tice. With an ii<".in -b . d wi ll 
adjusted at liolh ends, and high enough 
*o iluit the knar* will pa>s under it, one 
may do a large ironing, only rising to 
change lb*' iron. Aud if one :* too nun h 
of an iuvalid for that *lir ran a viuull 
charcoal slo.e, which will boat Mo iron*, 
placed «l Iii r hand. W illi such c.ntiiv. 
mu'* -. Huidlig lur-oiHi's " fancy w uL. for 
a lady may >1" it in l« r pir.*->r wuh <..w. 
I’ll* 1 chats o.il or ker.M'iie Move is v» r» mi«i 
for''doing up 'tine and elaborate p» ,-i-» 
that re.pure much lime aud skill An 
iuiproviunont on the ordinary high s|..,J 
or low ia nit adjustable t‘*p, x 1 '*.ho i ling 
with the stool top by means i f x strong 
si-lew, by wbn li flu s. , oi l top nun I *• 
raised or lowered at nlcasnrv. in fact, 
>«mothing hk< n piano *«<»*1. only it should 
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