201. Hints For Husbands

Cus-tom entitles you to be considered the "lord and master" over your household But don't assume the master and sink the lord. Remember that noble gener-osity, forbearance, amiability, and in tegrity, are among the more lordly at tributes of man. As a husband therefore, exhibit the true nobility of man, and seek to govern your own household by the display of high moral excellence. A domineering spirit - a fault-finding petulance - impatience of trifling delays - and the exhibition of unworthy passions at the slightest provocation, can add no laurel to your own "lordly" brow, impart no sweetness to home, and call forth no respect from those by whom you may be surrounded. It is one thing to be a master - another thing to be a man. The latter should be the husband's aspiration;for he who cannot govern himself is M-qualified to govern another.

202. Hints To Wives

It is astonishing how much the cheerfulness of a wife contributes to the happiness of home. She is the sun - the centre of a domestic system, and her children are like planets around her, reflecting her rays. How merry the little ones look when the mother is joyous and good-tempered; and how easily and pleasantly her household labours are overcome! Her cheerfulness is reflected everywhere: it is seen in the neatness of her toilette, the order of her table, and even the seasoning of her dishes. We remember hearing a husband say that he could always guage the temper of his wife by the quality of her cooking: good temper even influenced the seasoning of her soups, and the lightness and delicacy of her pastry. When ill temper pervades, the pepper is dashed in as a cloud;perchance the top of the pepper-box is included, as a kind of diminutive thunderbolt; the salt is all in lumps; and the spices seem to betake themselves all to one spot in a pudding, as if dreading the frowning face above them. If there be a husband who could abuse the smiles of a really good-tempered wife, we should like to look at him! No, no, such a phenomenon does not exist. Among elements of domestic happiness, the imiability of the wife and mother is of the utmost importance - it is one of the best securities for the Happiness of Home,