Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1888 — The Mother at Home. [ARTICLE]

The Mother at Home.

The mother is the heart of the home. She it is who determines its characteristics and diffuses through it that subtle atmosphere which every sensitive person can feel when introduced into the home circle, and from which can quickly be inferred the ruling spirit of the home. There can be no doubt that the most effective training for children is the training of example, and this truth the mother needs constantly to bear in mind. How can the impatient, querulous, fault-finding mother teach patience and kindness and good temper? How can the vain mother teach humility? How can the mother greatly absorbed in keeping up with the pompo and vanities of life, eager for place and show, teach her children the true principles of a happy life? How can the selfish mother teach generosity or kindness, or the discontented mother teach contentment?— Mrs. Helen E. Starrett. - < - Jelly. —For jelly, I always take a pound 3f white sugar to one of juice, place over •he fire and let boil hard for just three minutes, allow to cool a little, put in glass nnd set in an east window for three or four lays.