live, to go to bed again without having first ex- amined the bed, to see if the blankets are put on right.' The lives of most of us are made up of trifles, that vitality afiect our happiness ; and the wretched experience of my travelling acquaint- ance, the Professor, while showing the results of a seemingly trivial matter, forcibly illustrates the importance of knowing how to properly do so small a thing as put blankets on a bed ! " "Indeed, Kate," said Emeline, "I think beds generally, outside of first-class hotels, are an abomination. People spend about one-third of their lives in bed ; and what should be a couch of rest, where sleep comes unbidden, is more often a sack of torture, — a humpy, bumpy, sliding, roll- ing, tormenting thing, so badly made up that you roll and toss, the night through, seeking vainly either rest or sleep. And the sickening odors of 'spare rooms,' or 'guest-chambers,' as they are termed, where weary visitors are put to spend the night on such beds ! Bah ! they linger in one's memory for years. You will do a good thing in your school, if 3^ou impress upon your pupils the necessity of comfortable, well-made beds, and thoroughly aired spare-rooms and parlors." "Emeline, our pupils will be taught to live in their homes — to occupy their parlors and spare- rooms every day ; and to keep them swept and garnished for themselves, and not for occasional EDIBLES AND EDUCATION. 185 guests. Self-respect is one of the first things that should be developed in a boy or girl. And by self-respect I mean the high and honorable feeling that prevents men and women from being mean and narrow to themselves in their daily home life. People w^ho have genuine respect and considera- tion for themselves, never fail to treat other people with respect and consideration. To learn to be just and respectful to our fellow men and women, we must tirst learn to be just and respect- ful to ourselves. I have but little iiiith in re- formers who go about endeavoring to reform society, while they neglect, or are, ignorant of, the duties they owe to themselves and their fami- lies. Think you, women who consider household work menial and degrading, and whose houses are nurseries of disorder and ill-training, are likely to elevate and advance humanity by their etlbrts? The true reformer must begin at home, and work outward. And until the average home is reformed and made Avhat it should be, the reformatory move- ments of our age will mostly end in failure. Here among my letters is one from Mrs. Wheaton, a woman of wealth and culture, who feels that sJie was created for something better than to be *aj household drudge.' She asks, 'Can 3^ou suggest an.y way whereby the wife and mother can make home happy and attractive to husband and sons, without giving her life to the work ? — devoting 186 COOKING AND CASTLE-BUILDING.

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live, to go to bed again without having first examined the bed, to see if the blankets are put on right.' The lives of most of us are made up of trifles, that vitally affect our happiness ; and the wretched experience of my travelling acquaintance, the Professor, while showing the results of a seemingly trivial matter, forcibly illustrates the importance of knowing how to properly do so small a thing as put blankets on a bed ! " "Indeed, Kate," said Emeline, "I think beds generally, outside of first-class hotels, are an abomination. People spend about one-third of their lives in bed ; and what should be a couch of rest, where sleep comes unbidden, is more often a sack of torture, — a humpy, bumpy, sliding, rolling, tormenting thing, so badly made up that you roll and toss, the night through, seeking vainly either rest or sleep. And the sickening odors of 'spare rooms,' or 'guest-chambers,' as they are termed, where weary visitors are put to spend the night on such beds ! Bah ! they linger in one's memory for years. You will do a good thing in your school, if you impress upon your pupils the necessity of comfortable, well-made beds, and thoroughly aired spare-rooms and parlors." "Emeline, our pupils will be taught to live in their homes — to occupy their parlors and sparerooms every day ; and to keep them swept and garnished for themselves, and not for occasional guests. Self-respect is one of the first things that should be developed in a boy or girl. And by self-respect I mean the high and honorable feeling that prevents men and women from being mean and narrow to themselves in their daily home life. People who have genuine respect and consideration for themselves, never fail to treat other people with respect and consideration. To learn to be just and respectful to our fellow men and women, we must tirst learn to be just and respectful to ourselves. I have but little faith in reformers who go about endeavoring to reform society, while they neglect, or are, ignorant of, the duties they owe to themselves and their families. Think you, women who consider household work menial and degrading, and whose houses are nurseries of disorder and ill-training, are likely to elevate and advance humanity by their efforts? The true reformer must begin at home, and work outward. And until the average home is reformed and made what it should be, the reformatory movements of our age will mostly end in failure. Here among my letters is one from Mrs. Wheaton, a woman of wealth and culture, who feels that sJie was created for something better than to be a household drudge.' She asks, 'Can you suggest an.y way whereby the wife and mother can make home happy and attractive to husband and sons, without giving her life to the work ? — devoting

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