ard flight,
One word may fall with all its sweet
Upon the velvet at His feet,
That He may lift it to His ear
Its tender plea of love to hear,
And lay it, granted, on the pile
Signed with the signet of His smile!

[NURSERY HINTS AND FIRESIDE GEMS 801]

Motherhood.--Motherhood is a profession that is overworked. The hours are
long and holidays and vacations are few and far between. Mother gets a
great deal of maudlin sympathy and not enough tangible aid, says a writer
in the Housekeeper. Our poetic conception of the true mother is that her
whole life is bound up in the welfare of her children and her family. At
what age are her children not, for her, a matter of serious concern? She
has ever had plenty of material which she can manufacture into worry and
heartaches. Many mothers consume too much of their own nervous energy and
jeopardize their health in what they think their bounden maternal duties.
There is a judicious limit of all things even though they are virtues.

Mother.--The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but is always on
her heart.--H. W. Beecher.

Baby's Layette.--The principal thing to be borne in mind regarding the
baby's layette is that all the clothing should be light, soft, in both
surface and texture, and porous also in order that the evaporation of
perspiration and a certain ventilation of the skin may take place. Perfect
simplicity, not only in material and trimming, but in the whole plan of
the little garments will testify to good taste and common sense, and at
the same time tend to eliminate much fretfulness and wailing.

Baby.--A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home,
to flower on earth.--Massey.

[802 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Boy's Garments.--Don't burden the boy with a whole array of separate
garments, but give him a few good, heavy things. The lessened number will
allow him freedom, and his comfort, too, is to be considered. Boy's
trousers are now fully lined, and these with the right sort of underwear
will give him the requisite warmth with very little unnecessary weight.

Boys.--A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a
child.--Longfellow.

Pretty Things for Baby.--Among pretty articles for baby there are tiny
ribbon garters to hold up the little sleeves, in colors to match the blue
of the eyes or the pink of the cheeks, and there are huge soft rosettes of
ribbon and hand embroidered strings for the cap, and gold ba