The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
TO BUSY MOTHERS.
Some Valuable Hints by Lady Who
 Speaks from Experience.

Some Valuable Hints by Lady Who Speaks from Experience.
 The human brain needs rest and change. The human mind needs relax ation. The human heart needs pleas ant companionship. Deprive them of these requisites, and the result in nine cases out of ten will be insanity. Per- haps you imagine that mean to frighten you. Why, to tell you the truth, if I could not arouse you to sense of your condition unless terrified you a little, would rather do so than see you an in- mate of an insane asylum. You see this to be quite in accordance with the rest of nature s laws. The body can not subsist on one kind of diet; it must have more or less variety; and, behold, how plentifully our Creator has provided for this great need in the abundant fruitful- ness of earth, air and sea! How soon the palate tires of one kind of diet! How soon the body starves when fed upon one thing. Dear friend, beseech you give this subject your most careful consider ation, for Iperceive you are killing your- self with the constant strain brought to bear upon body and mind, and unless you consent to relax that strain you will suffer very seriously in consequence
 Your nervous headaches are sent, perhaps, as warnings, which, if needed, may prove your salvation from more serious trouble. I have found it ex. ceedingly injurious to work during the evening. You have been busy all day with one duty or another; the night has come; you can find no warrant in Scrip ture for continuing them.
 So let the work-basket remain undis- turbed, let the needle rest. You will be all the more skillful with it On the mor- row. Spend the evening in reading, conversing, playing interesting games with your children, or in visiting your friends; or, better still, if you feel able, in attending an interesting lecture or concert; then, when you retire, you will sleep sweetly, and awake refreshed and equal to the performance of the days duties.
 Never eat heartily when tired to death. Drink cup of tea and eat cracker or beat up an egg in half pint of milk, sweeten and flavor to taste, and drink it. This will strengthen you, and will not make any demands on your weary stomach or digestive organs. And another thing: do not rise early in the morning and trot all over the house doing this and seeing to that for hours before you eat anything Put on the coffee, if you use that beverage, or the tea, if you use that, as soon as possible. and pour yourself out cup just as soon as it is in a condition for drinking, and add whatever light, easily digested article of food you may like best. This done, and you must eat slow ly and at your ease, you will find that you can return to your work and fairly make things fly.
 You will catch yourself singing, per- haps, and when your husband and chil- dren come down fresh from their slum- bers they will meet a smiling face, and sit down to breakfast presided over by a cheerful hostess. Force yourself to try this plan once or twice, and know you will be pleased with it. I have the greatest faith in it, because I proved it in my own case; and this is true of all the suggestions I have given in this let ter.-IHastrated Christian Weekly,