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WOMAN AND HOME.
THE COMPENSATION THAT COMES
TO THE WIFE AND MOTHER.

How to Tame and Train a Canary Bird.
Valuable Thoughts on the Care of Chill
dren-Physical Culture for Ladies-The
Noble Deeds of Some of Earth's Angels.
"My boys and have been shut up together
for six weeks" said a little woman the other
day, her bright face dimpling with sunny
smiles, showing how sweet and fresh is the
quality of youthfulness which makes the
matron as captivating in her meridian as the
girl must have been in her morning. Quar-
antined, - she added; land we've had siege
Of it; but tie dear lads were never really IL,
notwithstanding the dreadful character Of
the disease which had them in its clutches.
Of course we were terribly anxious, and the
doctor kept warning US that we could not be
too careful; and had such a horror OF any
infection waiting itself from our doors into
the home Of somebody else where there were
children that 1 could not sufficiently multiply
precautions; but when all was said, and all
the privations and disappointments borne,
there were compensations. The boys and l
grew so well acquainted! We read several
splendid books through, from first chapter to
fms; we studied the New Testament; we
played games. They told me verything,
just as when they were my babies toddling
over the floor and coming to mamma with
their questions and their troubles; and now
that it is over shall always look back with
a certain gratitude and pleasure Of memory
on our six weeks in quarantine
Mothers whose boys and girls are full Of
the excitements and ambitions of student
life, or whose brood is just posing for fight
from the homo nest, Will understand this
woman's feeling perfectly.
4 similar experience has been the portion
of many Of US, varied perhaps by certain
conditions The dear husband, it may be,
has been very i'll, SO that for some days life,
seeming gray faced and unfamiliar, has
taken on a new and stern aspect; what with
the secession from the ordinary routine,
meals altered to suit the convenience Of those
in attendance on the invalid, the world of
fashion and Of recreation temporarily ex-
Guided, the daughters practicing Iushed, the
little ones diverted in a far away nursery
that papa should not be disturbed, kindred
coming with anxious faces end soft foot falls
to make daily inquiry, flowers and dainty
food left at the door by friendly neighbors,
the pastor dropping ii as often as the physi-
clan, the door bell mufiled; while to all hearts
in the household there has been vaguely
threatening the menace Of an unspeallable
sorrow
What if the happy, easy going, merry
voiced man, spending his life between bust
ness and honls, the morning and evening
regularly calling him to one or the other
point with the steady jogging back and forth
of the pendulum, should be about to leave it
all, to lay down the cares and forget the &C.
tivities, and sleep the last sleepl The wife,
who has accepted much Of his devotion as
matter Of course, her right like that Of the
flower TO sunshine and rain, suddenly in a
glimpse of revelation perceives how much
she loves him, appreciates his generous love
for her; and when later, the tide turns, and
the patient Is convalescent, the first blessed
helpless querulous stage over, and the ''season
of calm weather. when health is coming
back like tho tide at flood, fairly inaugu-
rated, what delight, what ecstasy, what re-
newal Of the wooing and the winning days
of long ago
Papa and mamma, - the children say, snil-
ing as they pass the door and hear the voices
of the married lovers Ia endless confidential
chat, "are really more devoted than ever"
For the first time in years the pair have an
opportunity to be much together in that soil
tude of two which is the sweetest thing in the
whole world, and itself an Eden returned, |
when the two, heart, soul and human inter- |
ests, are absolutely one.
Nearer to God we climb by such ladder as !
this, and heaven sheds its light of jasper and |
amethyst over earth's prosaic days. There is |
kernel OF compensation within the husk of !
such suffering, common though it be, and the |
home values rise higher, the home unitieS are
better conserved, the home attitude Of de- |
tense against outside temptations is more |
resolutely maintained in consequence.
A child's school course is interrupted just |
when parents and teachers are most jubilant |
over the rich mental development which is so |
rapid and so promising. The eyes, the back,
the quick growth, some danger signal flung |
out by nature in pallor or fatigue, sleep walk
ing or forgetfulness, pain or nervous waste,
alarm the family doctor, and he calls halt |
Father and mother are reluctant to admit
that the studies and school discipline are too |
much for the son OF daughter Of whom they
are 50 proud; but they are people of common
sense, and too much is at stake to make risk
possible. The boy leaves the desk and takes
up the hoe and rake; the girl goes from the
piano to the seaside; q journey is planned,
md q thousand influences hitherto out OF
range are brought to bear upon tho culture
of the youthful mind. The time, far from
being lost, is put to good account. The law
Of compensation holds everywhere, never
more firmly than in the life OF the household
-Harper's Bazaar.