The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
What to Do With the Baby.

AOe1O4 . OAtSA doh5 dlL1Ol
IN despair, how they can accom-
fFllsh the work waiting for thei
ever busy hands while a bah,
with its innumerable wants, is cal
ing Tor attention, or clinging
the skirts of their dresses.
Nothing short of competer
help, SO seldom found, can max
the burden light, but in man,
ways it can be lessened.
Our baby" on pleasant morn
lngs, after being washed, dressed
and fed, is carried out into bee
IN hammock of netting, from
which he cannot fall, but can kicl
and crow and look up into the
grand old elms or around into the
with bright colored flow.
ers. After swinging to and fro fol
a little while, he will fall into a
sweet sleep. If you can have your
hammock on the piazza all the
better. Avoid strong winds, but
don't say you can't have anything
of the kind. You can make your
own hammock if necessary. If
you have no trees in the right
place, have four posts driven into
the ground and put up an awning;
a quilt will answer if you have no
canvass. The open ali, will soothe
a fretful child, and if well
protected by under fannels, long
sleeved wooden shirts as we'll as
skirts, and kept carefully from
draughts of wind, will help carry
your child through teething much
better than soothing syrups.
Try it, weary mothers, and while
you rest your weary arms, read a
few lines to think over, then take
your rocking chair and work bas-
ket and sit down by your darling
to enjoy its innocence and beauty.
You need the air to strengthen
you for your cares and duties, and
to enable you always to look into
The sweet face with smile and to
speak in loving tones, so quickly
learned by the little one. Mothers
often feel overwhelmed with the
responsibility of bringing up their
while they feel too weak
md weary to be the model moth
IT'S they long to be.
The mother of small children
should never work beyond her
trench, tut -keAn- herself calm
ul, pleasant companion for them.
Now 1 know many women will say
hey are Obliged to over work" 1
NOW it often seems SO, but, my
lear friend, stop and think! Is not
our ambition to get ahead, to
make a good appearance or sus-
ain the reputation of an extra
louise keeper, adding weight to
he already heavy burden that a
wife and mother must carry? If
john is too exacting, tell him
indy that you are resolved not to
york so hard as to prevent you
rom being able to have a happy,
heerful home for himself and
hildren. If he is a sensible man,
S l presume he is, he will be will
ing to live plainly, especially if
70 finds you improved in health
nd temper. Remember it is your
uty to take care of yourself that
GU may live to bring up your
title ones. The day is past when
he women can sacrifice themselves
or their families with IMMUNITY.
'ublic sentiment has undergone a
ealthy and much needed reform
n tina. subject.
The innocent, irrepressible days
f early childhood pass all too
uickly away. 1t is the mothers
golden hour" for implanting right
eeds in the fertile soil; for uproot-
ng the weeds ere they shall sup
liant the flowers. Teach them
heerful and ready obedience from
be first. Teach them that God
lade them and every thing they I
ee; that he loves them and sends
right, beautiful things to make /
hem happy. They can learn these {
nipple truths SO young that they
ill never remember learning
lem. The mother possesses the
olden key to child's heart, and
be can write lessons of faith and {
.ust there, in such indelible let
srs, that the in6del world can ,
ever blot out the lesson or uproot G
ne faith.-Ex. 1
Notwithstanding the sentiment
E fbic country ic overwhelmingly