The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

comfort and ease, in dress, and in the small luxuries that are the embroider- ies on the rough garment of daily us- age.
 There are thousands of women grow ing old prematurely, losing health' beautv and elasticity because they all most never have and relaxation apart from their own households.
 Once A week at least, the mother should have her afternoon out. She should take it as a part Of her re- lision and should conscientiously ln- sist for that time on being away rom the loved ones who are so precious and vet so burdensome. were the mother snatched from her darlings ana laid to rest under the spring Vlolets' the children would be obliged 10 i've cn without her incessant care ana breeding. l..
 Homes rise before me in thought in which a few brief months ago the mothe rwas at once chief ruler and ser vant-in-chief. She is gone. Ihe catastrophe of a sudden sickness ana a swift death has wrecked the Joy oI the place where the mother stnile was the constant benediction. In more tLa, one instance mothers who are tbus lost to their families might have heen saved had their vitality not been sapped by too strenuous and too un- renlitting toll and oversiSht. part ol which might havo been shifted to otneF shoulders.
 Several years ago in large Eastern city woman whoso llfe was lrhihe Iv valuable to her husband and cnli- dren seemed about to break down Tn ,,nrvous collapse Her physician said: ..you must take one day in seven ana dron the loads you are carrying. stay ont of doors, go to see pictures, or to hear music, or spend the time In visit ing a friend, or in doing something B agreeable away from the atmosPhere ol your home" The prescription was toi- lowed to the reinforcement of the falI- ing health and to the permanent ao- vantage of tke entire household
 To secure this afternoon out may
 nean A little effort in the beginning. Here the mother will require the ald of come one who loves her and who Is
 willing to take the initiative in friend ly urgency. As going out without definite object appears to the domes- tIc woman almost unheard Of and im- nossihIe an objective point should be
 eIected. The maid. of course, has hers in the cousins and other kin whom she v;sits on her Thursday, in the shops, oI the hank, to which steps tend, either u ii, nosit her wages or to purchase some thing she longs for Let the mother nan little so that her afternoon ou' | may not lack an object. If she reside | in a suburb there may be an excursion l to town or if in town, she may resor' | tn the home of a suburban acqualnt- ance The prime necessity Is that sh' shall go somewhere and not be asham
 ed or afraid to SC for her persona Salr and no; for the good of her family
 Whatever she does for her persona uT
 building will react favorably upon hei | home
 There occur eXisencies when mo
 tker requires much more than single weekly afternoon. Not long ago l wa talking with q mother who was arrlng
 ing for a leave of absence from hei | home that should extend over h1lt . year. She was going with her hus- band on d prolonged trip in which l many weeks would be spent on th3 ocean and many places visited in tive ! hemispheres. In order to do this sh' would be obliged to leave a family o' | little children at hCme. bat they woulc be under the care of a grandrlothci and an aunt and every item for theil comfort and safety was thought of if minuteness.
 The rest will have to be left" sal( the mother. ito the guardianship or | watchful Providence. l shall mother them far better when l come back tt them, rejuvenated, than l am mother
 ing them nc'-