o is slovenly in her dress and unclean in her habits.
Beauty of face and form will not compensate for these defects. The
charm of purity and cleanliness never ends but with life itself. These
are matters that do not involve any great labor or expense. The use of
the bath, and the simplest fabrics, shaped by your own supple fingers,
will be all that is necessary. These attractions will act like a
magnet upon your husband. Never fear that there will be any influence
strong enough to take him from your side.

An experience of many years of observation has convinced me that where
a pure, industrious, and cheerful wife meets her husband with a bright
smile on the threshold of her dwelling, that man will never leave the
home for any other place.

As all people are liable to illness, every young woman should aim at
being an efficient nurse. In case of illness, it is now generally
admitted that good nursing is of more value than medicine. To a sick
husband, a little gruel or other trifle prepared and given by his
wife's own hands will confer much more benefit than if prepared and
given by another. Should it happen to you to fall ill, you may expect
your husband to do his best; but you must not be surprised if he is
not your equal in that department. Nursing is one of the many useful
things which women can do better than men. A practical knowledge of
nursing will enable you to be useful beyond your own family, and will
enhance your value as a neighbor.

You have often, I trust, experienced the pleasure of serving others
from disinterested motives, and found that the pleasure has been
deeper and purer when you have engaged in doing good to those who
could not make you any return. This you have found to be the case
wherever you have had charge of a baby--one of those little ones of
whom the Lord says: "Their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven." You have perhaps been surprised to find
how easy it was to perform such a duty, and let me assure you that you
may always expect to find it easy to perform your duty in that state
of life to which it shall please God to call you. He never requires
anything from any of His creatures beyond what He gives them power to
do. He is no hard task-master. You have only to look to Him and do
your best, and then you may safely leave the result in His hands.

Of all God's creatures, I know no happier one than a young mother with
a good husband and a healthy baby. I say