The Greatness of Love.—­There are no little events with the heart; it magnifies everything.  It places in the same scale the falling of an empire and the dropping of a woman’s glove; and the glove generally weighs more than the empire. 
          
                                            —­Honore De Balzac.

Oranges as Medicine.—­One of the most valuable adjuncts in acquiring a generally good complexion in youth is that of eating oranges in quantities.  Let the mother give her children two or three oranges every day, as they possess many virtues, especially upon the action of the liver.  The mother who buys plenty of oranges for the children will note the reduction in her medicine bill.

THE HUMAN FACE.

When I meet a human face,
Lit for me with light divine,
I recall all loving eyes,
That have ever answered mine. 

                                —­Phoebe Cary.

The Art of Entertaining Children.—­Entertaining convalescent children is quite an art in itself.  Nurses who expect to make a specialty of caring for children sometimes take a brief course in kindergarten work, and certainly such knowledge is a valuable asset.  Quiet games that do not call for too much exertion, paper-doll plays, the ever-delightful “cutting out” of pictures or fashion book people, making scrap books for children’s hospitals and simple knitting or crocheting all help to amuse the little folk.  Almost all children enjoy being read to, but care must be taken not to select stories that will depress the child or so excite him as to keep him awake at night or cause unpleasant dreams.

Tireless Talkers.—­A sick man that gets talking about himself, a woman that gets talking about her baby, and an author that begins reading out of his own book, never know when to stop.—­O.  W. Holmes.

Unselfishness.—­Unselfishness is the key of a happy and beautiful life, and this is one of the first things that should be taught to the little one, says a writer in The Woman Beautiful.  Insist upon her sharing her pleasures, even at a great sacrifice with other children.  One mother whom I know has trained her baby to extend an entire box of bon-bons to her little friends with the words “Hop yourself,” and she does this with a charm and spontaneity which makes her irresistible.

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A Cheerful Giver.—­We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.—­Seneca.

Indulgence.—­It takes far more than the mere mother love to bring up children.  It takes training, study, knowledge, says the New York Tribune.  It takes self-control in the parents themselves.  The mother who spoils a child through weak indulgence does not truly love her child.  She loves her own pleasures in going along the line of least resistance.