Every household, Delia, is a little government, and the governor must be as watchful over all its concerns as the governor of a state.

Take, then, the reins of office firmly into your hands, dispose of everything according to the best of your judgment, and require orderly obedience from every subject.

But act wisely and kindly.

Do this, my young friend, and you will not be troubled with the fashionable complaint--ennui." "That is, sink down into a mere housekeeper," she remarked; "weigh out the flour, count the eggs, fill the sugar bowls, and grow learned in cookery-books.

I think I see myself wandering about from cellar to garret, jingling a great bunch of keys, prying into rubbish-corners, and scolding lazy cooks and idle chambermaids!" She laughed a short, artificial laugh, and then added-- "Is that the picture of what you mean, Doctor ?" "It is the picture of a happier woman than you are, Delia," said I, seriously.
The suggestion seemed to startle her.
"You speak very confidently, Doctor." "With the confidence of one who makes diseases and their cure his study.
I know something of the human soul as well as the human body, and of the maladies to which both are subjected.