Or the mothers fail in their household work.

The children are hard to control.

It has been impossible to keep good temper, to maintain that sweetness and lovingness that are so essential to a happy day.

They try to be gentle, kindly, and patient, but, try as they will, their minds become ruffled and fretted with cares.

They come to the close of the long, unhappy hours disturbed, defeated, discouraged.