must be puzzled many times in the training of so many
little minds, and Dr. Parker really does throw wonderful
light on all the problems that confront mothers. And I
am sure the mother of nine must have a great many
perplexities."

Yes, Mrs. Watson had a great many perplexities--how to
make trousers for four boys out of the one old pair the
minister's wife had given her; how to make the memory of
the rice-pudding they had on Sunday last all the week;
how to work all day and sew at night, and still be brave
and patient; how to make little Danny and Bugsey forget
they were cold and hungry. Yes, Mrs. Watson had her
problems; but they were not the kind that Dr. Ernestus
Parker had dealt with in his book on "Motherhood."

"But I must not keep you, Mrs. Watson," Mrs. Francis
said, as she remembered the washing. "When you go downstairs
will you kindly bring me up a small red notebook that
you will find on the desk in the library?"

"Yes ma'am," said Mrs. Watson, and went heavily down the
stairs. She found the book and brought it up.

While she was making the second laborious journey down
the softly padded stairs, Mrs. Francis was making an
entry in the little red book.

Dec. 7, 1903. Talked with one woman to-day RE Beauty
of Motherhood. Recommended Dr. Parker's book. Believe