up, are often rewarded for their trouble; as sometimes a girl of fifteen
will be more useful than one much older: and where a family is small it
does very well, but in large families, a little girl is so often called
from her work, that it has a tendency to unsettle and make her careless.

Never allow your children to call on or interrupt servants when at their
work or meals, to do any thing which a child could do for itself;
children that treat domestics with respect, will generally find them
willing to render any assistance in their power. I have known a few
housekeepers, who have kept the same servants for years, who have
assisted in rearing the children, until they almost viewed them as their
own, and these were not faultless. If they had been discharged for
trifles, they might have wandered, from one family to another, without
being attached to any, until they became so indifferent, as not to be
worthy of employ, but by the kindness and patience of their employer,
they became so grateful and attached, as to be a treasure to her family.
When they become weary of such constant servitude, would it not be
better, instead of discharging, to give them time for rest and
recreation in visiting their friends? I have known them to return,
renewed in health and spirits.

Encourage them to lay by as much of their wages as they can possibly
spare, in such institutions as are thought the most safe, that they may
have something to look to in case of sickness, or any event which would
require its use.

Promote their reading in such books as are suited to their capacities;
they sometimes have a little leisure, that could be well filled up in
this way. I have found it to increase the happiness of those under my
care, to encourage a fondness for reading, and improving their minds; it