Mothers in council

The contents of this book came from discussions in a mothers’ club in Washington County, Virginia. Typically the group would read an essay on a topic about some aspect of child-raising, then discuss it. In other cases the club-members submitted their own short papers. Some of the topics are:

– The Importance of Bringing up our Sons to be Good Husbands and our Daughters to be Contented and Useful Old Maids
– Bathing; Various kinds of Baths, Drying the Body, etc.
– The Vexed Questions of Amusements and Sunday Occupations
– The Choice and Use of Books by Children
– The Early Education of Children
– Good Servants, and How to Get Them; The Kitchen the Heart of the Home, Freemasonry among Servants
– Sugar and Sweet Cakes; Lavish Use of Sugar, Feeding Animals, Hot Bread
– The Formation of the Child’s Character