the thought has suggested itself to us many times as the father or ol a family that the responsibility which rests on a mother in caring for or a flock of little children might be greatly lessened or lightened if some of the women in the community who do not have any children and there are many of them would share the work in even a slight way for instance there are a great number of old maids who in their present capacity do very little for mankind it if they would kindly volunteer to care for the mothers babies so that s she he could have an evening oft off once a wee v eek k what a blessing they would be conferring we cornot dornot da not wish to complain at all but it hurt our feelings in the least if a dozen or two of 0 the women referred to here should regard this as a personal hint andi and respond to the suggestion