A WRITER in the Watchman says that several years ago he was a guest for a day or two in a family in which there were four boys from eight to twenty years old. The charming thing about the household was the deference the boys showed their mother. When she entered the room, they stepped aside to let her pass in first. In the table conversation she was never interrupted when she was talking, and what she said was treated with respect. The visitor could see that she held a unique place in the household. She was mistress, and the boys gave her the deference that they would have conceded to a queen. There was no lack of genial temper and bright sally and rejoinder. It was evidently a happy household, but the note of affection and honor for the mother was unmistakable. The explanation was not difficult to discover, for it needed only slight observation to detect that the attitude of the sons toward their mother was only the reflection of the attitude of their father toward his wife. Her personal authority and precedence in the home were emphasized and enforced by her husband's unfailing courtesy toward her. One could but think how much could be done to prevent children from falling into habits of disregarding their parents' rightful claims to honor, if husbands and wives would honor each other with considerate courtesy.