My Dear Maud:—
I have to tell you how much I enjoyed my little visit last week, the first I have paid to your pretty new home, and I trust many years of happiness are in store for you and my dear son. He tells me that he has in you the most considerate and affectionate of wives: I sincerely rejoice that it is so. I have seen so many unhappy marriages, rendered such through thoughtlessness and extravagance on the part of the wife, that nothing pleases me more than to think my boy is so fortunate in his choice. His limited means call for the most careful domestic management, and not a little self-denial, and it is so easy when first commencing housekeeping to run into more expense than one's income justifies; but this error I am sure you will carefully guard against, always remembering what strict supervision is required in the smallest domestic details.
I have learned this from experience, dear Maud, which I have found to be the best, if not the most pleasant, of teachers.
With kindest love to yourself and my son,
Believe me,
Yours affectionately,
Malvina Wright.
135. From a Daughter-in-Law to a Mother-in-Law.
C——, August 20, 19—.
Dear Mrs. Park:—
Edward and I are most anxious to know if you have returned home yet, and how you have enjoyed your stay in the mountains. We received your last letter dated July 31st, and have been a little surprised at not hearing from you oftener.