k porches, conveniently located near some well-kept city
park, or it may be one of those smaller but "snug as a bug in a rug"
apartments, in another part of the city, where usually there is a
sunny back porch; or again some of my readers may themselves be, or
their friends may be, in a darkened basement with broken windows, illy
ventilated rooms, with no porches, no yards, no bright rays to be seen
coming in through windows--and yet into all of these varied homes
there come little babies--sweet, charming little babies, to be cared
for, dressed, fed, and reared. And we must now proceed to the subject
of making the most of what we have--to create out of what we have, as
best we can, that which ought to be.

SANITARY PREMISES

In both the country and city place, yards and alleys should be cleaned
up. Garbage--the great breeding place of flies--should be removed or
burned. The manure pile of the stable or alley should also be properly
covered and cared for. In this way breeding places for flies are
minimized and millions and billions of unhatched eggs are destroyed.
In the large cities, provision is made for the prompt disposal of
garbage, and laws are beginning to be enforced regarding the covering
and the weekly removal of manure, and thus in many of our large cities
flies are diminishing in numbers each year. Fly campaigns and garbage
campaigns are teaching us all to realize the dangers of infection,
contagion, and disease as a result of filth; while through the
schools, the children of even our foreign tongued neighbors take home
the spirit of "cleaning up week." Even in the rural districts we hope
for the dawning of the day when filth, stagnant pools, open manure
piles, and open privies, will be as much feared as scorpions or
smallpox.

ENGAGING THE DOCTOR

As suggested elsewhere, as soon as the expectant mother is aware that
she is pregnant, she should engage her physician. And since these are
days of specialists, he may or may not be the regular family doctor.
The husband and friends may be consulted, but the final choice should
be made by the prospective mother herself. "The faith which casts out
fear, the indefinable sense of security which she feels in her chosen
physician, supports her through the hours of confinement." Twenty-four
hour specimens of urine should be saved and taken to the physician
twice each month and oftener during later months of pregnancy. The
chosen physician's instructions and sugge