the parks than in the
department stores. An occasional evening at the concert or theater is
diversion and harmless provided the ventilation is good. Such
exercises as horseback riding, bicycling, dancing, driving over rough
roads, lifting and straining of any kind, and all other forms of
fatiguing exercise should be avoided.

REST

Rest and relaxation are quite necessary for men and women even in the
best of health. A kind providence has arranged that we spend a large
portion of our time resting, and sleeping. In addition to unbroken
rest at night it is well for the prospective mother quietly to
withdraw from the family circle, when the first signs of fatigue begin
to appear, and indulge in a little rest, before she gets into a state
of nervousness--where nerves twitch and she becomes irritable.

A mother who has borne six children, who has had little domestic
help, and who yet retains her youthful appearance and energy,
thinks her present condition due to the fact that while carrying
and nursing her babies she never permitted herself to reach that
stage of exhaustion where her nerves twitched, her voice
shrilled, and she became irritable. She made it a practice to
drop her work when these symptoms began to appear, and to seek
the sanctuary of a quiet room apart from her family, if only for
ten or fifteen minutes. And, most important, from the very start
she trained her household to respect her right thus to draw
apart.

I have told many women whose household duties press hard: "Your
husband would rather see a cold lunch on the table, or 'go out' for
dinner, while his wife rested, smiling and happy, than to have a most
sumptuous meal spread before him and the wife tired, and fretful."
Every woman should make it the rule of her life to stop just this side
of the outburst of words, and lie down long enough, breathing deeply,
to calm the spirit.

FRESH AIR

"With all persons plenty of fresh air, night and day, is indispensable
to health, and to none more than the pregnant woman. She should sleep
with the windows open, or out of doors, at all seasons of the year; of
course, making due allowance for the severity of the winters in the
North. It is not only necessary to provide for the adequate
ventilation of sleeping-rooms, but also for that of the living-rooms
of the house.

Many persons, who are quite particular to open wide the windows of the
bedrooms, f