should read literature of a lofty and ennobling character. The theory

is that this serves a good purpose in producing a more perfect,

healthy and intelligent child. Physically, she should take plenty of

active exercise during gestation. Active exercise does not, of course,

mean violent exercise. And she should use a "Health Lift." During

this time she should subsist as far as possible on a farinaceous

diet, fruits and vegetables. The foods should be plainly cooked,

without spices. If all else is as it should be, the birth of the child

at the end of the customary nine months will be attended by

comparatively little pain and danger.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD CHILDBIRTH TAKE PLACE?

It is most important that the childbearing wife and mother have a long

period of rest between births. At least one year should separate a

birth and the conception following it. This means that about two years

should elapse between two births. If this rule be followed, the wife

will retain her health, and her children will also be healthy. It is

far better to give birth to seven children, who will live and be

healthy, than to bear fourteen, of whom seven are likely to die, while

the numerous successive births wear out and age the unfortunate

mother.

MATRIMONIAL ADJUSTMENT

The above paragraph deals with one detail of what might be called

"matrimonial adjustment." This adjustment or compromise is a feature

of all successful marriages. The individual cravings of husband and

wife must be reconciled by mutual good will and forbearance if they

are to be happy. Attention should be paid in particular to not

allowing habit, "the worst foe of married happiness," to become too

well established in the home, and to cultivate that love and affection

which survives the decline of the sexual faculties.

THE IDEAL MARRIAGE

The ideal marriage is the one in which affection combines to bring

happiness to both partners in a sane union of sex and soul. As one

commentator has rather unhappily expressed it: "When married the

_battle_ for one united and harmonious life really begins!" It is,

indeed, but too often a _battle_! Forbearance, consideration and




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