orget that the other rooms need it quite as much. All the
rooms of the house which are occupied should be thoroughly ventilated
by throwing doors and windows open every morning; at night when the
family is assembled the air must be changed now and then or it will
become unfit for human lungs."

Men and women are outdoor animals. They were made to live in a garden,
not a house. Remember that each person requires one cubic foot of
fresh air every second. Don't allow the temperature of living-rooms,
during the winter season, to go above sixty-eight degrees. If your
home has no system of ventilation, open wide the windows and doors
several times a day and enjoy the blessings of a thorough-going
flushing with fresh air.

Oxygen is the vital fire of life. Our food, however well digested and
assimilated, is just as useless to the body without oxygen, as coal is
to the furnace without air. It is equally important to keep up the
proper degree of moisture in the air of the living-rooms.

BATHING

Bathing is made necessary by the clothes we wear and by our indoor
life. If the skin were daily exposed to sunshine and fresh air, it
would seldom be necessary to bathe. The neglect of regular bathing
results in overworking the liver and kidneys, and debilitates the
skin. Regular bathing--ofttimes sweating baths--is very essential to
the hygiene of pregnancy.

The neutral bath (97 F.) is excellent to quiet the nerves and induce
sleep. Morning bathing is an exceedingly valuable practice. If
properly taken before breakfast or midway between breakfast and lunch,
it is found to be refreshing and tonic in nature. The feet should be
in warm water, the application of cold should be short and vigorous. A
rough mit dipped in cold water, rubbed over the body until the skin is
pink, is a splendid tonic.

Warm cleansing baths should be taken twice a week at night. There is
no good reason for the use of the vaginal douche during pregnancy.

THE TEETH

Because the mother's system is drained of the lime salts which aid in
building up the bones of the child, along with other metabolic changes
which cause the retention of certain acids which ofttimes affect the
teeth, they should be frequently examined and carefully guarded.
Severe dental work should be avoided, but all cavities should receive
temporary fillings while the teeth are kept free from deposits.

As a preventive to this tendency of the teeth to decay, a simple mouth
wash of one