Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-04-11

always be contemporary with the other for
diseased bodies carry about with them diseased
minds and from diseased minds spring i'm
pure thoughts and desires and these are the
foundation of unholy institutions.
The question then. what is the cause and
cure of this fragility in our women, is, rs has
often been urged. one of immense importance.
We are indulging in no extravaganza when We
say that our future prosperity a, nation. in a
degree. depends upon it. for the reason just
given. Our columns are not the place for
elaborate medical discussions, and we make no
pretensions to anything new or unfamiliar,
when we make the folio wing few suggestions.
The cause of all this is too sparing use of
air and water-the commonest subs ances =
By one, the body is supported, and by the 9th :
er, kept pure. and still, strange as it is, parents
deprive their children of each, to the full cx-
tent they can, and yet fail to deprive them
speedily OF life. The history of almost every
infant shows this. 1t is first wrapped in ban-
kets, with nothing but part of its face ex-
posed to the free circulation of the atmosphere
of a room in which the thermometer Will range
from rs degrees to 100. In this condition.
save perhaps an occasional washing in ,corm
water. il passes the first six months of its ex-
istcnce. If then it is occasionally carried out.
a cold is the sure consequence, and this en-
! forces a stricter confinement in this overhead
ed and over rariied air. 1t sleeps on feather
beds. in half sitting posture. and under a
pressure Of covcrlids and comforters which so
presses upon it as to disalow the free use Of its
respiratory organs. The parents begin to
wonder tt their child should be so round
shouldercd, while at the same time, the moth
or decks il in the latest and most approved
styled dresses for adults. When it has COM
pleted its fourth year, and sometimes earlier.
il is taken from home six hours out of the day,
and kept sitting. for the better part Of the time
on narrow and hard benches, perhaps too high
to allow its feet to touch the focr. Here its
tender mind is taxed to its utmost, to remem-
Der what has to it no interest, and its DISPOSE
ton soured by punishment for the non per-
Torrance of what was beyond its power. Up
to this tine, the boy and girl are much alike,
but now commences train of circumstances
that ends in the great difference, discernable
when each shall have stepped on to the stage
of active life. Between schools and school
hours. the boy is engaged in out door sports
Tic runs, leaps, screams. yells, shouts. hops,
turns somcrsets, plays tag, drives hoop, and
flies his kite, while the girl is seated by her
mother, and is taught to knit and sew-to be a
/ nm lad, and hat fha.o nm
ing even in her brother, and when he rushes in,
his cheeks glowing with the rudy health OK
ercise has given them, her vanity is gratifed.
and his irritated. by an invidious comparison
between his soiled hands and garments, and
her complete tidiness. The earth upon those
hands is not so vile as the polluted phlegm
raised from her unused lungs Nor is her
now seldom worked body, so clear as his,
which receives bath every day in some neigh
boring stream. At that age when such Won
derful change takes place in the whole syst EN-,
she, with the aid of Paul De Kock. Eugene
Sue, Bulwer, and the author of Jane Eyre, is
transformed into young lady ready to receive
the attentions of the first young gentleman. her
imagination (and it is strong at this ase) can
transform into the ideal, some one of the above
beings have suggested to her fancy. In most
instances. thanks to Divine order, these frs,
loves kill themselves, and our women are
awakened TO the true underst nding of the
word passion-but not to the unnatural emo.
lition of their physical functions. At fifteen
and from that to twenty five, they marry, and
their after lives ere what We see about and
around us.
Ifthis be a true history of the "rise and pro.
gress" of our children and youths. and the re-
suit is an injurious one, shown by expert.
encc, what shall be the remedy: We answer
reverse the course in almost every particular
Never dress children too warm. BE careful o.
their feet ancles wrists and back, and you will
hardly fail to keep them comfortable. Never
allow them the use of pillow. or to sleep on
feather bed. Let them work in cold water a,
all times, never failing good wash all over
as often as once a week. in winter, and every
I day in summer. Let fashion go back to where
the old farmer traced it, and cut their dressc.
so as in no way to interfere with the full devel
1 opement of every part of the system, for i
you will leave the shaping of their bodies te
the Creator of all things, He will give then
more beauty, and better form, than YOU car
torture them into with corsets and whalebones
And above all. never complain to, or correct
child in its mirth or playful exercise. Prepare
place for it, and let i, do as it will What
though it does thump its head. i will soor
forget it, after the expression of little venom
and kiss for its mother. What though you
are NERVOUS. and noise disiurbs you Will
you entail both constitutionally and by educa-
ton, your nervousness on your little ones, and
make them the puny thing you are yourself
may get used to it, which will have a wonder
full effect in curing your nervousness. What
though they do tear their dresses l-cloth was
made to wear out !: and you should furnish
them with the coarsest material. But perhaps
you may object that they do not present the
good appearance of your neighbours children,
or are so constantly willful az to be unfit to sit
at table or mix with adults. A separate table
can be spread for them but if the above sug-
gestions are followed, they will not bear an in
vidious comparison with any child nurtured a.
children commonly are. and their bright eyes.
twinklins mirth, the glowing cheeks and sweet
breath, sure signs Of health, will send more
joys to your haunted heart than can all the
Praises bestowed on juvenile lady. Nor send
@cn'io to school until it has clear idea for