Year: 1873

Brown and his wife and Smith and his
wife were married about the same time
brown, intellectually, was far below Smith
His reading had been confined more to
the practical side of life, and somehow it
happened that while yet youth, the i'm
p0rtance of the subject of health had at
tracted his attention, and he studied it
thoroughly, and had so far indoctrinated
his wife before her marriage with the sub
Ject, that they were already fully agreed
that good health for themselves and Off
spring, if they should have any, was to be
the fOundatiOn-stOne of their domestic hap
piness. They provided themselves with
the best book on the Management of In
fancy, on Hygiene and on Physiology;
studied them and profited by what they
learned They found out how best to care
for their offspring before birth, and how to
treat them after. They knew what was the
proper food for them, and this they pro-
vided and saw that it was good and prop
erly cooked. The children understood
that their parents knew what was the
proper food to give them to eat, as
well as the proper quantity, and they
also knew that they were certain to
be helped to it at the proper time, and
they were never asked what they would
like to eat. They came to the table with
their parents ate what was given them,
and always seemed cOntented and happy.
These children were encouraged also to
take robust exercise out of doors, always
when the weather was fair, and very often
when it was not; cold and wet had little
fear for them. When the weather was bad
they dressed warmer. | have often seen
them of cold winters day come into the
house, after brisk play out of doors, with
compilations which, for beauty and health
full appearance, would attract the attention
of the most Indifferent observer, and
very rarely heard of their having colds.


Well, Browns children are all alive and
well today; all hearty and robust. Aside
from the bills which have been rendered
will pay all his family's doctors bills for
thirteen years. The saving, in money,
however, is trifing compared with the eX-
emption from anxiety and grief which the
Smiths suffer.


There is not reader of this journal,
probably, who can not put his finger upon
a dozen families within the range of his
acquaintance who are living like Smiths,
but I very much fear he will not know
one like Browns. These sketches are
from life, however, and their truthfulness
will be readily recognized by the parties
themselves and their friends. The moral
to be drawn is manifest and need not be
put in words.


Now, young man-you [ mean, whose
name saw mentioned in the papers this
morning, as about to marry the wealthy
Miss -, of Thirty-fourth street, whose
t,0ussenu was said to have been ordered
from Paris at a cost of ten thousand dol
lars-let me whisper in your ear, that ten
dollars judiciously invested in good books
which will teach you and your wife how
to live, so as to enjoy good health your
selves, and to secure the same for your
children, will yield you and your little
wife infinitely more happiness-provided
you are willing to profit by the teaching
than any amount of money spent ON the
wedding tr0usseGu. Hold up before you,
then, these two pictures of Smith and
Brown and decide for yourself, @h5cb IS
the aotser ?-Hazps Journal Of Health.