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with wives of the latter class, and yet they have 

 made no adequate provision for such. In all 

 communities whose governments claim to be at 

 all up to date, the care of mothers and children 

 and what is called eugenics are receiving more 

 and more attention ; but the Canadian Govern- 

 ment, while receiving a splendid influx of new 

 life from the older countries, would seem to con- 

 sider that the gift of a hundred and sixty acres of 

 land covers a multitude of omissions in this respect. 

 Terrible stories of hardship and suffering could be 

 multiplied over and over again, and readers who 

 want to know more on this point may be referred 

 to an interesting tale called " A White Passion," 

 by A. Teetgen (published by Wells Gardner, 

 Darton & Co., Ltd., London). 



A very common practice in maternity cases 

 is for a woman who expects to become a mother 

 to go to a nursing home in a neighbouring town. 

 This will undoubtedly seem to be the best plan 

 in most cases at present, for the conditions in 

 a vast majority of the little prairie shacks are 

 such as to render impossible the proper attention 

 and care needed at such a time. It must, how- 

 ever, be remembered that this involves expense, 

 and usually pre- arrangement, and often much 

 anxiety, as the distances are generally great, over 

 rough roads, and there are often many cases 



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