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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



Domestic Har- 

 mony. 



times within three years without detection. 

 When the crisis was passed the money was sur- 

 Effects^of a reptitiously returned. During the time of his 

 rgery * crime a bright little boy blessed his home, who 

 very early in life developed into a thief. He 

 might almost have been called a kleptomaniac, for 

 he would steal even when he knew that he would 

 be punished for it. A term at the reform school 

 failed to cure him. When he was finally lodged 

 in prison for forgery, the father broke down in 

 the presence of the child's mother and confessed 

 his crime. The reform schools and jails of the 

 country contain many such sad examples. 



If children are to be well born domestic har- 

 mony must be maintained. If the prospective 

 mother is repeatedly worried or irritated, if there 

 is wrangling or lack of sympathy, the offspring 

 are likely to be nervous, peevish, quick tempered 

 and sadly wanting in the happy, harmonious 

 traits that usually characterize the well born. Pa- 

 rents who would improve their offspring should 

 study each other's nature and strive in all ways 

 to conform to the requirements, likes and dis- 

 likes of the companion. By the constant expres- 

 sion of love and kindness, not only when all is 

 well, but when things go wrong, even natures 

 that are very incompatible may become fairly har- 

 monious. 



Perfect harmony is especially desirable during 

 gestation. Few things are more unfavorable for 

 both mother and child than continual discord 

 while the little life is forming. If there is ever 

 a time in a woman's life when her soul longs 

 for (nay, seemingly must have) a liberal expres- 



A Husband's 

 Kindness. 



