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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



The Corset 

 Must Go. 



morning sponge-bath, followed by the use of light 

 Indian clubs, and such exercise as will call the 

 abdominal muscles into play are to be recom- 

 mended. 



The corset should be abandoned ; it must be for 

 the best results. Fowler says : "Tight lacing is 

 the chiefccause of infantile mortality. That it in- 

 flicts the very worst forms of physical ruin on 

 woman and offspring is self-evident. No evil 

 equals that of curtailing this maternal supply of 

 breath. * * * If it were merely a female 

 folly, or if its ravages were confined to its perpe- 

 trators, it might be allowed to pass unrebuked; 

 but it strikes a deadly blow at the very life of the 

 race. * * * No tongue can tell, no finite 

 mind conceive, the misery it has produced, nor the 

 number of deaths, directly or indirectly, of young 

 women, bearing mothers, and weakly infants it 

 has occasioned." 



Mrs.' Stockham, M. D., says, "If woman had 

 common sense instead of fashion sense the corset 

 would not exist. There are not words enough 

 in the English language to express my convictions 

 upon this subject." 



/^Chastity both in thought and conduct is an im- 

 / perative demand of maternity. The frequent ex- 

 / citement of the sex nature in the mother during 

 gestation tends strongly to produce lasciviousness 

 in her child. Helen Gardener aptly says : "Many 

 Helen Gardener, parents have transmitted to their fallen daughters 

 a tendency to commit acts which they whine about 

 as tarnishing their family honor. If they had tied 

 her hand and foot and thrown her into the river, 



Dr. Stockham. 



Chastity a 

 Demand of 

 Maternity. 



