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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



Smiles versus 

 Frowns. 



Rejoice and Be 

 Glad. 



A Child of Joy. 



respiration, promote the activity of the liver, and 

 in every way "cloeth good like a medicine." 



An agreeable, polite, cordial manner is one of 

 the best weapons with which to fight the battles 

 of life. Who is there so low in the scale of human 

 sympathy, so dead to the influence of a smile, 

 that he does not prefer to associate with one who 

 is always agreeable and pleasant? Few things 

 are more destructive to health and happiness 

 than the habit of complaining, fault finding, look- 

 ing sour and saying disagreeable things. Every 

 smile that flashes across the face becomes a part 

 of the inner soul and tends to light it up with 

 joy; while frowns and scowls soon make one 

 sordid and melancholy. 



The prospective mother should ever cultivate a 

 happy, sunny, agreeable manner; she should re- 

 member that her condition is perfectly normal 

 and therefore there is no cause for anxiety. If 

 she lives in accordance with nature's laws, she 

 has nothing to fear and may well rejoice and be 

 glad that she is as she is. She should go much 

 in the society of jolly, happy, fun-loving people, 

 read the better class of humor, attend pleasing 

 entertainments, indulge in the recital of ludicrous 

 incidents, turn her mirthful impulses loose and 

 get as big a laugh out of every occasion as is 

 possible. She should take the sunny side of every 

 subject; make it a rule to smile and to be as 

 agreeable as possible; striving in all ways to be 

 happy and to make others happy. If she will 

 cast aside all care and cultivate this mirthful, 

 agreeable, sunny spirit, endeavoring at all times 

 to thrill the little one's soul with joy and glad- 



