The Young Mother

"healthy." How the mistake originated. "Smell of the earth." Effect of uncleanliness on t

ss demands, till she perceives its necessity. And she will never perceive that necessity till sh

every square inch. At all events, they are so small that the naked eye can neither distinguish nor count the

mist continually oozes through these pores. This process is called persp

onsists in chilling the skin to such a degree as to stop, for some time, the escape of this moisture. Most persons have doubtless observe

isms, and consumptions, by stopping the pores of the skin with dirt, or anyt

e, and is purified. But this same purifying process which goes on in the lungs, goes on, too, if the skin is in a pure, free, healthy condition, all over the surface of the body. If it is not-if the skin cannot do this par

tructure, and the laws which govern and regulate the animal economy. It has probably originated in the well-known fact, that those childre

uently washed. It is not the dirt which promotes their health, but their active exercise in the open air; the advantages of which are more than sufficient to compensate for the injury which they sustain from the d

ent to play in the road or field, without attention to cleanliness. If this were not so, how comes it to pass that they s

an unclean skin, because I know it prevails to some extent; and becaus

of action is imposed on other parts, especially on those internal organs commonly called glands, which action is apt to settle into obstinate disease. Hence, at least when a

than to cure it. Besides, in what does this smell consist? Do the silex, the alumine, and the other earths, with their compounds, emit any odor? Rarely, I believe, unless when mixed wi

ention is equally imperious in the case of those who cultivate the earth, or labor in it, or on stone, durin

read over the surface, and closing up, for hours and days together, thousands and millions of those littl

ut to morality. There can be no doubt that he who neglects his person and dress will be found low

leanliness was indicative of genius. But this opinion is gr

e usually lie between extremes. But I do and must insist, that the connection between cleanliness

ct of cleanliness. I refer to the bowel complaints so common among children during summer and autumn. Except in case of teething, the use of unripe fruits, or the abuse of

s place, except to observe that whether the washings of the body be partial or general, they should be thorough, so far as they are carried. There are thousands of childre

but one day without washing, either in summer or winter; and there are others who, though they may wear an article without washing t

th, but not for the poor;-that they have neither the time nor the means of attending to them. How can they c

w suppose, if they have ever thought at all on the subject, are conducive to their happiness-but which are in reality either useless or injurious. Something may be saved by a reasonable dress, as I ha