Better babies mean better children in the public schools; but neglect in the matter of diet will soon turn those better children into sickly citizens. The vigilance of the mother in the matters of diet, hours of sleep, bathing, and fresh air should not relax until after her children have passed successfully through the period of adolescence and have been launched into strong, sturdy men and women, with their habits so firmly fixed that the maternal influence in food as in morals goes out into the world with them.