Every woman is a born nurse. How valuable would it be, then, to give every young girl, beginning at the age of twelve, a rudimentary course in nursing and in the care of children; in the art of selecting, combining, and preparing foods; and in the art of housekeeping. An industrial high school course with such technical work as is suitable for woman’s sensitive brain would develop her brain and body in every direction and make the future woman a healthy mother of healthy offspring. Those muscles and nerve centers which have been well developed during puberty will be the strongest throughout life. The store, the factory, the office, and the business college are no places for a girl under twenty years of age. If for some reason she has no desire to follow her natural calling in life, there will be plenty of time to prepare herself for other work after the age of twenty. If a law could be enforced to compel every woman to present a certificate of health and maturity, and a diploma of qualification when applying for a marriage license, much unnecessary misery, disease, and many untimely deaths could be avoided. The feeding as well as the mental, moral and physical training of children is the natural profession for women. Children have in them all the possibilities for good and evil. Mistakes during this period will affect the child throughout its life. Thousands of infants and young children are killed every year by wrong feeding and environment. A large percentage of brilliant and exceptional children fill the jails and insane asylums. Idleness, stupidity, and criminal tendencies are =diseases=, and =diseases can be avoided by right living=. Children with hereditary weaknesses require double care and attention; but remember the wonderful law of nature works always toward the normal; the good tends to overcome the bad. If the brain of a child becomes starved by the use of sweet-meats, and clogged by the use of rich condiments and highly seasoned food, or by an excess of starchy foods, there is always great danger, and more so, if the child is exceptionally bright and active. A large amount of arterial blood is sent to the brain, and if this blood contains much waste matter, the eliminating organs will soon be overworked and all kinds of diseases are liable to follow, such as brain fever, softening and subluxation of bones, epilepsy, chorea, meningitis, paralysis, tuberculosis of the lungs, bones, and mesentery.