CONSTIPATION AND SOCIAL EXIGENCIES.--The cause of constipation in women, whose social station commands every sanitary, hygienic, and dietary luxury, is their method of living, the food they eat, and the negligence which is almost obligatory because of social exactions. If constipation did not so frequently accompany "good" living (which is the modern name for overeating and drinking) we would have thousands and thousands of healthy, robust, contented women, fit and willing to assume the onerous duties concomitant with motherhood. All their enthusiasm, however, is expended in the effort to keep "in the ring," to overcome the effects of the poison of constipation, to preserve their youth and freshness, to undo what neglect has accomplished. It is because of the failure of this simple function that my lady seeks the masseur, the facial artist, the society doctor, the beauty expert, and the thousand and one agencies, which an extravagant and profligate age has made necessary to foster the efficiency of its votaries. I am optimistic, however, regarding the future. I believe the human race is improving, despite the disadvantageous surroundings and conditions which hamper honest effort and stultify truth. A higher efficiency is the goal, and the intention is to obtain this desideratum by fair and by just means. There is an awakening, an unrest, a groping for knowledge in almost every field of human endeavor, and there is none in which the yearning for fact, for truth, for instruction, is stronger and keener, than in the world-wide movement in the interest of a better motherhood, and in a more serious study of child life. It is an encouraging sign, a hopeful promise, of what the future has in store. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT DUTIES OF MOTHERS.--The immediate lesson to be learnt from the facts just recounted is to instruct mothers in their duty toward their daughters. If each mother would retain the confidence of her daughter sufficient to instruct her in the duties which are important, how much needless suffering would be saved. To know as a matter of fact whether the daughter's bowels are in good condition will appeal to all who read this as being of very great importance. It is not only necessary to know if they have a movement every day, it is necessary to know the character of the daily movement; whether it is hard and dry and necessitates straining,--the evil consequences of which, in young girls, is very serious indeed,--or if it is habitually loose and suggestive of what has been described as incomplete constipation.