=Can Sex Be Foretold?=--Mothers often wish to know if it is possible to determine the sex of the child before it is born. Although a great deal has been written on this subject, and a number of so-called rules have been made, yet it is absolutely impossible to tell whether the child will be a boy or a girl; and it is also equally impossible to do anything that could in any way exert an influence in producing a child of the desired sex. =To Tell Time of Confinement.=--For two hundred and eighty days, or forty weeks, the prospective mother has been conducting herself in the best way she thought possible, that all good might be exerted upon the new life. The question now comes, When may the day of confinement be expected? I give here a table for calculating this day, which I am sure will be found very convenient. OBSTETRICAL TABLE. --------+---------------------------------------------- January | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Oct'r | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- Feb'y | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Nov'r | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- March | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Dec'r | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 --------+---------------------------------------------- April | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Jan'y | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 --------+---------------------------------------------- May | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Feb'y | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 --------+---------------------------------------------- June | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 March | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- July | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 April | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 --------+---------------------------------------------- August | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 May | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- Sept'r | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 June | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- October | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 July | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- Nov'r | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Aug | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --------+---------------------------------------------- Dec'r | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sept'r | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 --------+----------------------------------------------