AMERICAN women of all classes are, as a rule, sinfully negligent of some of the duties which pertain to health, especially exercise in the open air. The excuse that their many cares engross them, and that they, in consequence, have but little opportunity of leaving their homes, is scarcely sufficient. The number who actually cannot enjoy, each day, an hour’s outing must be small indeed even among the class forced to work the hardest. Not only do many women fail in this respect in their duty to themselves, but their young children suffer in consequence of the same neglect. From one week’s end to another, during the winter, not a few of them keep their little ones in overheated rooms, and the result is, we find them, as spring approaches, weak, puny, and ailing. In such families, colds, coughs, and sore throats are common affections. Mothers should understand that upon the daily enjoyment of fresh and open air depends, in a great degree, the health of their little ones, as well as themselves; it is, in fact, absolutely indispensable to the well-being of all.—Boston Journal of Health.