"We have read with great pleasure, an article in the Ohio Cultivator, from the pen of Mrs. Bateham, which is so much to the point, that we must find a place for it, Mrs. Bateham's remarks are so truly sensible and so admirably expressed, that they must, we think, touch bottom in the west. When feminine writers, in farming papers, begin to speak to the purpose in this way, we may begin to hope that the millenium of a healthy race may one day dawn upon the country.

"We may not agree with all of our readers upon the mooted questions of "women's rights." or the propriety of calling conventions to aid in securing the rights and privileges that many of them demand; but one thing is sure: we can none of us remain indifferent while every newspaper and periodical is more or less occupied in discussing the subject, and the public mind is so much interested that even the odious "fugitive slave law" can only crowd it a little into the back ground. No, we cannot be indifferent; and few of us will deny that there are great social evils to be removed, or assert that woman now occupies in all her relations, the position that she should. There is need of reform, and of one branch of this reform we wish now to speak, to wit, reform in the physical education of women.

"Truly It is folly for any one to think of having women educated so as to become ornaments to the bench, bar or desk, or expect them to become conversant with political intrigues and manoeuvres, and qualified to choose their rulers, or become such themselves, so long as their physical constitutions are so frail and delicate that a little unusual exertion, either physical or mental,is sufficient to prostrate them, indeed, they are not qualified to discharge their present duties aright, much less to add new and untried ones. With their feeble bodies and diseased nerves, and the host of other maladies that follow in their train, they are unfit for the responsibilities of mothers, housewives, or members of community. Their time is occupied, and their attention engrossed, by their own sufferings, their own wants, and their follows from their impaired health and feeble constitutions.

"There should and must be a change. We know that health of body is not a panacea; it alone will not remove the evils of society, and place all in their proper positions; but without it, and until there is a change wrought here, we cannot hope to see the females of our country become the earnest, sensible, well-informed women that they must be to meet the great and increasing demands of their age and country.

"We are aware that these evils are far more prevalent among females in towns and cities, than those who live in the country, yet they are fast becoming fearfully prevalent here. The daughters of our more wealthy farmers, especially, are inclined to imitate too closely the habits of the city ladies. They are much too fearful lest their hands should be soiled, or their faces browned by labor and exposure; and they are too careful to prevent the pure air and healthful sunlight from entering their apartments. The casements must have no crevices; air-tight stoves must be introduced to keep the vitiated air at a high temperature, (too often even in sleeping rooms,) and the windows must be darkened by blinds and abundant drapery, both to protect the carpets and insure pale and delicate countenances to the daughters.

"Now this is all wrong. We do not wish you to become masculine in looks or manners, nor to aid your brothers in their laborious occupations, but we do earnestly desire that you should draw back the curtains, ventilate your rooms thoroughly, engage actively in household labor, avoid injurious habits of dress and of diet, pay strict attention to personal cleanliness, and above all, take abundant exercise in the open air. We wish yon to consult your own constitutions, and instead of making their natural delicacy an excuse for perpetrating any amount of injury upon them, we wish you to develop and strengthen, without overtasking and injuring them. In a word, we wish you to cultivate and possess healthful and vigorous physical constitutions.

"Woman cannot be elevated until her mind is vigorous and active. With an intellect enfeebled and dull, inactive and indolent, she is fit for no more elevated station than a parlor doll or a kitchen drudge. She must be awake and in earnest: but the mind is, to a great extent, dependent upon the body. If the latter is diseased and enfeebled, the former must be weak; but give tone and energy to the physical system, and mental vigor will generally be proportionate."