The Child's Day

and gone to the toilet, you are ready to run out of doors to pl

? But your mothers know what is best for you; and when you are young and growing fast, you have so much more surface in proportion to your weig

are not warmly dressed, and particularly whose arms and legs are not warmly covered, do not grow so fast as they ought to, and more easily catch colds and other infections. So take time to put on your cap an

, but also because it is lighter in weight than anything else you could wear that would be equally warm, and becaus

ay and fling your arms and legs about freely, or so fine and stylis

bers, except when it is actually pouring rain, or when there is melting snow or slush upon the ground. Felt,

amp. When they are damp, they are as easily chilled as if they had been wet through with rain or puddle water. Always take off your rubbers in the house or in school, because they a