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maroon her helpless offspring in an isolated cot in a room 

 apart, upon a thin mattress and in an atmosphere so cold that 

 it is utterly impossible for the poor little body and limbs to 

 warm it and keep it warm. Yet many human mothers do just 

 that, and some take good care to provide a warmer atmosphere 

 for themselves than they joyously force upon their helpless 

 infants. 



No dangerous fads should be forced upon defenseless 

 children or animals. 



A proper amount of fresh air is very desirable, but the in- 

 take of a child is much less than that of an elephant. Besides, 

 if Nature had intended that men should sleep outdoors in 

 winter, with the moose and caribou, we would have been 

 furnished with ruminant pelage and fat. 



