In this country, where changes of temperature are 

 SUDDEN AND VIOLENT, 



woollen clothing is imperative for children. Recent researches, carried out with 

 every care, abundantly confirm all former teaching upon the superiority of wool 

 over every other material, especially for wear next the skin. Limits of space forbid 

 a recapitulation of the sound reasons for this statement, but they are convincing 

 and indisputable. 



One word of warning must be given on the subject of the 



INFLAMMABILITY OF FLANNELETTE, 



unless it be subjected to a special treatment before its sale to the public. Hundred*: 

 of agonizing deaths annually are the direct result of this high inflammability, entirely 

 preventable deaths. 



Flannelette is made of cotton, and plant-fibres are in nearly every case highly 

 inflammable, owing to the large proportion of cellulose they contain, a substance 

 which consists of about 50 per cent, of oxygen. 



THE FIBRES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN MERELY SMOULDER; 



if set on fire, they do not flare up into a blaze as vegetable fibres do, because they 

 contain but 20 per cent, of oxygen, besides a large proportion of nitrogen, which does 

 not support combustion. 



FEW GARMENTS ARE MORE HEALTHFUL AND SUITABLE 



than woollen sweaters ; they are warm, elastic, and protect lungs, wrist, and abdomen. 

 Long woollen stockings, supplemented in cold weather by gaiters and stout boots, 

 equally efficiently protect the legs. 



Please remember, it is not the number of garments worn by a child which 

 protect it from excess of heat or cold, but their suitability in material, colour, form, 

 and texture. 



THE PLACE OF PLAY IN CHILDHOOD 



is the next subject to engage our attention. Why is it that the infant loves its 

 daily baby play upon its mother's knee; why is it that institution babies flag, in 

 spite of the elaborate arrangement made for their well-being? Because from the 

 earliest days of life 



PLAY IS THE GREAT EDUCATOR, 



the means by which a child comes in touch with the great unknown world around 

 it; the channel by which it learns the parts of its own body and the capacity it 

 possesses for movement, for sight, for hearing, for touching, tasting, or smelling. 



At first, the tiny infant needs a playmate, and should find one in its mother 

 or nurse; whereas, when one of many in a large institution, there is no time for this 

 form of tender play; so the unexercised powers lie dormant or develop very slowly. 



AFTER A FEW MONTHS 



the small child will play for hours alone, only asking for the sympathetic interest 

 of its mother. All the time it is testing its faculties and powers, making experiments 

 with the things around it, exercising patience and observation, perseverance and 

 endurance, as well as its senses, its lungs, and its muscles. Happy the child with 

 brothers and sisters to imitate, to teach, to share its pleasures with and to console 

 in sorrow. 



TOWARDS THE AGE OF SEVEN OR EIGHT 



the spirit of competition becomes more or less active, and fosters fresh effort and 

 innumerable forms of muscular exertion. Then the advantage of combination to 

 attain an end dawns on a child's mind, and in company with its friends wonderful 

 feats are performed by imaginary pirates, or Redskins, or shipwrecked mariners, 

 or robbers! 



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