CLOTHING. 265 



We should not allow what is called fashion to 

 interfere with this arrangement of clothing ; for, 

 if our system is delicate, and our constitution 

 naturally cold, it concerns our health and daily 

 comfort that we should be clad accordingly. At 

 the same time, our dress ought always to be neat, 

 as nothing can look worse than a young person 

 who is slovenly and careless about his apparel. 



It is by far the best to be accustomed from 

 childhood to a light and cool dress, and to be 

 inured to cold. Nothing is, indeed, more hurtful 

 than to be muffled up and buried in a heap of 

 clothes, so that we cannot stir or take any proper 

 exercise, without becoming overheated, whilst the 

 perspiration is pent up, and does not evaporate. 

 Thus our clothes are made damp and uncomforta- 

 ble, and we are liable to take cold the moment we 

 get into a draught of air. 



We generally err, however, in wearing too light 

 a dress in summer. We should bear in mind, 

 that the heat of the weather relaxes the skin, opens 

 the pores, and increases the action of the heart. 

 We, therefore, almost constantly feel hot, and are 

 perspiring, and we throw the windows open, or 

 seek the coldest places we can find. It is in this 

 way that so many colds are caught ; as the perspi- 

 ration is suddenly checked, and produces fever, and 

 slight inflammation of the air passages. 



Never wear any part of your dress so tight as 

 to press upon the body. All that is required is 

 that your clothes fit comfortably, and if they pinch 

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