214 THE WONDERFUL HOUSE THAT JACK HAS 



children, especially, are often much too warmly dressed. 

 Of course this is done with the kind intention of more 

 carefully protecting them; but, other things being 

 equal, children who cannot afford unnecessarily thick 

 and cumbersome clothing, are more likely to be healthy 

 and vigorous than those whose supply of clothes is 

 unlimited. An old proverb in regard to eating says, 

 " Enough is as good as a feast. " The same is just 

 as true of clothing. With light, thoroughly cleansed 

 underclothing and enough outer garments to keep the 

 skin warm, one can be both healthier and happier than 

 if clothed in the richest furs and velvets. 



The head is a part of the body that boys often clothe 

 too warmly. Nature has provided hair to protect 

 our heads, and ordinarily there is need of little else. 

 Baldness, which is so common among men, is thought 

 to result largely from wearing hats that fit too tight 

 or are too heavy. These interfere with the free cir- 

 culation of blood in the scalp and also keep air and 

 sunshine from cleansing and giving vigor to the roots 

 of the hair. 



Fond parents buy fur and other warm caps for 

 children, aiming to provide the best possible protection 

 from the cold. Their little ones proudly wear them, 

 sometimes perhaps with the feeling that they are very 

 fortunate to possess such warm caps. Parents do 

 not realize that the unusual weight and warmth of 

 this expensive head-gear may cause the early thinning 

 and perhaps even the entire loss of the covering nature 



