Daily Republican., 1885-03-28
coon SUGGESTIONS.

The folio wing suggestions by cor.
respondent of the American Agricultu-
rist, may prove beneficial 10 both old
and young Read them carefully and
ponder them wide:
The bright spring days, because
warmer than winter, deludo CHILDREN
with the idea that sumhIer has come,
and this delusion often keeps the doc
tors uncommon'y busy in the early
spring months. A little more care, and
exercise of com mon -nae, would pre-
vent half the cases Of sickness. 1t pays
TO provide children with rubbers. These
are not expens We and with little care
make ono pair Of small rubbers serve
two children, as each in turn, reaches
the age of two, or four or SIX years.
The large rubbers for school children
being more used, usually do not wear
81 long.
Few parents properly teach childr on
the use of head covering II would be
safe rule 10 impress upon them that
some covering on the head shou Id
always be worn out Of doors--when
the air Ia cool or damp A we'll Is In the
bright sunshine, at any season Of year =
In short liz the habit OF putting som O.
I'll ing on the head whenever they ster
out of doors II found burdensorne, on
o warm day In the shade, 1t may b.
temporarily removed, but always BIS
near at hand also some light coat OF
shawl for projection out OF doors ~
the W. a,htr changes, while the thick
outer garments worn during the severes'
wi inter weather are unsuired 70 spring
mouths, 10 IL most unreasonable u
pass from line heavy wraps to none at al
Suggest extrA flannel nnfugs 10
winter oloaks, 70 be put In when the
coolest weather approaches, and taken
ont when spring comes. 1 have seen
the waterproof listers worn oy school
children during spring and fall, and on
RAINY summer days, made into comfor
table wraps for winter BY basting In
colored cotton flannel Innings l have
seen other listers Of the same thin cloth
worn through all seasons without
change by school girls WHO cannot bt
OF pected 70 make healthy women, hAv
ing had their vitality 50 Overtaxed By
tue effort TO keep warm, because OF In
sufficient clothing.
Some warm April days tempt the
inexperienced TO takeoff under fsnnels
but II Ia seldom safe In April t.
remove the winter hannels unless
thinner ones arc substituted. For the
children 1t seems most seasonabie. II
the weather favors the change, to leave
off the fiannels on Saturday night,
when the weekly bath Is taken. But
In our family the fannels worn during
| the day are always taken off at bed
time for oil night airing, and the winter
under fianpels (hOme made garment,
of wooD, preceded in the fall and
followed in spring by long.sleeved high
nesked garments, of unbleached cotton
with thinner ones for summer. W.
must be guided by the weather rather
than by the calendar in our changes o
| garments; and put on and resume thu
| fiannels II cold snap comes on, ever
though 1t may last but few days. /
| this is not done the needed warmth o
clothing should be sought by putting
ON extra outer garments, sacks ant
skirts.
A great proportion Of our colds result
from insufficient clothing. but man!
are caused by remaining In unheated
rooms IN cold weather. II the briRh
sunshine and warm air make mr.
burdeDsome at midday, the morning
and evenings are often chilly. w
think 1t will soon be bed -time, and 1t !
hardly worth while to build fire. 8
we 20 10 bed with cold feet and In
chilled condition, and are ali 80 out
| aorts - next day.