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CHAP. VI.] should not be a very serious grievance to a gentleman under five years old. The hoods may be made of satin to match the lining and frill of the jacket, but should be lined with fine white cashmere.

Children able to walk should have woollen or fur gaiters over their legs when they go out. Children should never be kept at home simply because the weather is cold; if they are properly dressed, the cold will do them no harm, unless they are already out of health. Even drizzling rain is not to be feared, and the children may be taken out in frosty weather, or slight sleet, and even when the snow is thick on the ground, provided their boots are waterproof, and that the nurse can be trusted to see that they do not get severe falls. Fog, however, should be avoided like poison, which in very truth it is.

The little ones should be out in the air as much as possible. In the winter they should go out in the morning from 10.30 till 12.30, and in the afternoon from 1.45 till 3 o'clock. In the summer they should be out from 8.30 till 10.45 in the morning, and from 4.30 till 7 o'clock in the afternoon; their meals must be managed so as to leave these hours free. In winter they should have dinner a quarter of an hour after returning from their morning airing, and should sleep in the afternoon from 3.30 till 5 o'clock, when they should have another meal. In the summer they should have a very light meal on returning from their morning walk, and be put to sleep at about 11.30, dine at 3 o'clock, and have supper at 7.15. Of course young infants require to be fed more often than this, and cannot be kept out