4120. Letters of business or inquiry may be sometimes properly addressed by a young lady to a married man—but when a correspondence becomes necessary, then write to the wife, not the husband.
4121. Dress of Children, etc.—At home nothing can be more foolish or more hurtful than to load a child with finery which confines it, and which its every movement may destroy and spoil. When at home or in the play-ground, the simplest covering only is necessary, so that it be strong and warm.
4122. It is a vulgar error to suppose that children should be left bare as to their legs, their chest, and arms, and that men and women, who are so much stronger, should be covered.
4123. The truth is, that more children die through the stupidity of their parents in this respect, than from any single disease which can be mentioned.
4124. "I am certain," says a great medical authority, "that half the deaths of children in the middle and upper classes of society is to be attributed to the vanity and ignorance of their parents.