o see that the sun does not
shine directly into the infant's face, and wetting should, of course, be
avoided; also the hood of the carriage should be arranged to prevent
strong winds from blowing on the child.

The nursery should be well aired, a window being left up at night except
during severe weather.

_Sleep._--Nothing is more important for the proper development of a child
than for it to have an abundance of sleep. During the first few months of
its life it sleeps practically all of the time--the period becoming
gradually lessened as it grows older. Infants should be suffered to sleep
just as much as is possible, it being not only unjustifiable but
absolutely criminal to interfere with them in this particular in the
slightest degree. Not only is it necessary that infants have all the
sleep that they desire, but it is true throughout childhood, a fact to
which many foolish parents seem utterly oblivious. How often do we see a
child scarcely more than an infant aroused in the morning and sent off to
school, and how frequently do we hear misguided parents boast of their
inflexible rules in enforcing such evil practices. Truly man comes hard
by the knowledge that nature is much wiser than he, and the vast majority
never learn the fact at all.

As soon as the child is able to crawl, it should be placed on a clean
quilt or blanket on the floor, and allowed to move about to its heart's
content. When it is able to walk, allow it to run about and play to its
full capacity--as in such exercises consists the great school of its
physical being, the school upon which will depend its strength and
health in after life. Allow the child to keep up his play as long as he
has any inclination to do so, and never be so foolish as to confine him
in the house when he wishes to be out under the blue heavens, for here
only will it be possible for him or her to develop into a real man or
woman. Allow this to go on until the child of its own accord comes and
asks to be taught other things, for not until then is its outside
education nearing completion, and not until then is it possible for him
to take interest in and learn things connected with books. No boy should
ever be sent to school before he is twelve or fourteen years of age;
girls, on account of their maturing earlier, may begin a couple of years
sooner.

The whole science and art of properly raising children consists in
feeding them good clean food in proper amounts, in never a