Do not bathe when the body is overheated or you are perspiring freely, or within two hours of breakfast, dinner or supper. Stay in as long as it is pleasant, but come out before you begin to feel chilly. In entering, it is best to plunge at once under the surface. If you walk slowly, as many timid people do, until the water gradually reaches your neck, you leave the brain heated too long. It ought to be cooled at the first. After bathing, rub your body dry and dress without delay. Do not lounge on the shore in your bathing dress. If you do, the body becomes chilled, and ill results are likely to follow. * * * * * What is one of the first things to remember? Of what is the skin composed? What is said of the outer skin? What of the pores? What follows if the pores are allowed to become clogged? How can the pores be kept open? Describe how one should bathe when the weather is cold? How often is it well to bathe during summer? Which, is the better, fresh or salt water? What are boys apt to do? What should be avoided? What affords good bathing? When should you avoid bathing? How long ought you to remain in the water? What is the best manner of entering the water? Why? What should be done after bathing? What should you avoid? Why? CHAPTER III. DRINKING. Many diseases of the body are caused by what we take into our stomachs. You can see, therefore, how important it is that we should know what and how to eat and drink. TEA, COFFEE, MILK, AND CHOCOLATE. If I say that tea, coffee, and chocolate are poisonous, and that they shorten life, you will smile and shake your head. Very likely some of you have kind grandmothers who have drunk tea all their lives and still enjoy good health. Perhaps your father is fond of his coffee and feels no ill effects from its use. No doubt it would be better for all if only water was drunk, but it cannot be said that a temperate use of tea, coffee or chocolate and what are known as temperance drinks, are injurious. Milk is a drink of nature, and therefore excellent, though it does not agree with every person. WHEN AND HOW TO DRINK. If you have formed the habit of drinking while eating, stop it at once. At first your mouth will be dry and your thirst great, but persevere and in a short time you will not feel the least desire to drink until you have finished your meal, when a few swallows will be all you wish. Nearly every one drinks too much. If you are thirsty, you fill a tumbler and drink its contents and sometimes take even more than that. Now if instead of doing so, you sip the water slowly, your thirst will be gone before half the water is consumed.