Let her imagine, then, if you please, that she is to be married, and that the husband of her choice is actually poor; and you know every wise and good parent will not ask their daughters, in forming connections of this kind, “Is he rich?” No; but rather, “Is he honest?”—“Is he respectable?”—“Do you love him?” That is all. Leave other matters all to herself. And then, another thing, riches, as we are told, often take wings, and fly away; so that it is better for every one to be independent, and know how to do for themselves. Let my daughter know how to make a living by teaching music, or painting, or drawing, or any thing that is useful and proper; but, first of all, let her know how to make her own clothes, her own bread, and do her own work. Teach these things first to your daughter, and then as much more of science and the fine arts as you can—the more the better, only do not let it interfere with health. And now, if, in connection with what I have said, I were to advise your daughter a course of water-treatment, physiological treatment, or hygienic treatment, or whatever you please to call it; or what I consider actually best for her case, it would be something like the following: Let her take a packing-sheet, for twenty minutes, early on rising; then a good bath; then a walk, but not too much at first. Let her repeat the same process in the afternoon. Let her walk a great deal in the open air, that she may have the influence of air, the exercise, the light, and the mental impressions caused by a change of objects combined. Thus may she gradually regain her health. And let her, in connection with this, observe all good rules of which I have spoken. There can be no doubt that retention and suppression of the menses often occur from precociousness—from precocious education and precocious habits. Parents are, I fear, too often in the habit of wishing that their daughters should become young women early. The daughters are often, no doubt, put forward a great deal too much. I have known numbers of instances where little girls, five, six, or seven years of age, have been sent to dancing schools; and are we to suppose that these early imitations of older persons have no injurious effects? True, children are fond of jumping, skipping, and dancing, in their own way; but this being sent regularly to a dancing master, and being allowed to dance with persons much older than themselves, and of the opposite sex, too, will no doubt have an effect in rendering them precocious. I have known such young girls often become very feeble in general health; and when severe disease attacks them they are found much less able to resist it than those who have not been reared in this doll-baby, fashionable style.