Chapter 21

THE DRESS OF OLD-TIME CHILDREN

_“Rise up to thy Elders, put off thy Hat, make a Leg”_

—“Janua Linguarum,” COMENIUS, 1664.

_“Little ones are taught to be proud of their clothes before they can put them on.”_

—“Essay on Human Understanding,” LOCKE, 1687.

_“When thou thyself, a watery, pulpy, slobbery Freshman and newcomer on this Planet, sattest mewling in thy nurse’s arms; sucking thy coral, and looking forth into the world in the blankest manner, what hadst thou been without thy blankets and bibs and other nameless hulls?”_

—“Sartor Resartus,” THOMAS CARLYLE, 1836.