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CHAPTER V.
CLOTHING FROM THE AGE OF TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN YEARS.
"Lusty youth
Is the very May-morn of delight,
When boldest floods are full of wilful heat
And joy, to think how long they have to fight
In fancy's field before their life takes flight;
Since he which latest did the race begin,
Doth longest hope to linger still therein."
Gascoigne.
Is the very May-morn of delight,
When boldest floods are full of wilful heat
And joy, to think how long they have to fight
In fancy's field before their life takes flight;
Since he which latest did the race begin,
Doth longest hope to linger still therein."
Gascoigne.
"Ah! who can say, however fair the view,
Through what sad scenes his path may lie?
Let careless youth its seeming joys pursue;
Soon will they learn to scan with thoughtful eye
The illusive past and dark futurity."
Kirke White.
Through what sad scenes his path may lie?
Let careless youth its seeming joys pursue;
Soon will they learn to scan with thoughtful eye
The illusive past and dark futurity."
Kirke White.
HAVING now discussed the more important matters relative to childhood, we may advance another stage with our subject, and take into consideration a few of the many important matters which pertain to the period of adolescence, which is the transition-state from childhood to
