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proper appreciation of their condition, and of proper advice,


leading to
recklessness


want


of proper care.


want


fact, the


common-sense


extent of the


exhibited


many invalids would not be believed by any one who had not


observed it.


Even


remonstrances of friends seem to in-


fluence them but in


ander


a trifling


Mitchell, of Villa


corroborate this


degree.


Alexandria,


statement, as


My friend Mrs. Alex-


near


almost any


Jacksonville, can
observing person


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here


can.


beauty and


Her hl
tasteful


house


grounds


adornment


affording,


from


their


, a source of pleasure to visit-


ors, she is sometimes almost


overwhelmed


by them,


related numerous instances of the temerity of invalids, ladies


especially, in


coming


over in


frail


sail-boats in the most ii-


clement weather, and clad


in tle most


sometimes arriving drenched with


unsuitable


spray or ram.


garments,
On one or


occasions


them.


to send


In fact, her experience teaches


boats


her that, if there


rescue


is a


particularly


unsuitable


visitors


venture


water,


must


expect a


batch


of invalids.


Her


kind


monstrances seem to


be entirely unheeded,


the same


invalids


not unfrequently repeating the operation.


Instead of getting


the best advice as t
able length of time


location


testing


remaining there a reason-


it, they remain


a day or two,


, if the weather happens


to be unpropitious,


or the


hote


table not precisely what it should be, or the company not par-


ticularly agreeable,


or the


evenings


, off they


another experiment,


all winter.


thus traveling from one place to anot


Suppose they find a place which they cannot but


acknowledge
commodation


be all


, fare, etc.


they


One


could


would


expect as


suppose


climate,


that any


invalid would be glad to remain there.


" I am getting


tired of this


place."


"My


is so dull."


daughter


don't


enjoy


)r, "My
herself."


wife d


And


they go in search of variety and excitement.


Life and health


weigh lightly against matters of such magnitude as these


party is


made


when


the weather


is tine, to go


to some


lake or stream on an


excursion.


When the hour arrives, the


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