–give your body room to move freely.

–it makes you tender, weakens you, and is the source of much harm in many ways.  Laboring men make a great mistake in wearing it during the hot weather.  The skin of the body should be as tough as possible, not tender and soft.

but seldom, if ever, in water very warm or very cold–they both are injurious.  Warm water weakens and cold water chills.  The temperature of the water should be about the same as that of the body.