The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-10

Philosophy AND CHILDREN's DREssEs.-In the
different squares OF of our city, it is really distress
ing sometimes of an afternoon 10 witness the cl.
ieci produced by nurses wing with each other in
decorating their poor little infant charges SO as to
make them look g"ntecl. Go to fashionable wa
terIng place, and the case is worse; parents and
sisters also feel heir credit al stake, in producing
the best dressed IiuIe responsibilities In the coun
try, properly so called, how different. There
children are allowed TO kick off shors and slock.
ngS, II they please, in hot weather, and to run
about at and where thew choose. The effect is
that they grow up robust and strong, with healthy
bodies
The effect of these city fashions. pushed to tue
extremes they are upon health, is easily to be
estimated. A child, dressed up in fine cloths, can
not take proper hearty rcise. lis movomrDls
all watched and cons rainrd by the nurses 1t
never sIlrs without The lear of being scoIded by
some one Tor dISarrangng its curs or song its
clean dress How miserable all this restraint upon
It's freedom. Those ringle let's carefully arTang-
ed, what source Of misery and often Sickness
Long hair will at sorb much Of a chd's STR. Myth
in season as would give it an inch Of growth
Now il tickles the neck, now it Increases the
warmth. and now ii is wet and gives the child a
perpetual cold and sore throat This fine dress.
ing mus be source Of countless irritations. The
nurse acquires the habits Of perperualy swapping
interfering, watching and checking all The free no.
tons o! chdh""d, and the little one learns to be.
cve that to SIT still, and take hcse lectures MEEK
~, Is the very essence OF being good child. lis
spirit is broken in, and in becomes doce sup
plant instead OF a free bold, ard vigorous ctd
No ""nter lis cheek is pale, and the DOCTOR j.
constantly needed, that it grows I'D nervous
irritable and peevish.
The direct cost Of all this is no trhe II NAV
crafty parents taste for the moment, crafty that
kind OF affection which loves TO brstow costly to.
kens of regard, however useless or INJURIOUS bu,
where is the prudent mother who would not better
show her kindness oy creating little fund and
saving all these superfuous expense for its use at
future day. The extra cost Of this curling, max.
ing and washing fine dresses Of two such little
ones, is not less than equal to the lime of maid
servant, or $3.50 beyond What is requisite in at.
t"n:'on Tor their best health and greatest There
are telegraph stock in the city where every $3.50
thus saved would increase 10 eight years to $G25.
The habits of infancy form The tastes of youth.
and the pa ssion for fnery is easily cherished
BUY what man OF moderate means can afford to
marry one of these young lilies Of the valley who
toll not, neither do they spin, while arrayed more
gorge"usly than Solomon in his glory
Life itself is often put in jeopardy by all this
\ thin, fine dress has gwen MANY q child the
Group; low bare neck has enIa rged the tonsiIs
ana contracted the chest OF MANY pretty little
one. We ourselves have very lively recoleclions
OF childhood and aching feet. chilbIans and in.
Vulnerable other evils, through The thin, pretty.
bur light shoes into which the feet of our childhood
were cr""m"d' even i" winter, on Sunday, that
we might appear respectable at church.
child just beginning to walk, climbs I'M -
the top OF pair OF stairs. step by step alone. l,s
teet get en,anged in its dress. it pitches headlono
down to the bottom, and its brain is ininrcd r..
lie or 1t dies, and the fnther find tbs hopes and
tolls ot lie frustrated. What has caused ~
Some feeble lace inserting at The bottom If tic
dress, through which IFS Iurle foot has na,nr,,I,
Caught torn The lace and ripped it I'd. Wond
that iaFh"r but take penknife and cut awav ,he
whole O! such dangerous finery, it would h. No
small Kindness to the child. nurses to the contrary
Notwithstanding -IAaadeL,Aia Ledger.
AN INTERESTING CoUPLE.-There 10 . co,,,.
10 cinema. !, oh'"' who have been engaged TO be
'''ru 'o' ,'e past i've years, but no limo has
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