The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
FOR TIE FAIR SEX.
t:oin.;u the Ca,;iitTy.

One of tn first requisites in child's
summer outfit for the country is 4 pair
of strong. bruah-Suird shoes ii; for
climbing and running. and not likely to
/ br ruined hy cUnla.t with The wet ..r;l>S
! in the morning. These shoes should not
| br too cnarSrly CT cim>iiy made. though
even Il clr"p and communicating shoe
| is better than one. however fine. which
binds too tightly over the inStr1, or
cramps the toes while it hliStcrS the
heels. Few mothers remember how
very much Il chilL'S comfort. Happiness
and good temper depend on the way,
sensible or otherwise, in which the little
feet are dressed. 1t is not for nothing
that the adagc. us easy us an old shoe.
has passed into the provcrbal litcra-
turc of the world. The 'miScrics of
new shoes have been felt by most Of us.
So acute IN observer as John Brown, of
Edinburgh, remarks that one of the in
comprehensive mysteries of civilization
is the way in which people consent to
torture their feet. No little growing foot
should ever be incascd in Il covering too
big or too small. The boot should not
flap about like the Shrunken pod of Il pea,
nor should it press like Il cage, nor yet
he too short. and so force the mai of the
larger toe to grow into the flesh, causing
cXcruciating torture, from which only
heroic treatment will deliver the victim.
Provided with thick and comfortable
shoes for outdoor wear, and soft Slip
pers for those hours of the afternoon and
evening which shall be spent in the
house, the next thing in order is to think
of the dress. Thin flannel from head to
foot will equalize the temperature of the
body, and prevent many IN attack of
cramp and sudden cold. Some mothers
think that Il wooden texture next the
skin must of necessity make Il child too
warm in the hot July and August
weather. This is Il mistake. Linen and
cotton are apt to become clammy and
chill. especially when saturated with
pclspiration. and flannel is therefore
safer, Us well us more agreeable in every
way To those whose nerves dislike the
contact of pure wool, the soft merino
fabrics, which have ;n intermiXture of
cotton, are not objectionable. The gar
ments worn above the flannel should be
few, loose, and simply made. Little
girls especially are sufferers from the
love their mammaS have of seeing them
gracefully and charmingl ) attircd. The
temptation to set off their tlowrr-likc
faces and dainty shapes in robes OF fairy
like tints and tilmy thickness; to adorn
them with lacCS and SaShcS, embroidery
and rullling, is indeed strong. Delicate
women, ftstidious and refined, spend
their own precious strength in stitching
and sewing, that their darlings may re-
Semblc the roses and the lilies, may gilt
ter on the promenade like gay moths or
velvet butterflies, and flash along the
parterrc like animated rainbows. Then
the beautiful babies, when thus pains
takingly dressed, are told not to soil or
tear their iincry, and so being care-worn
and numbered, they miss the best good
the country has to give them.
Plenty of strong calico or camSrlc
dresses, brown holland or white aprons,
light, closely-wovcn sun-hats which will
shade the eyes, and then freedom to
roam here and there on expeditions after
berries, flowers or Sea-ShcllS, long de-
lightful mornings in the fragrant barn,
Odorous of sweet-smeiling haj, grand
tramps across the country with some
body who knows how to lead without
wcarying. and drives over the hills by
moonlight, and the fortunate children
who thus 90 to the country shall find in
the days and nights Il wonderful elixir
and tonic. They will learn better les
sons than the textbooks can impart, as
they listen TO the babblc of the brook, or
see the fish leap up in the silvcry stream.
They will grow tall and plump and rosy,
and shake off those artificial cobwebs
which society in town contrivcs to weave
even over the gentleness and freshness of
its boys and girls.-Basar.