The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-10-06
RARE JOTs FOR WOMEN.
i" Why are some peonle ugly 2n

In DioSSSaNo " W tlolil-
ers.'' Some of these mothers may
smile while reading the reflections of
the original Plttsburg reformer, but all
will doubtless agree that what he has
set forth is we'll worth perlsing. Here
it is:
Why are some people ugly?
What wouldn't homely woman give
to be handsome, or even to have
pretty face3
You may have noticed that all very
young, healthy babies look alike, have
blue eyes and are pretty as babies 60.
Their eyes may be Of different shades
of blue, and there may be difference
in the plumpness of their cheeks, but
otherwise they all look very much alike.
They are perhaps prettler and more
shapely than the young of any other
family belonging to the animal king
dom. the fawn has pretty eyes and
shapely nose, but otherwise is not noted
for beauty until nearly half grown.
Until that time the most of It's nervous
energy is directed to its legs, as it must
depend upon them for protection. So
it is with all other animals that have to
depend ON their legs for safety or for
securing food.
With children it is different. There
is nothing to prevent the children OF
healthy parents from growing up inch
by inch In perfect form, except the
lack of care on the part of those who
have them in charge. The little things
have no cares, and are not called upon
to hustle for food, nor do they live in
constant fear, Oh exposed to all sorts
of weather. They ought to grow up
beautiful. What is more to the point,
they would so grow up if they had
proper training.
DO you suppose that a practical
stockraiser would allow a fine colt or
calf or lamb, or even pig to be hand
led after the fashion that babies are
handled? No, indeed. He knows
that such treatment will spoil their dis
positions and interfere with their proper
physical development. Mothers, how
ever, will not only allow their babies to be
squeezed and kissed and dandled, and
jolted and paved over BY others, but
do 1t themselves. They ofteL clothe
them in such a manner as to restrain
the freedom OF their limbs, or bind
some portion of the body so tightly
that the natural functions Of some of
the organs are interfered with. Then,
because they kick and cry out against
such treatment, they are dosed and
stuffed and jolted, and finally spanked.
How can you expect child's mouth
to form well when 1t is allowed to bite
on hard substances or tug at gum toys7
Such treatment will soon change the
shape and expression OF grown per-
sons mouth. There is no doubt what
ever that protrudlng teeth are often the
result of tugging at gum toys, while
biting on hard, rough substances i'm
pairs the growth of new teeth.
Care of children's eyes is of the
greatest importance. If taken into
strong light too soon there is danger of
producing such strong impression upon
the delicate and highly sensitive optic
nerves that 1t will always be more or
less offended at light, causing the indi-
vidual to draw down his brows and
stretch the middle portion of his face
upward, in an unconscious effort to
shut the light out. 1t should be re
membered that sensory nerves may be
offended. Possibly you have been of
Tended by certain sounds, sights and
tastes. Well, you should remember
that the sensory nerves of an infant are
far more delicate than yours, and more
liable to become offended; therefore
they should be carefully guarded and
protected. If a child squints up Its
eyes, FUCKERS up its face. turns away
from the light, you may know it is Of
Tended. If you persist in keeping it
thus exposed, it will persist in squint-
ing, trowning and looking cross. In
this way the sweet expression in chill
dren's faces is often destroyed, and they
grow up with squinty eyes and trowning
brows.
Pouting, coarse mouths are often the
result of children sucking their thumbs
or biting their hands. They should not
be allowed to do these things, because
they excite an excessive and unnec-
essary flow of saliva, which may impair
the health. In addition to this being
a very untidy habit it is almost certain
to be followed by the worse habits of
dropping the lower jaw and breathing
through the mouth instead of the nose.
These things are preventable, and
parents must not become offended
when they are told that they are re-
sponsible for them. This you may set
down as solemn truth. That more
than one-half OF the ugliness of face
and figure now prevalent is due to I'M
proper nursing and to lack of proper
care during the first three years of
childhood.
1t is not unusual tor a baby to spoil
the set of its nose by pushing its fingers
up its nostrils. 1t is prompted to this
action by some irritation in the nose,
and will stop it as soon as the irrltant
is removed, unless 1t has continued the
habit SO long that it has become fixed.
To break it up it may be necessary to