Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-01

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| the stuffed head, the vermoutL lS.s "a
open jaw betoken not only ply ..eal vur
mental incompetency. A youth or man
cannot have good sense If bis nasal and
breathing apparatus is out Of order, and Of
necessity affecting his brain. Physicians
find that the stupidity Of many children at
school vanishes with the cure of catarrh,
that sure sequence Of want Of intelligent
care in early years. The trouble removed,
the lungs and breath working freely, the
blood in body and brain aerated, the child
seems to wake into new life, loses its logi-
ness and grows bright and playful as the
brightest of its mates. Boys in their teens
! and twenties often have touch of catarrh
! from sleeping in stufy, unyentilated rooms.
Value of Good Breathing.
Green, awkward animals that hardly have
their growth, without their strength, they
| feel and dread the cold, shut up their sleep
| ing rooms to the fumes Of damp boots and
socks, and bury their heads under the bed
clothes, inhaling their own breath over and
over, till the whole breathing canal is out
| of order, and they regularly poison and
narcotize themselves for the ensuing day.
| The mouths of such youths fall open partly
from weakness of the hinges Of the jaw,
partly because their only chance of breath
| is by leaving the door wide open.
The friends of such an unfortunate cannot
do kinder thing than to ridicule him till
he breaks the habit which gives him the
bearing of fool. One pities the friends,
however, for mental obtuseness lends its
obstinacy to any correct impression, and
the clumsy young idiot cannot be persuaded
that his expression is not on par with his
stiff shirt collar and correct tie. Still let no
faithful mother or sister despair. 1 have
seen bad habits clung to for rs years in
spite of daily criticism and remonstrance at
last break upon their owner in their native
offsnse. followed by speedy casting away.
Rebuke Like q Surgeons Knife.
Asa rule we are too tender of bad habits.
It is a kindness to anyone, be he our own
blood or the farthest stranger, to give the re-
buke sharp as surgeons blade, which will
at once dissect the evil thing which mars
his daily presentmeEt. This sounds severe,
but everv devoted mother will agree to its
truth and kindness. The boy or girl who
will not learn at home in years of training
will wake up to strangers criticism, and
1t would be worth years income to some
men and women TO pc tOlu tne one PAD naDlt
which makes their presence Stunned or en-
dured with aversion by their fellow beings.
To fall back on lighter themes, No. 2
would like advice in regard to her hands.
'In summer they are white, but as soon as
cold weather sets in they turn dark blue
and red. They are very soft and are never
chapped. She does no work whatever, and
seldom has them in water except oatmeal
water. AS she has great deal of company
and goes out very often. it is most annoy
ing"
This Girl Had Better Work.
II would be we'll for her hands II she did
some work that would bring them into play
and restore the circulation. She could
hardly do anything better for them than to
wash her own china and silver twice day,
in ali the elegance OF tray in the dining
room or buffers pantry, with white cedar
bingham tub, its brass hoops like gold. u
snowy cup mop and napkin, with clean hot
suds of Marseilles soap which would not
dishonor the daintiest fingers. Nothing
would do her hands more good than TO wash
dozen or two plates in the old-fashioned
way with hands in warm water, riusing
them afterward with clear, warm water hay-
ing a teaspooniul of lemon juice ami