The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-02
CARE OF LITTLE ONES
Too Often Ii Is Entrusted to
Ignorant and Irrespon-
sible Hands.
now ToREMEDY PROTRuDlNG EARS
Instances Where Economy has
Proved Reckless Notes for
Homeworkers.
now TOREMEDY PROTRUDING EARS

They say that big ears are a sign of
good nature, chat they bespesk liberalitv.
That is fortunate. The victim needs a
good share of these virtues to enable him
to forgive his ancestors for bequeathing
to him such an Inheritance. To sympa-
thize with a person SO afflicted in such a
strain is about as comforting as it is for
the ugly duckling of a family to hear her
self spoken of as not to be compared to
her handsome sister Katherine in looks,
but as being SO sweet and good.
This may seem a reckless view to
take of the case, to those who believe in
whatever is, is BEST" but as long as
the world lasts. as long as there is enough
femininity left in it to try to please the
masculine eIement-and to a great ex-
tent vice versa-beauty of form and feat
ure Will always be accounted Que of the
richest gifts Il person can inherit.
But, you say, suppose A person is born
with big ears, what then? The answer is
the hope that the alleged good and un-
selfish nature is in proportion to their
size. However, we are now told that
Their prominence may be lessened by
care so that they need not so conspicu-
OAotI StCA tAS-A ANRRJ W .
agreeable disposition. but should mod
estly cling t. the head.
HOW TO AVOID THE EVIL
The remedy is thus todd
When a mother notices that her baby's
ears stand out at right angles, she must
hot end the matter with "a sigh of regret.
hut must look about for a cure. She will
ind that a clever little arrangement has
been devised by which the standing out
tendency can be arrested, It is a close
fitting cap made of white tape that holds
the ears close 10 tine head, aud ties under
the chin. 1t is really merely the frame
work of a cap, and SO is less troublesome
and less heating than a muslin cap would
be, aud can be worn day and night.
There are few less pardonaole disfigure-
ments than outbranching ears. aud they
are less often the result of a natural tend
encv than of the careless handling of a
baby.
Few mothers and fewer nurses notice
when they lay a baby down whether the
soft little ear is crumpled unde or lying
close back to the head. and they rarely
take the trouble when they hold a baby,
to See that its ears are in the natural posi-
tion, but will hold it for the longest time
with the head turned forward instead of
back. "As the twig is bent. the tree Is
inclinedo applies with as much force TO
the physical as TO the moral growth of a
child. Babies, when nursed constantly
by the one person, often suffer from being
always carried On the same arm u in
the same position.
WHERE ECONOMY IS CRIMINAL.
The Other day on Montgomery street l
noticed a child of some twelve years try
ing to force 3 baby of o TWO the way
it did not Want to go. She tugged on the
child's arm until it seemed as though iU
must d{op from it's socket. There are so
maxF Incidents around us of deformities
wEeh can almost directly be traced TO
sqth like ignorance aud carelessness. We
he cooks at $40 a month, mattresses at
I<b, and thea economic by employing "a
&bung girl as nurse' st some Sc or IS. 1t
jsSems to us such easy, simple WORK, the
care of children. But we think rashly.
A case ls here brought to my mind of a
boy who has few equals in manliness and
cleverness who drags a m1sshapen foot
YEARLY along as a reminder OF an lgnor-
ant nurses carelessness and cowardice.
While a child of 10 n, his mother left him
at a farm in the care of q servant. One
day he was seated upon a horse. With
boyish recklessRess aud glee he jumped
up and down, unrestrained. He fell and
injured his leg. He complained of the
pain to his nurse, but his mother heard
nothing of it until weeks after, too late
to remedy what has proved a life long de-
formity. Another Instance Is that of a
wealthy young girl whose deformed back
recalls a servants carelesSness. Nor is it
entirely the servants fault. We are more
to blame in hiring for the most re-
sponsible duties the least resDon-
sible help. Recently l heard
liz oculist remark that more cases of op-
thalmtc trouble with children were due
to ignorant handling than anything else.
A child is hastily washed. Perhaps some
soap enters its eyes. 1t cries. 1t is re-
buked. Such a little thing to cry about,
it is told. This process is repeated and
tho T0rTIf iE a H "
CARE OF THE TEETH
The fact of the matter is that often too
little care is bestowed on these human
buds by those who are morally RESPONSE
Bile for their health. How many children
are taught to wash their teeth from child
hood?
Parents often ask their dentists and
medical attendants with reference to
their babies. when ought teeth TO be
cleaaed?" The answer assurediy is. "As
soon as there are teeth.' a very small
toothbrush. charger with some precipi-
tateG chalk favored with an
aromatic drug to make it pleasant,
is perhaps tine best means-bot a
towel, which only removes the secretion
from the labial and lingual surfaces, and
not from between the teeth. where decay
is most rife. Yet how few children's
teeth are SO treated, n how rarely the
habit of doing it for themselves when
they are old enough is incuIcatedi But
If it be acquired the very desirable result
IS likely to follow Of an immunity from
dental trouble-at all events to any large
extent.
Later on something more can be done
by passing a piece of waxed dental floss
SILK, which can be obtained of most
chemists, between the teeth every day,
and the value of this can be easily de-
monstrated after thoroughly using the
toothbrush by passing the silk between