The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-28
OUR LITTLE GIRLS.

Coed angela keep the darlingsi Who can
resist the flashing eyes aud routing lips
and winning ways OF the bright little aiflsf
We have abe evidence every day In our
hous.s ana In our street that good angels
watch over and care for them In all their
l shidhood. How often do they fall aud
I oftsner threaten 20 fall from bed aud
staira chairs tables aud steps, when heads
would DO cracked and limbs broken, did
/ no, their good engels hsar them up aud
/ tighten their injufies2 Sull more are they
pro,ected on the streets Else their tender
/ sorms would be crushed under the light
uins care. heavy wagons. dashing carriages
I and delivery wagons and carts. which ruah
/ through every street aud whirl around all
corners from early dawn 10 che shades Of
night How are these little ones saved.
when grown persons scarcely esoapsl
Bu. how often during the present win
tar have We mad 10 in our hearts
10 congratulate the loving mothers.
that tyrant fashion has permitted them
20 cover thoir tender forms with warm gar
ments. What contrast TO the short
dresses and Thin tight stockings aud shiv-
eting forms OF other winters IL Madam
FASHION will extend her favors 10 the older
L NlrlAt Nne N0lnk aAN heh%NA'
and command them 20 make themselves
comfortable and not forget the heads Of
boys and men in her benevolent turn, all
will be disposed 90 pardon many Tass
hardship ~ her hands.
But We must come back 10 our little ones
I We must always remember they are tender
Z little animals with intellectual and spirit
/ ual tsndsnoisA For many years their bod
/ les must be the chief care the most tender
care a mothers heart can give. il IL Jew
slsd oasket 20 contain . spirit more precious
I than all outside Of she celestial kingdom.
We must abe efors see 10 II that these
baskets are made perfect that they may De
the safest aboies of these priceless SPIRITS
for every defect Of what ever part OF the
body will mar the spirit LIT az see 70
then that no harm comes 10 our little ones
Suffer no iniary or deformity TO
| feet hands arms legs body or head.
Ewes. ears. tongue. lungs and stomach are
precious organs and must have constant
care. But the lunRs and stomach neso
special care. Health and long life depend
more on these too than on all other organs
/ Of the body. Both too are specially tender
IN infancy and easily receive injuries
which sooner or later prove fatal.
The good mother, however. understands
all this. She viii carefully guard her
precious one from oil sudden and extreme
changes in the air breathed. Nor will she
permit any of the hundred pernicious con-
dimsnts, rslishes and rich dishes so com
mon on our tables, 10 reach the tender
stomach; for no one can take such prepare
lions and continue the functions of life.
save those hardened By gradual and long
use. In the same manner the system may
be 40 accustomed TO arsenic that enough
TO kill a dozen srsOns may be taken with
impunity.
After the body come the affections. and
She pure fountains Of love we'll up from
warm hearts in rich profusion. Their love
goes out to all who are good aud care for
children, TO all pets and dolls in rich pro-
fusion. There Is no danger Of too much
while bestowed on worthy offsets.
The intellectual powers increase more
and more, and need direction rather than
stimulation. Too much oalture snotoache s
upon the affections and saps the physicsl
powers. Intellectual advancement, then.
must be watched with solioitude and held
in proper cheek gill the physical girl be-
comes the physical woman.
MonuAulle huo MOOa nl0NIcA Will AsN 1NeAI
possible means 20 give the growing girl
symmetry and bsauty. Every muscle and
organ must be nouTished by proper food
} and developed BY suitable exercise; and nc
a clothing Of foot or body must interfere &c
, check she proper growth and form Of AM
I part. Tight shoes aad high heels not only
deform the feet but destroy the symmetry
OF the lower limbs and the body far more
than girls and mothers have thought posi-
o BILE; and ell these changes are In the dirsc
a tion OF deformity.
a Clothing worn tight around the body o
u girls when growing 10 most destructive o
y health and ruinous to the development o
those muscles and organs which give hsaitl
and make woman the most perfect work o
the divine artist. How prssumptuous II
u girls and women. and especially in mothers
n TO think they can improve Gods best work
e. The Venus de Msdici ha ever bssn deemel
* the most perfect aud beautiful of huma
ir forms. and yet some mothers permit the
nj girls TO initiate the Chinese in crushin
b, their feet into painful deformitiss. and
>, follow the fashion still more foolish Of !
contracting the waist az 20 deform q
'9 muscles, move the stomach. lunRs an
~ heart and squsezs them into new and cor
IN tracted spaces. And yet no woman thl
le- improved Cd would dare 10 compete vii
ke the unimp proved forms OF Venus or Diar
be for the prize Of beauty before the be
nm artists Of the world. We know not VIZ
most women think. bot We do know III
most men think such change most unfortr
nate defects. @. c. S.
20 "KeE" The bast hard wheat -four on 1