The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-01

WOMAN'S WORLD.
enooIlra 81 rour son in belng aenti-


You encourage your son in being senti-
mental. don't you?
There was a note OF ~disapproyal In the
ouestioner's voice. She evidently con-
eidered the mother Of q fine-iooklng SIX
1ooter rather q silly woman.
Il do. indeed. / think sentiment Just
the thing for young men provided they
fall into the right hands. Ny Tom be-
came engaged before he had finished his
law course and the girl. a sweet, sensible
little thing. acted as a constant incentive
to progress. Tom was inclined to SOW wild
oats until he met Meg. Then he took a
turn that astonished us all. He settled
down into a regular sober sides. He has
made such a success of his life. 1t is be-
cause he loved young and married young.
His brothers hope will follow right
along in his footsteps 1t is hardly fair
to a girl to ask her to wait two or three
years for a young man, but If she is will
ing and is the right sort the engagement
is a blessing.
There is something stimulating about
this plighting a troth early in life, es-
pecially to a young man. He feels the in
aucnce of a good woman's affection every
day. It is a safeguard. I have seen prodi-
gals become thrifty and sluggards regular
busy bees from the effects of an Engage
ment.
Early marriages are not always happy
ones. Early engagements frequently lead
to misery. A girl may be firty, a young
man exacting. Then there is trouble; but
even with this ~unhappiness are sown seeds
that are more productive of good than
evil.
"A man grows manlier with the thought
Of protecting some dainty soul; he grows
economical as he realizes her dependence;
he becomes used to looking at the right
and wrong side of different questions and
of setting them to please the girl whom
he hopes to make his wife.
Let the engagement be broken, there
remains a certain Influence that is for
good. Sometimes the reckless lover takes
an idiotic way of showing the world he is
disappointed. He Is an exception. Many
men feel keenl ysuch an ending to cher
ished hopes. The disappointment, how
ever, moulds character and some day the
man himself understands this.
yes, 1 want all my boys to become
engaged young. I find men who are free
are expected TO spend every penny they
can raise on the men and women whom
they meet socially. They have no chance
to put by for a rainy day. Once engaged
nothing is demanded Of them. They are
free to pursue their life work. With some
really lovely girl to help them push along
In their ambitions their chances of reach
Ing a haven are many times better than
those of the youths who drift from college
into professions and trade and who finally
round up IN mature bache.orhood as club
men"
In taking care of an infants hair it Is
necessary to remember how delicate ana
sensitive the scalp of a little child Is, ana
also that the bones of the skull DO not
close till nearly the end OF the second
year of life. so that pouring anything not
upon it or applying alcohol, as IS some
time done, may easily affect the Dralh
lnjuriously.
At first a baby's head should be washed
every morning with some good SOAP. II
scurvy spots appear on it they should pc
gently rubbed with a little vaseline or
salad oil before the head is washed, but
they should not be touched with a fine
tooth comb. It is a mistake not to soap
the head well, for if this is not done the
scalp is pretty sure to become scurfy;
but it is an important matter to rinse me
hair properly with clear water and 10
dry it with a soft towel. The very
softest brush that can be obtained IS the
right one for baby, and no comb should
be used
After two years it will be often enough
if the child's head be washed once a
week. Then a shampoo should be used
made of the yolk Of an egg and soap
beaten up in warm water to form a good
lafher. This should be well rubbed into
the scalp and rinsed out with plenty Of
warm water.
If the water is hard a little borax may
be used to soften 1t. When children
have long hair and are apt to catch cold,
it is a good plan sometimes to apply
a little eau-de-Cologn to the scalp, but
this must never be used in the case Of
infants, for the reasons just stated
The right and wrong way Of washing
is now being intelligently studied. The
method of performing this daily face
washing is of great importance, as even
If one only washes 1t twice a day the
operation has to be gone through over
roo times in the course of a year, and
this would naturally affect it for good or
evil
Highly scented or n1Bnly coloreu soaps
should be avoided, and one which gives a
soft lather and does not cause any feel
ing of irritation is the best.
The soap should be well rubbed into the
face with a clean piece of flannel, and
bathed off in a basinful of absolutely
clean water, so that every particle Of
soap may be removed.
After a thorough bathing the face
should be dried with a Turkish towel,
then with a moderately rough towel, I'M
less the face is very sensitive. and finally
well rubbed over with a piece of channels
leather.
Gentle friction of the face with soft
leather. or. better still, with the finger
tips. when clean, tends to remove lines
and prevent the formation of wrinkles.
II lines have formed the skin should be
rubbed in a direction contrary to their
length; as for example. If there are YER
teal lines between the eyebrows they
should be rubbed from side to side: IL
there are straight lines across the fore
head they should be rubbed down from
the hair to the root Of the nose and back
again.
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