The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
WOMAN 5 v ORLD

was born with a pug nose and grew up
with the same style Of nasal appendage
the father and mother were sorry if the
nose didn't please. but their conscience
was easy. Likewise II their young hope
furs ears were Of the aspect which IS
dehcately called alert they We're grieved
but not remorseful. says the New York
Sun.
It Is no such easy going for parents to-
day. Moldiug character is somewhat out
of date in these days of new-fangled
child culture. but molding noses has sup
piled a new outlet for parental energy.
"A tiny little nose" says one authority
may be changed and much improved in
shape. 1t can be enlarged by gentle but
persistent massage. It can also be length
ened by a series Of gentle pulls steadily
and continuously applied This authori-
ty, however. admits that he should hest
tate at the nose-puniug in the case Of
boys, as they generally get plenty of II
sooner or later. "A nose TOO generous IN
size" he continues, may be compressed
by means Of an ingenious little instrument
a good deal like clothespin II properly
applied it cannot injure the nose, as II
acts simply by diminishing the flow Of
blood to the nose"
OF course, the ear question Is settled
now. If a person grows up in this day.
and generation with outstanding ears he
will he at liberty to rise up and call his
parents shiftless to say the least An
other point to which painstaking parents
are invited 90 give their attention is The
care of the eyebrow. A judicious anu
persistent application of Vaseline to the
arch where these desirable items should
grow is said 10 work wonders. As cnll-
dren do not now wear long and heavy
bangs, another piece of advice is, per-
haps, not necessary just at present, but
II may be slowed away for future refer
ence. 1t is given on the authority OF an
old family doctor, and, though it sounds
a good deal like an Old wives tale, he
vouched for It, He was present one day
when a Little girl came in Her golden
hair hanging IN the way which has
been celebrated in song and story down
her back. Also a heavy bang was hang
ing over her forehead reaching almost
to her eyes Now the doctor declared
that IL the bang was allowed to hang
over her eyebrows il would he at the cost
of the latter, because, as he said. hairs
eats hair Maybe this is the solution OF
the problem of badness.
However that may be. the fact remains
that few persons seem to have any idea
that the eyebrows and eyelashes should
receive especial care. Tire use Of vaseliue
Is good for the eyelashes as well as for the
eyebrows. and when II is judiciousy APP
piled IL will have very percepuble ei-
feet on them, making them less likely 10
fall out or be rubbed out. II is che reck-
less way in which people rub their eyes
which is 10 a great extent responsible for
the scarcity OF lashes. Ii is almost always
the lower lid which bears the bruut of
the rubbing, and the result Is apparent in
the much smaller quota OF lashes which
the lower lid always has. This is another
direction 10 which parents are expected to
look out for the physical well-being of
their children. There was a time when
even cross-eyed people did not dream of
Teproaching their parents for negligence.
Those were palmy days for parents. In
future when young people come Of age,
they win be counting their eyeiashes and
taking a whole Berti,lion system of meas
urements Of their ears and noses TO find
out whether their parenls have done the
square thing by them.
This Is the day OF the auti-spauk move
ment. Advanced mothers talk learnediy OF
allowing a child TO deveop spontaneously
of not checking and controlling him, but of
letting his individuality come zap as a
flower. without interference. Some moth
ers are trying to i've up to these beautiful
theories, even though heir children seem
90 come up more like volcano than like
a flower. To this variety of mothers the
nose culture Is especially recommended. II
their small imp Of boy, developing has
own ego a la lily theoretically, grows
too obstreperous, they can take him by
the nose aud pull him steadily and con-
tinuously" around the room. II he pro-
tests, or any apostle Of the new child cult
ure surprises her in the act. she can scout
the Idea OF having punished the boy. She
has eimDlV beeu doing her .1utV N The line
of nose culture So with the clothes pin
method.
In fact this physical training may read
lily be made 10 supersede the old-fashoned
form of punishment even with mothers
who stand by the old theories Instead of
sending a child supper.ess to bed, he
could be condemned 70 wear a clothespin
on his nose for an hour Instead of giving
him a foolish spanking he could be re-
quired to undergo fifteen minutes Of nose
pulling, and so or. This method would
have the advantage of combining practical
aud beneficial results with moral dsclp-
hue. and could be indefinitely extended to
include such faults Of phisique as flop
ping ears, pigeon toes round shoulders
stubby body and so on.
Girls between the ages Of 16 and IS have
big feet" said a fashionable Boston shoe
maker to the Journal Of that city. "and
they are rather fat and nabby. 100. but
at about p a remarkable change comes
about. The foot then completely subsidies,
the fiabbiness disappears, the flesh be-
comes firmer, the muscles and tendons get
stronger and the bones become well set
Altogether q great difference is seen
Yes, We have great difficulty with girls
of about II or thereaDouts, for they now
require boot or shoe as large as a fun
grown woman's. When they get older and
the foot becomes settled, new boots on the
old last will be found too large. and II ia
only when the young ladies' complain that
their new shoes are 100 big that We know
the foot has undergone the change JUST
described. Then explanations nave 10 be
given, but the bootmakar doesn't mind
this so much, for woman, as she grows
older likes to be told that her foot is
getting smaller.
after 40 the feet of a woman 60 back
70 the fat and habby state, and herein
grows trouble for the bootmaker. who has
10 state in explanation why the last pair
of shoes do not III that the cause lies
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