The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29

deal of anxiety and nervousness about a
wedding day"
The little new babies at hospitals receive
treatment which is a surprise to non-pro-
fessionas. The first and great essential,
says the New York Times. is to make the
lungs act and the child cry heartily.
When this IL not done naturally extreme
measures are taken. The baby is taken
Immediately and put into water so hot
that the hand can hardly be borne I'm II,
then in extremely cold water, and finally
is given a course of gymnastics. This
Is done by swinging the little body some
times by the shoulders and again by the
heels until 1t is thrown upright
But why don't the bones break?"
asked the novice who saw these peculiar
measures in tone of Mortified surprise.
Il should think you would kill the poor
baby"
There arn't any bones to break in such
a little baby" answered the professional
serenely Babies don't have them. They
are only jelly. This is the only way to
help them. They would die certainly il
extreme action was not taken. What do
you think of spanking these small babies?
That IL what we have to do often. A
nurse who attended a little baby the other
night spanked 1t at intervals of two hours
all night You will see on a prescription
for one of them @. H. That means
spank every four hours.
The baby is spanked and with the first
blow 1t shrieks, receives another blow and
shrieks louder with anger. That is just
exactly what we want It to do. 1t is fine
lung exercise. and will bring a little baby
through safely.
Il met with an accident when was a
small girl of six or seven which Illustrates
. he sgn ggr.1n Fell fr1
lance of at least sixteen feet, striking on
my stomach. My mother. not knowing
what was the matter, but hearing a dis
turbance. rushed out into the yard. and
seeing my brother screaming and me ly-
ing on the ground took It for granted
that l was the cause Of the trouble. She
picked me up and gave me a good spank
ing then and there When she learned
what had happened she was Mortified and
sint for the doctor, but l should not
probably have been alive If she had not
previously given me the spanking which
set me to breathing. Spanking is a good
thing at tho right time"
"Tiow shall we keep our hair decently
dressed?' is the cry, the actual wall. says
the New York Tribune, that issues from
women's lips on every side. The most
striking feature of Newport" said a man
just returned from few days there. lis
the beauty Of The women's hair dressing.
In town everybodys hair looks damp. and
all The short locks that are curled I'm cool
weather now sand out IN unattractive
little wisps.' But in Newport every wo-
mans hair is as soft and fluffy and wavy
as when the thermometer was at so de-
grees in the SHADE ms cad Of 90 degrees"
The young mans sister answered, with
pardonable tarn, IS: Yes, that is easy
enough when one has a maid to dry
shampoo her head every night and morn
Ing, fan IL until every remnant CT mois-
ture is removed wave IL while ray lady
fans hers II que ~. and dress It dexter
ously. Without the n cessity for exerting
ones self an atom, any one could keep
her hair in cond ion"
Perhaps there Is hint conveyed in the
irritated little protest that may be useful.
The dry shampoo Is too little used yet
may be made one of the most efficient aids
to an attractive colnure. The process is
simple, particularly II one can get sis
ter or other accommodating somebody to
do It, 1t consists merely In massaging
the scalp thoroughly with the fingers sep
ara ing the hair into locks facilitates the
rubbing then brushing the hair with
equal thor ughness. 80 that every part
Of the scalp Is stimulated. A gentle rub
bling of the roots OF the hair with a soft
towel dipped in alcohol follows, and a
light application of dry towel completes
the process. which does not Of necessity
occupy more than twenty minutes. BY
his time the head is perfectly dry, and
the dust accumulation that holds the
mo 8 ure is remove d. II curls are desired,
dampen the locks with alcohol and roll
f. kids" and the hair will be dry and
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