The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-05-11


And pOppybutls that blow on earth
Raised wicked heads to see.
saw the moon. the dying moon,
Fater across the sky;
White faced she fell before the morn
That smiled to see her die.
No wave that kissed her feet of old
But Knocked her misery;
Only the sere. blown leaves of earth
~ " -Theodosia Garrison.
THE AMERICAN GIRLS MAR
RAGE
when the American girl defers her
choice of IL husband until she has had ii
reasonable opportunity to see something
of mankind, and had chance to COM
apt to strike Il good average for herself
writes Edward Box in the Ladies'
Home Journal. ''.AS Il rule. she is
pretty good judge Of men when she gives
her Judgment time to assist her to Il wise
conclusion. The point is to get her to
wait. 1t must lie said to her credit
that she is waiting longer than she did
formerly. 1t is not so many years ago
that Il girl was considered of a mar
riagcable age when she became IL or IL
years old. If she married then, or short
~ afterward, it was not such an unusu
al thing. Twenty-Five years ago girls
generally married at 10, while today the
average girl is closer to %. The mar
riage of a girl in her teens causes actual
surprise in these days. Out of list
of 1000 marriages recently compiled. just
one-half the brides were between ~ and
20: 200 were between - and 30. Still.
there were 300 under 20 years of age.
And nearly all these young girls married
men under 22-mere boys. in other
words. And this is the fatal part of a
girls marriage at too early an age. In
stead of choosing Il man for her hus
band she is very apt to choose a boy
CLOTHING FOR BABY.
"a baby's clothing should be drawn
over it's feet and not slipped over its
head" said Miss Marianna Wheeler ST.
pcrintendent of the Babies hospital of
New York city, whose long experience
in training nurSenailS makes her an au-
thority on all subjects pertaining to the
care of infants.
Nothing is more awkward than to at
tempt to dress a young baby in Il sitting
posture. 1t should lie ON the nurses lap
until quite able to sit alone. If the
clothes are put on as | describe there
will be no fighting and crying, hut, in
stead, the child will be fond of being
dressed. For the first four months.
there should be a snug flannel band over
it's bowels. Later this should he replaced
by ribbed knitted band of WOOL of
course, and made like the top of a sock.
1t must be drawn over the feet, and
should be worn through the second year.
II am sure that nearly all intestinal
troubles in young children are caused
by their bowels getting cold 1t is the
one place which must be protected if you
would have. healthy child. There are
three weights of these bands which |
recommend. medium. thin and gauze
The very heavy should never be put on
and the same rue should be followed
in selecting flannel garments.
1T is most important that il baby :
clothes should fit the body. If too tight
they. frequently produce vomitin. after
feeding, while if too large they crunple
or buttons should he used. but all bands
about the body must he hasted. The
openings should lie neither in the back
| nor front. but under the arms, where
any irrcgularity will be least felt by the
II disapprovc very decidedly of putting
wells over baby's face. When the
weather j: so cold or so windy as to rem;
der a veil necessary, no young child
should be sent out of doors, but instead
given its aiming IN we.l-vcntilated nur.
sery. Wells affect the eyes, and are as a
rule uncleanly.
Il am in favor of covering a child's
feet and legs and prefer stockings to the
fancy bottles so much used Stockings
are snuggcr, warm enough and should be
| fastened to the diaper. This latter alSC
is a garment for which I have reasons tc
differ from the majority of mothers and
nurses. Cotton is the bestt and only ma
terial which should ever be used. Linen
and silk are too cold, while wool is toe
| irritating. n soft cotton cloth not toe
large. is most comfortable and healthy
\ cotton cheese cloth, white, of course
is about the best material. Babies bones
are soft, and if Il mother wishes her child
to have strai ght legs she must see to it
that its diapers are not 100 large.
1.-The greatest care should be taken moi
to keep children too hot, and while light
wraps may, and as a rule should be. kept
on them in the early morning and late
afternoon, in the middle of the day they
should be removed \ common mistake
among mothers, especially in furnace.
heated city homes, is using excessively
heavy clothing for their children. They
usually live in Il warm nursery. their Cir
cula ton is active. and they perspire more
freely than Il grown person. For these
reasons the heaviest tlannels should never
be used, even in very cold climates. but
cxtra-h heavy wraps be put on when they
are taken out