The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-14

the face may be modified to a consid-
cradle extent by process not inaptly
described as one of molding. Thus, if
the lower projects unduly, the lower
teeth coming outside of the upper ones
when the mouth is shut-whereas, of
course, the opposite arrangement
should govern-it can be made to re-
cede into its nroDer place by the use
of bandages which exert gentle but
steady pressure backward. Too prom
inent teeth may be corrected by
plates" which any dental surgeon will
furnish.
Wear Caps While Sleeping.
Ears afford convenient hooks TO hold
in place the strings of baby bonnets.
but surely that is no adequate reason
for rearing our boys with winglike and
1ahooesque appendanges at the sides
OF their heads. So far has the public
mind been awakened already on this
subject that in many dry goods shops
there are now for sale caDlike con-
trivances Tin skeleton form, for cool
ness) which are intended TO be worn by
children at night for the purpose of
restraining threatened eXuberance in
the direction above mentioned. Their
in accomplishing the OBJ
ject sought affords a first rate illustra-
ton of the remarkable Elasticity of
cartilage in young persons.
The entire face in childhood, indeed,
in plastic, and susceptible of model
ing"-a process which, when applied
with patience to the nose, has produced
wonderful results. In infancy the nasal
organ is a mere extraordinarily more
than a small lump in the middle of the
face. To shape ii as it develops, by
gentle pressure with the fingers, is not
and. though its size cannot be
there is no reason why it
should be allowed to grow crooked.
Prevent Twist of the Nose.
If. as you walk along the street, you
will pay attention to the noses of the
Dasserby, you will see that nine out of
Ten of them have decided twist to the
right. The popularity is so nearly uni
versal as to suggest serious inquiry as
TO its cause. AS yet nobody has made
a study of the subject, but there seems
20 be good reason, for thinking that the
twist is due to the fact that people
wipe their noses habitually with the
right hand, thus giving it an inclina7
ton in that direction. If this theory
be correct, it throws an interesting
light upon feature nolding in one of its
accidental developments.
AS for birthmarks on the face or oth-
ar exposed parts of the body, there is
no reason why any one should be al
owed to grow up with them, inasmuch
IS such defects can usually be removed
m childhood so effectually as to leave
little OF no trace. 1t is a sort of work
hat ought always to be performed dur
ng the early years of life, when growth
If tissue tends quickly to obliterate all
dc a f
hese Disbursements are of many kinds,
come recurring cautery, others the cleo
.ric needle, and yet others eXtirpatlon
cutting ouO. A new process for doing
away with large birthmarks is multi
Sic scarifcation''-p with
1nife consisting of many little blades
;et slantwise and parallel, which iu-
1ict with one stroke q series or cuts.
4 few strokes thoroughly cross hatch
he area of skin treated, which, being
broken up and destroyed, is thereupon
,eplaced by normal and healthy cuticle.
Curly Hair Easy to Provide.
If a mother wishes her child to have
,urly hair she should begin to curl it
rom early infancy. because in this way
IN. inclination to curliness will be given
hat may be expected to peTpetuate
tself through life. So well is this UNI
lerstood by many persons of expert
nee in such matters that in founding
lsyluns it is a common practice to curl
he hair of all the resident babies three
INES a day to encourage the tendency
-the reason for taking such pains that
,eople who come to procure an infant
or adoption invariably ask for curly
,eaded one To use a hair curler IS
,either difficult nor laborious. and 1t
8 obvious that this simple means OF
,eauty making in childhood is WITHIN
be reach of everybody.
on the whole, it would seem likely
hat at no distant day the modelling OF
.hildren's features, to make them
in later life. will be recog-
lied profession. pursued by persons
killed in the art, who will go from
,ouse to house for the purpose. giving
pecial attention to a nose here, to a
hin there. and ID pair of ears, per-
ans, at another place.