Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-14
CHILDREN AND BEAUTY.
From Children's Earliest Years Par.
ents Should See After Appear
ance rs Well as Health.

1t happens to all Of us to notice q
failure in good looks, and often in
health, solely due to want of care in
youth. Children are allowed, for TX
ample, to go about with their hair
hanging over their faces, SO that they
lose a portion of their eyebrows, or.
at all events, spoil the appearance of
these aids to beauty, the same re-
to droop too low. In the case of
weak eyebrows, their growth can be
greatly encouraged by brushing with
a soft brush; this does a world OF
good. No one under any circum-
stances, young or old, should cut the
eyebrows, but many who boast of the
prettiest arched ones and of the full
est growth owe this to the excellent
habit of corabing them from the side
of the face towards the nose. This
is very good for them, and will often
thicken them. Vaseline and fatty
creams are beneficial for the actual
eyebrows, but the danger is they may
be allowed to go beyond, and so en-
courage the growth of superfiuous
hairs.
The parents of the last 30 years have
learned the importance of seeing that
any undesirable growths in the nose
should not be allowed to strengthen,
but be at once treated by a surgeon.
They are the fruitful source of ear,
throat, and even eye trouble if neglect
ed, as they so often have been in days
gone by.
Nowadays no child should be al
lowed to display a snub nose or a
misshapen one. The cartilage is SO
soft in early youth that massage will
alter and improve the shape, and nose
molding has become an art. Chill
dren should be taught how to breathe
as we'll as how to sit, stand and bow.
Many good people have lost theiF
best chances in life from inability to
produce their breath in such a way
that the lungs, throat, nose and mouth
are all fairly treated An Enclosed
mouth during sleep opens the door to
much disease. In childhood such bad
habits are soon cured, and with the
greatest difficulty when grown up.
1t is astonishing how quickly habits
grow. In a few days a little one
may get into the way of wrinkling III
!. his or her forehead (more often herr
and laying the foundation of prema
ture wrinkles and lines. This should
| be stopped, as it could be permanently
in a week, if done promptly, otherwise
) it will go on and take perhaps years
to put a stop to-, if it is ever done a
all. We have seen in the schoolroon
one child out of a family blinking an
4 bringing most undesirable lines abou
the eyes without anyone noticing; II
In nine cases out Of ten it is a cas-
for an oculist. The child is endeavor
y ing TO see what some defect of visio,
prevents; wearing glasses for awhile
I or some judicious treatment, is prett
sure to nip it in the bud. Carriag
is most essential in a girl. Peopl
= take us at our wi valuation, n
woman who walks and holds hersel
y like a queen gets the homage whic
women love. To some endued wit
natural grace a good carriage come
: naturally, but they are few and far bt
e tween. Direction and care are neces
sary, and reap their W reward. N
house should be without some kin
of exerciser, which, for not too long
time, should form part of the daily oil
& ties when rising. 1t is crim1na! fc
parents and guardians to neglect tn
# care of the skin, the hands, and tn
figure of their children. The youn
n people can hardly have too much fres
8 air or exercise, but they need not IL
n the skin be burned up by the sun, c
d the hands be spread by too much e.
ercise. Girls should not be allowed I
n eat anything and everything, whetht
h good for their complexion or not. TIC
much better too little cream and mil
to much meat and hot cakes, and quic
eating all initiate against beauty
form and face. Over exposure to II
= winds of heaven should be avoided.
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