Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
CHILDREN AND BEAUTY.
From Children's Earliest Years Par.
ents Should See After Appear
ance as Well as Health.


failure in good looks, and often in
health, solely due to want of care in
youth. Children are allowed, for ex-
ample, to go about with their hair
hanging over their faces, so that they
lose portion of their eyebrows. or
at all events. spoil the appearance of
these aids to beauty, the same re-
suit accruing if the fringe is allowed
to Groop 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 DID, 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 combing 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 80 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 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 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 well as how to sit, stand and bow.
Many good people have lost their
best chances in life from inability to
produce their breath in such 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 up
his or her forehead (more often her),
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 stop to, if it is ever done at
all. We have seen in the, schoOlrOom
one child out of family blinking and
bringing most undesirable lines about
the eyes without anyone noticing it.
In nine cases out of ten it is a case
for an oculist. The child is endeavOr-
ing TO see what some defect of vision
prevents; wearing glasses for awhile.
or some judicious treatment, is pretty
sure to nip it in the bud. Carriage
is most essential in girl. People
take us at our own valuation, and
woman who walks and holds herself
like a queen gets the homage which
women love. To some endued with
natural grace a good carriage comes
naturally, but they are few and far be-
tween Direction and care are neces-
sary, and reap their own reward. No
house should be without some kind
of exerciser, which, for not too long
time, should form part Of the daily du-
ties when rising. 1t is criminal for
parents and guardians to neglect the
care of the skin, the hands, and the
figure of their children. The young
people can hardly have too much fresh
air or exercise, but they need not let
the skin be burned up by the sun, or
the hands be spread by too much ex-
ercise. Girls should not be allowed to
eat anything and everything, whether
good for their complexion or not. Too
much better too little cream and milk,
to much meat and hot cakes, and quick
eating all initiate against beauty of
form and face. Over exposure to tina
winds of heaven should be avoided.
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