The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21
The Child's Right to Beauty
(McCall's Magazine.)

(McCalrs Magazine.)
Many children grow up into plain
looking men and women simply be-
cause their parents, while giving them
the best of education and taking care
of their manners and morals, never
realize that besides all this child has
a right to beauty.
Perfect features are a matter of
chance or heredity, but a vigorous
body, abundant hair, clear skin and
white teeth every child should possess
in early youth. And if the little one is
so unfortunate as to be deficient in this
respect, the mother should do what
she can to remedy the condition and
not it go on in the belief that the child
will grow out Of it. The foundation of
good teeth, skin and hair is laid in
childhood. and if in early life these are
allowed to fall into a condition of dis
ease and neglect it will be extremely
difficult to remedy the defects later.
Another rather important point:
Have you ever noticed how many peo-
pie have ears which project. eyes which
hook bald because they have no eye
lashes nor brOWs, and thumbs which
are broad and fat on the end? That
is because in infancy their mothers
were either Indifferent or ignorant of a
few simple observances which would
have obviated all these physical de-
fects.- Babies for the first few months
are really only tiny bundles of malIea-
BILE cartilage and it behooves mothers
to see that this cartilage is trained in
the way it should go.
About the ears-many men and wo-
men today have to thank the bonnet
/ strings of infant years for oval appen-
dages which establish a resemblance
between them and monkeys. Mothers
should avoid tying anything behind the
baby's ears. A good plan, when the
baby is asleep, is to lay 1t on its side
so the little head will press the ear fiat
So common has become this disfigure-
ment that skeleton caps of crossed rib
bons are made to press the baby's ears
close to the head. Children with ears
that project should sleep with this ar
rangement over the ears.
Many children inherit bald eyes,
or eyes without lashes and only a shad-
ow where the brows should be. This
is especially the case when one or both
parents are blends.
Pure vaseline rubbed on the brows
several times daily and put on the lash
es at night will promote immediate
| growth. Nor does this apply only to
| Nothing too strong can be said
against permitting children to suck
their thumbs. Charming and heart
6elighting as this common occupation
of the baby is to the average mother
nothing will more surely ruin the
shape of the hands. 1t is the cause of
broad, fiat thumbs in after life. A lit
tie bitter preparation put upon the
baby's thumbs will render these rosy
digits less palatabie, and after one or
two attempts baby will soon forget the
injurious habit.
Children 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 a way
that the lungs, throat, nose and mouth
are all fairly treated An Enclosed
mouth during sleep opens the door to
much disease. III childhood such bad
habits are soon cured. and with the
greatest difficulty when grown up.
II is astonishing how quickly habits
/ grow In a few DAYS little one may
get into the way of wrlnkling up his
or her forehead (more often herr, and
| laying the foundation of premature
wrinkles and lines This should be
stopped, as it could be permanently in
a week, if done promptly, otherwise 1t
will go on and take perhaps years to
| put a stop TO. If it is ever done at ALL
| I have seen in the schoolroom one child
out of a family blinking and bringing
/ most undesirable lines about the eyes
without anybody noticing it. In nine
cases out of ten il is a case for an
oculist. The child is endeavoring to
see what some defect Of vision pre-
vents: wearing glasses for while, or
some judicious treatment is pretty sure
to nip this in the bud.
Carriage is most essential TO a girl
People take us at our own valuation.
and woman who walks and holds
herself like a queen gets the homage
which women love. A shutting gait
and a careless way of sitting and stand,
ing. are opposed to grace and dignity
OF bearing. To some endowned with nat
ural grace a good carriage comes natu-.
rally, but they are few and far be-
tween. Direction and care are neces-
sary, and reap their own reward.
Even people who love children great
ly are often curiously CRUEL to them.
Who does not know the child in a
small cap III the hot summer. sun. with
perhaps binding white veil tied fiat
ly over its little face. getting. It's eyes
hurt in the dazzling light? Who does
not know the babies under handker-
chiefs which keep them breathing the
same air over and over again? Who
does not know the bare arms, bare legs
and bare necks of little ones whose
delicate frames are less fitted than ours
would be to bear the the same expo
sure? II our imaginations were now
more awake and our willingness to
obey custom were less active, we could,
not only In clothes. but also in food,
give them a better chance to grow up