The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-28

, Many an casy-GoiHE mother has
lived 20 dread the oCt-Tepcated qucs-
ton from her child: why did you let
me do it?'' This is particularly true In
! the matter OF personal diShgurenent |,
\ tritling habit. easily broken iu
some feature of an otherwise pleasant
face is sadly Contortcd. II is so mucn
easier TO let baby-boy suck his thunD
and stare at the ceiling in silent con
tentment than to fight the habit with
a thumb cot-yet only the other DAY
! met a boy who never, never smiled
while I was at his house. When |
had gained, his confidence. L ledrn h
that by sucking his thumb as BABY,
he had spoiled the shape OF his mouth.
Now. whenever he smiles. the upper
lip is lifted hideously. displaying not
only his upper teeth but prominent
upper gums as we'll AS soon as this
boy has earned the money, he says
he is going to an eminent surgeon TO
have that lip operated upon: That rs
why he is afraid to smile. A little Sirl
who was permitted to suck her thumb
until she was old enough to go TO
school, now has two prominent upper
teeth that stick out like tusks.
Many mothers who sit up nights TO
make baby clothing fine enough for
a rich mans child, are too busy TO
see that the same baby gets fair
start toward personal attractiveness,
If not beauty.
If your baby has prominent ears.
make some little night caps that VIII
lit down snuCly over the offending
without a cap. The ears should not be
strapped close to the head. but they
should be held in position during the
sleeping hours SO that they are not
pushed further from the head.
II his nose is broad and shapeless
massage it gently. always working II
out between thumb and forchnGer 10
Il point. Think how often YOU sit
h. t-i,t
vour knee just suppose that II. v nm
tho book in one hand. you nissaScd
his missharcn 't;l' nose with the
other for ten or fifteen minutes, morn
irr and afternoon. how much you
could do toward improving its shape.
II it has L tendency to turn up III q
mug. massage IL gently but firmly with
a downward stroke toward the lips.
training them before baby is month
old Rub them gently each night with
vaseline: and. after the bath each
morning. brush them into good arch
with a tiny soft brush which You can
buy for this purpose at any drug
store. II the lashes are tim. ask your
family doctor to cut them at least ,
twice before baby is three months Old
This encourages the growth. knew
young mother whose principal Ia
cial defect had always been colorless.
thin lashes and brows. Her nuspn anu,
lines. When her babies came. she used
the treatment outlined above; and.
though both children had light hair
like their parents, their appearance
was greatly helped by long lashes
and well-formed brows. quite a little
darker than the hair.
Children object so strenuously 70
shampooinE that easy-Eoing mothers
are apt to neglect this important fea-
ture of the care of the hair. AS a
result, dandruff assails the scalp
The little head should be washed at
least once a week with an egg sham
poo, so long as the child is in the
more tidy. the head should be sham
pooed at least once n fortnight, with
a raw egg beaten up in warm. not het,
water.
Unless the hair is extremely oily.
the scalp may he massaged once n
week with pure olive oil. This IS a