The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
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BEAUTY IN CHILDREN LARGELY
A MATTER OF HEALTH.

that suffocating false growth back of
! the nose: so IL your small daughter or
son sleeps with the mouth open and
/ breathes in a choking way consult a doc
/ tor at once.
In the event OF any of the serious throat
! illness to which children are subject. the
, presence OF adanoids imperiis the chance
OF recovery. a child in this condition will
/ also be apt to keep the mouth open at
| all times and talk, as the saying is,
| through the nose. And a mouth con-
stantly kept open is not a beautifying
! possession.
So much for the beauty that depends
on health. There are certain little de-
tails of a childs appearance that can be
| improved by various superficial means
quite permissible.
The busy mother is very apt to let her
! children go their happy. care-free way
/ If they are healthy and reasonably clean
! Tommy is taught to scrub his hands be-
| fore coming to the table, and Bessie to
| do her hair afresh. If Tommys hands
are chapped and Bessie has a succession
of cold sores or chapped lips, mother is
very apt to say that is the way with chill
dren.
But, oh, when an invitation to a party
comes and Tommy's hands look like lit
! tie scarlet nutmeg graters and mother
| finds that he has bitten his nails to the
| quick, how these defects do show up in
connection with the best suit, particular
! ly if it happens to be black velvet And
no amount of ruffied lace or delicate rib
bons will hide the fact that Bessie has
an extremely coarse complexion and
bleeding lips.
First as to those chapped hands and
| broken nails. Find a pair of old gloves
several sizes too large for the child to
wear at night, and when you tell her OF
the purpose for which they are to he
used, explain how great queens and beau
ties OF history used just such gloves. Ap-
peal to the chiId's Imagination and love
of romance. Don't tell a child she must
wear these gloves because she has been
naughty, naughty girl Try the in
hucnCe of the word good instead OF
bad" of do instead Of don't"
For the little youngsters who will take
of their mittens and come in with chap
ped hands, the following pomade is very
healing: Cocoa butter. l ounce; oil of
sweet almonds, l ounce; oxide of zinc, l
drachm; boraX, / drachm; oil of berGa-
mot, drops. You should heat the cocoa
butter and the almond oil in a double
boiler until well blended, then add the
zinc and borax, stir them together until
quite cool, and add the bergamot oil
last. Rub this on the hands at night
before slipping on the old gloves.
Watch the finger nails of the young
sters. If they bite them, put little arnica
or some harmless bitter lotion on their
finger tips. The very painful hangnail is
prevalent among children. These should
be cut by the mother with a very sharp
nail scissors, then rubbed with vaseline
or some healing pomade.
Look we'll to the teeth of the little ones.
| do not know why it is. but almost with
out exception small children dislike TO
have their teeth cleaned. Charcoal and
tincture of myrrh are very beneficial 10
the teeth of the young, and both are
easily procured at even a small drug
store.
With ChiIdrens hair, as with that of
their parents, shsmPooinC at frequent
intervals is a necessity. vet this is some
thing which many mothers are prone to
neglect Perhaps the most nourishing |
and safest shampoo for children is made |
as follows: Melt cake OF pure CASTLE |
soap in a quart of boiling water. This
can be bottled and kept for months at
A time. Wet the hair first with warm wa |
ter then take about two tablespoons OF |
this soft soap and rub il thoroughly into
the scalp with small brush. Massage
it well into the scalp and through the
hair with the tips of your fingers. Rinse |
in several waters that are quite warm
and finally in one cold water, which will |
prevent the child from catching cold. |
Dry it in the sunshine. The Child's hair |
should be shampOoed in this way at least |
once a month.