Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Useful
Moulding Baby's Body
Begin Process, of Making Beautiful
Woman in Nursery.


the nursery" says tho government
Children's Bureau. baby girl is a
plastic thing, and her fnce-even her
body to no small extcnt-can be
nodded, much "a a sculptor would form
an image OF n child In clay. =
The most important feature of tho
face, for beauty, is the mouth. How
fe women there are who have really
pretty mouths! Yet the shape of the
mouth may be largely tho result OF
proper or improper manag enent OF the
child.
1t is with this idea in view that
tho Childrcn's Bureau especially
cautions mothers against allowing the
baby Eirl to suck her thumb. Such n
practice Is Liable to deform tho thumb
10 some extent. but this is n matter
OF relatively small Importance. Tho
main disadvantage OF IT - that It de-
forms the mouth.
There is an old snying that n good
baby sucks Its thumb" Like most old
~ives' notions, IT is mistake AT all
events. the practice is extremely bad
for tho baby. 1t not only doforms the
shape OF the mouth, but has a tendency
10 widen it anu even to thicken the
lips,
Talking Exercises Lips.
Whether II be thumb or ''pacfer"
that does the mischief. not-uncommon
effect OF the constant sucking is to
bend the little teeth outward, causing
them TO protrude.
On the other hand, SO readily does
the mouth In infancy respond to
modelling that a good deal may DO
accomplished for the Improvement OF
SIS shape by tcnching the child to speak
plainly and with distinct articulation.
instead OF allowing il to slur its words.
The lips take form TO some extent at
;!iat period OF life through the exercise
OF talking.
The time TO make pretty girl ia
WHEN tho pretty girl is in the making
In other words, while she is q child.
During tbs early years of life her bones
are soft; and her cartilages are like SO
much putty. by simple and easy
means her face can he nodded TO con-
siderable extent.
Even tho habit OF wiping in a care
less way tho little ones nose may affect
very injuriously the anal shape of the
feature. This seems q triiie. to be sure,
but In reality II Is important The
duty should be performed gently and
with appreciation of the fact that the
fingers which hold the handkerchief
operate to some extent in modelling
The organ they handle.
Later on. when the child is old
enough TO use n handkerchief for it
self, ii should he taught exactly how
20 do it--not too roughly, that is to
say, and without twcakine.
Ono often sees n civilized man or
woman with a distinct line across the
turehead-,hc mark OF a cap worn in
infancy. The line is a mark in tho
bone Of the forehead. How plastic
l,at
been If so Sigh, a pressure that Of
baby cap could have permanently
altered it!
Concerning the Enra.
Few mothers nowadays are so
'houcht!oss IS to tie their babies caps
behind tho ears. This practice affords
the surest means of affecting the child
with very serious disfig uremcnt. Out
standing hat-wing ears will spoil any
hody'> good locks for the cars have
much more TO do with beauty than
most poople suppose. They have.
rather CuriOusly as it would seem, an
Important relation to tho expression of
tn" face.
Tho size OF the ears is beyond CON
troll: II they will grow big. nobody can
help :; No artificc VIII restrain them
in this respect But luckily, most
young people have small cnrs-the ear
being the only feature that continues
TO grow. though very slowly, through
life
Ears offer convenient hooks for
holding the strings OF baby hornets
IN" tudicious mother will sec that the
nurse maid does not use them for that
purpose An incidental bit of caution
wei "orth. while is to avoid carving
Tho chii.s ga ~" arm in such way
lint It's ear is.bout outward Mann a
grown person tc-da! shows by one out.
standing ear ON which arm. whether
q IL lt.. go