Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1901 — ABOUT THE BABY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ABOUT THE BABY

The 'besf-born babies will grow up with the manners of barbarians unless they are taught the little graces and courtesies of the table. The nursery tea is now an established institution, and the tiniest men and women are there taught to observe the restraints and etiquette of the table which are proper, and which a little later make of the small member a very delightful and welcome addition to the family board. Little children should be taught not to sit sidewise or on the edges of their chairs or to lean hack In them, or to put their elbows on the table, says the Philadelphia Press. They should not be permitted to play with bread or stray silver, and should be taught to wipe their little mouths before and after drinking, and not to drink until after they have swallowed what they may be eating. Do not allow the little ones of your family to turn up their glasses or mugs on to their noses while drinking. Show them how to break a potato with a fork, how to carry a fork to the mouth with the tine curving down like a bowl. Teach them to take soup quietly from thfe side of the spoon. Watch them and see that they do not put their spoons and forks too far into their mouths, and that they do not crowd their mouth with food. Little children are great mimics, and after they have been once properly trained in table manners commit fewer breaches of etiquette than their elders. Hence the importance of carefully watching them, of setting them a correct example and of checking Improper tendencies as soon as they appear. She’* n Promoter. Mrs. Anna McElroy Brett, formerly of Ohio, who represented Texas at the congress of independent telephone man-

agers at Buffalo, owns a franchise for an lnd e p e ndent telephone system at El Paso, and hns organized a company in Cleveland to build the plant. She Is also organizing a building and Investment company that will operate 4 at El

Paso. Mrs. Brett and her husband built the first independent telephone system that competed with the Bell. They were the promoters of the Detroit system wdth Henry Everett Since her husband's death, Mrs. Brett has carried on the same line of work. For Fat and Lean. Doable chins are again doubled by high pillows. Eat cereals, drink milk and quarts of water to help pad your bones. Toast for stout people, never fresh bread. Omit a meal a day and drink sparingly. Tight lacing Is the curse of maidens. The waist will be small enough if you know how to exercise. The lean girl should eat potatoes roasted, with plenty of butter, or mashed with cream. Avoid pork nnd lord. Stout women rear backward and add fifty pounds to their appearance. Walk from the hips and walk straight. Bad breath Is an insult to your acquaintances. Tlnctnreiof myrrh aud camphor are cheap and effective. Never use perfume. Girl* Who Walk Gracefully. Girls w ho walk gracefully know how to maintain a correct balance. The shoulders are thrown back, the spine straightened and the back just below the waistline curved inward. The legs swing easily and freely from the hip joints, and the weight of the body is thrown upon the ball of the foot, not upon the heels. Nine women out of every ten walk upon their heels. Do not forget that correct walking means a light, elastic, springing step. If you walk properly you will not tire easily and the exercise will be beneficial. On the other hand, if you walk Incorrectly, the exercise Is fatiguing and of no hygienic avail. Whit* Glove*, White gloves have been In regular fashion standing for twelve years now, and by all signs nnd omens for reading the future they are good for another dosen years for modish patronage. Very heavy cream-white dogskin gloves are the choicest dress for the hands In the morning. These boast one button, not of the patent clasp variety-

MRS. BRETT.