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■ Little girls should be careful, whether walking or sitting, to
■? turn their feet out. The habit of turning the feet toward each
? other is extremely awkward. The practice of shrugging, the
■' shoulders is still more so ; they should always be carried as
?' low as possible. These things are of very little consequence,
■* compared with what relates to the mind and heart ; but we
cannot help acquiring habits ; and it is better to acquire good
1^ than bad ones, even in the most trifling things.
The beauty of the hair depends greatly upon keeping it

*■* perfectly clean and disentangled. Washing the hair with luke-

■" warm soft water, with a little soap in it, and thorough brushing

afterwards, is much better than the too frequent use of the

ivory comb ; many, who take excellent care of tUeltVAkt^^^

■"'not use an ivory comb at a\\. '&o\!Wsv<ea va. ^^^^^s^^***^



am Tilt gikl's ovs book.
mora diBtingniihod for fine rnul glosBj hair
Hen iBlanders : it is said to be tlie effect of f.
Silk niglitcapa are more cool and bcallhy than
French coub cliildren'shnir entirelj back fr
after the fashion of our grand mothcva. It is ai
for it checks its growing low upon the forcli
and prevents the tendency to crossing the e-
duccd by looking at the hair when it falls in s
Physicians liavc agreed that it is better to 1
until n child is nino or ten years old. An ab
at an early ngc, is apt to produce ireak eji
hcadaclie : besides, the idea that hair is i
frciiuent cutting in childhood, is entirely unfou

Kcgular hours for food, atndy, escrcisc, plo
excellent effect on the character, as ncll as tlx



ifc/.
