The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1900, Page 5

S —— Polishing is hardly worth while in any , 2 nt p g is out of style tsy £ However, if 1 » plenty U w g€ harming -re- b bbing the pink nails to a ken with r S exam I ! Their THE REFORMATION OF A PLS NOSE.. oughly morning and night, occasionally using a carefully chosen tooth powder. Dental floss is another toilet requisite. While we are talking about the mouth, listerine deserves a few words. It Is an invaluable antiseptic. A sore throat is often cured by it and more serious ill- nesses prevented. Mixed with warm water it may be used as a gargle, and the learn- ing to gargle is amusing to any child. Rinsing out the mouth with a soiution of listerine wards off many ills. Avoid SWeet much dentistry by avoiding many r who never ate can- but er at all; 1 teeth, stomach and complexion. The ears should never be forgotten. can’'t be helped, but there is TOED SNOES THE RIGRHT * no necessity for their standing out from the head as if about to flop. Carelessness | in a mother or nurse is usually responsi- | ble for this defect. lowed to lie in such a position as to press the ears forward. Often a touch will rightf ficient plastic grace to carry them out in this. In an obstinate case a little skeleton cap may be made of tape or ribbon and worn at night. Let the ties under the chin be so loose as not to interfere with per- fect breathing. Beyond the beauties of face, look out for i those of form. A thousand exercises are | taught nowadays to develop grace and !curves. Simple dances are the most en- | joyable for both you and the child. If the { little one cannot attend dancing school | you may turn the nursery intg a ballroom fn.nd have delightful hops with your own | daughter. Unconsciously the muscles of | her beautiful litttle body will come under IR — | her control, and she will gain a poise that | ‘l direct effort can't accomplish, | There are mental beauties, too, that can | "be cultivated, and which would take a | dozen more pages to discuss. Smiles and | laughter, plenty of them, are great beau- | tifiers. They can’'t be taught—they don't | need to be. All they ask for is encour- agement. Good table manners may make a plain child appear beautiful, especially when brought into contrast with the spoon- banging and butter-smearing habits of | Many children arc al- i { some more neglected baby. | tle people to eat daintily, and they have | made the first step toward being good din- Goo> TABLE ANNER S ARE BEAUTIFYING.: 7 FilLe. THE. FINcERNAILS Teach the lit- ner table companions. It's the old case of handsome is as hand- some does. Dancing in Russia. * The modern society ball in America s little more than a dress promenade, but in a Russian ballroom the guests actually dance; they do not merely shamble to and fro In a crowd, crumpling their clothes and ruffling their tempers, and call it a set of quadrilles. They have ample space for the sweeping movements and compli- cated figures of all the orthodox ball | dances, and are generally gifted with suf- | | ) | | | | 1 i | i | | | style. They carefully cultivate dances calling for a kind of grace which is almost beyond tHe reach of art. The nffzurka is one of the finest of ‘these, and it is quite | a* favorite at balls on the banks of the Neva. It needs a good deal of room, one | or more spurred officers and grace. Listen to the description: ““The dash with which the partners rush forward, the clinking and clattering of spurs as heel clashes with heel in midair, punctuating the stac- cato of the music; the loud thud of boots striking the ground, followed by their sib- ilant slide along the polished .toor; ‘hen the swift springs and sudden bounds, the whirling gyrations and dizzy evolutions, the graceful genuflections and quick em- braces and all the other intricate and maddening movements to the accompani- ment of one of Glinka's or Tschaikow- sky’s masterpieces, awaken and mobilize antique heroism and medieval chivalry.” There is more genuine rleasure in being the spectator of a soul-thrilling dance like that than in taking an active part in the lifeless make-believes performed at so- ciety balls in many of the more western countries of Europe or in America.