English: The Countess Potocka. From a photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl after a Pastel attributed to Angelica Kauffmann [1]

English: The Pride of Womanhood: "Health and beauty require that intelligent attention be given to the care of the hair, skin, teeth, and nails. These are woman's pride."

Identifier: womaningirlhoodw00soli (find matches)
Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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y many author-ities as the type of perfect female beauty. The height of this figure is five feet, less than that ofthe average American woman. The head is small and theface oval in shape, the breadth being two-thirds of thelength. The waist measures thirty inches in circumferenceand is four inches in length, being a much larger waistthan that of the fashionable woman of to-day. Deformities May Be Avoided.—Such perfection is ne-cessarily a gift of Nature. Many irregularities, however,occur in the figure which are due to deformities that mighthave been prevented, and to faulty positions that were as-sumed through ignorance. THE PREVENTION OF DEFORMITIES. It is always much easier to prevent deformities thanto remedy them after they have occurred. How Deformities are Acquired.—Many deformities oc-cur during infancy and are directly due to the ignorance ofthe nurse or the mother. Children who are improperly nourished often developa condition known as rickets, in which all the bones are
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THE PRIDE OF WOMANHOOD. Health and beauty require that intelligent attention be given tothe care of the hair, skin, teeth and nails. These are womanspride. Directions arc given in this volume. THE FIGURE 63 soft. When a child suffering from this disease starts towalk, its legs always become bowed. Improper methods of holding the baby may lead toserious deformities, especially of the spine. The properway in which an infant should be held when carried aboutand when nursed is described in Chapters XXIV andXXIX. The back and neck must always be supported. Itis not well to hold the baby in the arms too much. TheHindoo nurse seldom or never takes the infant on her kneeor in her arms. She puts it down on the floor or on a mat,where it lies quietly until it gets sufficient strength to rollabout. Improper clothing may also produce deformities, cor-sets and tight lacing being especially harmful. Faulty position, however, is the most common cause.The proper position for standing or sitting will

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