THE VANITY OF MOTHERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 11

THE VANITY OF MOTHERS.

'• \l.t'is.-jV!i!his;dme'.if!.xear;tha^tbq'mc^eri/' person ' has ;her .;f eelings by' : •' the. sight of, chil.dren; wh'ose' 'pareiits .have .surely! moro vanity than sonso. so,j.:Qroloss are' they: abqut' their / children's; eyes,. ■It/is -. quite ;.a : comm'oh; :,thing " to";see':'a "party bf "children . going":for >jpicnic>by. tram or - boat' ; in' little" t'ancy,;cap3'- that - afford ;ab3olutelv rib "prdteo? tioh to'the: oyes. ■ -The ; mothers are 'probably provided .with'" wide, 1 shady-, lints, and 'even then they: will complain ; of .the' glare', ' but they appear to' ,be quite content if :the children have- some sort; of'.cap, ;or". hat;-!:' that/ covers ' the'hair;'and: leaves. : ,the. rp's,t„.of the; head! baro.'_ .'Meaiiwhile the Jother'passengers' v/ateh. the children : inyolunta'rily. : ,:vn-ihkling". up . their fa'ces vin . a yaiii attempt' !to" relio'vp tho,'strain- upon .'the .eyes, -"arid, thoy! do"!'not ! . wonder., that so/, many,.pretty' children ,grow: up '' plain'. ! .. . Nor.' can . they . wonder V'that! ,so! many 'children .-have to. wear spectacles'.'or', undergo, treatment at.a .tlmo'.'whe.n tljpirVeye-: sight Should be -p'crfect." The' carelesshess of [ mothers;-.-in :.this' respect !.is'amazing.''Only the > other .day I' ; , Eat in'.a'-.tram ■,opposite a' mother who: had -a'-little cliild pf-i perhapSi! "about-a year.Old on, ller-' lcnee,, and who held, tho: child .so .that it.' ,the, ■. sunsljiub.y;, JSvpry .time .tHe ,tram, passed ■' a .'place where : there' wais V break in tho. ho.uses'.tliatict -tfiijiV .suriliglit ;intp'.'tHp . car',;'"tHo,. '.babj': • jiwftped. aii'd,winced as- if. it, had,bee'n'.'s|iOt!" 'riieii the .'mother "would, .'siaile' .dowii' ;'at.' It! . and."'settlo-it", more ;squaroly!. On vher! Knee— ; in..,th'o;.'surißhiiie! ; , ,It. i's'-iieartyr always 1 tho ;tiriy ..children'wlio.suffer.;'"The, 'older '.onW. can !probabjy ; lo6k;after themselves,\'b'u^' i ;tho* vefy! ; i tiny ' .on'pg';''„'tho'!'.b'abie3.' in iperamb'ulritbrsj -'or,! , the ,tpddlPrs, f these' are,'the'ones.. that' must' !be' subjected to'the risk 1 of; blindness ;in tho future, in order; that they, may 'look pretty now., ' . ' .. .