Juvenile Ailments and How to Cure Them
An agrarian era column offers practical health tips for boys skin care tips include patting dry with old linen and avoiding fuss. Advice covers nails eyes lips and rough towels plus a home remedy paste for pimples and a camphor scented wash. A simple mutton tallow hand treatment is recommended along with a baked chocolate pudding recipe for dessert.
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Boyes
Fashions for the Growing Boy From the two to six year old
The piece outlines boy fashion trends emphasizing manliness over frills. It covers fabrics and colors for different ages, small boys in plain clothes, leggings and overcoats, home sewing tips, and practical details like sturdy shirts and bloomers for knee protection.
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Norfolk
Fitting up the real boys room with practical style
A mother should consult her sons for room design as boys know what they want. Avoid girlish decorations, favor two rooms with twin beds, a den with a couch, bookcase, and reading lamp, and color schemes in golds browns or warm reds. Let teens contribute to the setup and even DIY accents to reflect individual tastes.
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Nellie
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Is the American Boy Rude in Social Life
A critical view of American boys labeled uncouth and nuisance until adulthood. The piece contrasts American and English family life, urging mothers to model proper table manners and dress, and recounts how a disciplined purchase of a tuxedo improved a teen’s conduct at home and in the presence of guests.
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George
Harry
Wick
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