Between the dark and the daylight.
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Children's Hour.
I hear in the chamber above me,
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened,
And voices soft and sweet.
--Longfellow.
Scrubbing Tender Faces.--Children have tender skins as a rule, and yet
mothers are very apt to scrub the little faces with soap and water and
send them out to play. Think of such treatment in connection with your own
skin. If the children are going out at once after the washing, use warm
water with plain unscented soap, then rub a little good cold cream into
the skin.
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