omb injures the hair. Thorough combing,
washing in suds, or N.E. rum, and thorough brushing, will keep it
in order; and the washing does not injure the hair, as is generally
supposed. Keep children's hair cut close until ten or twelve years
old; it is better for health and the beauty of the hair. Do not sleep
with hair frizzled, or braided. Do not make children cross-eyed, by
having hair hang about their foreheads, where they see it continually.

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HINTS TO PERSONS OF MODERATE FORTUNE

[FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS JOURNAL.]

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When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks.--SHAKSPEARE.

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FURNITURE.

The prevailing evil of the present day is extravagance. I know very
well that the old are too prone to preach about modern degeneracy,
whether they have cause or not; but, laugh as we may at the sage
advice of our fathers, it is too plain that our present expensive
habits are productive of much domestic unhappiness, and injurious
to public prosperity. Our wealthy people copy all the foolish and
extravagant caprice of European fashion, without considering that we
have not their laws of inheritance among us; and that our frequent
changes of policy render property far more precarious here than in the
old world. However, it is not to the rich I would speak. They have an
undoubted right to spend their thousands as they please; and if they
spend them ridiculously, it is consoling to reflect that they must,
in some way or other, benefit the poorer classes. People of moderate
fortunes have likewise an unquestioned right to dispose of their
hundreds as they please; but I would ask, Is it _wise_ to risk your
happiness in a foolish attempt to keep up with the opulent? Of what
_use_ is the effort which takes so much of your time, and _all_ of
your income? Nay, if any unexpected change in affairs should deprive
you of a few yearly hundreds, you will find your expenses have
_exceeded_ your income; thus the foundation of an accumulating debt
will be laid, and your family will have formed habits but poorly
calculated to save you from the threatened ruin. Not one valuable
friend will be gained by living beyond your means, and old age will be
left to comparative, if not to utter poverty.

There is nothing in which the extravagance of the present day strikes
me so forcibly as the manner in wh