The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-26

Happening TO visit lady who was in
blissful possession Of her first baby. She
begged me TO tell her where she could find
a corset for the infant, or even a pattel n IN
make one. She remembered that her own
baby brothers and sisters were inclosed in
such an article. but she remembered ~
peculiarities of form only in that yayue
way which ladies who are born In idleness
are likely 10 recollect. .'Did you wear a
corset when you were baby 2" we in
quired. Certainly. Don't YOU see how
slight am" We have observed il. In.
deed, we have often perplexed our brains
about this lady's figure. She was six feet
and one inch in height. and "a slight and
graceful as willow and just about As frail
The corset explained il. Doubtless there
was so much material To dispose of some
hew. and IL was forced to be oblong. as the
corset refused to give IL room Il spread
itself. Now this idea may not be scientific
but facts are facts. My friend, who was
remarkably beautiful, very lovely in ,u
womanly ways, and as accomplished and
cultivated as the best masters and close
and continuous corsets permitted. did not
live TO see the birth of her second baby,
Her chest was too narrow, and she died
as many other people do, speedily and AL
most painlessly. of decayed lungs. Could
she have found an infants corset pattern.
her baby would have followed her very
soon. or course, baby must wear a
smooth, unhemmed flannel bandage above
its abdomen for month. but after that
we should trust toits muscles. Dress il in
soft, white flannel next 70 its person, keen
IL in warm loose clothing, but do not permit
the room 10 be over-heated, or the air 10
be unchanged less than three times "A day.
and yet never permit il 10 be exposed 10 a
draft. Never remove 1t from the nursery
without lifting the window so that pure
oxygen may await its return. Clothe its
feet and legs with warm, hing stockings.
but do nor retain long dresses AN hour AZ
ter its feet become active and the child in
dicates It's desire for exercise. The mis-
shapen legs that are So frequently seen up
on boys. and the ungraceful carriage of
many girls and women. may be traced 10
that vanity of the mothers which kept a
long, unrumpled white dress upon the
baby until IL was 5 or 10 months old. OF
course all the life that an infant possesses
Is manifested by motion and appetite. and
one Is of as vital consequence as the other
Many mothers never permit a scream To
issue from the baby's mouth. even when,
perhaps. the noise only means cry for
more air in its lungs. but they pass more
TODD into its stomach, TO invite collie, which
does not, as "A general thing. refuse the in
vitat.on. A wise mother knows that
babe cannot generate warmth as rapidly as
am Older person. and she dresses IL accord
lngly. a tender mother l. likely 10 fur
nish too much animal warmth, by over
much caressing. and, ifshe be not healthy.
she is likely TO vitiate the atmosphere that
Il breathes. No one should sleep with a
babe. Ii is not wholesome for ither party,
and the rest of the child j. broken by the
nervous stir of the mother. or else she re-
mains SO quiet that she fails of proper rest,
and the nourishment given 10 the babe is
not likely 10 agree with it, sensitive di-
gestive organs. A baby should always
sleep i'm crib by its mothers side.-He
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