Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
eAsY.s REQUIREMENTS

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4 OUubplet0 List Of the Clothine Neose.
sary for an Infants Comfort.
A baby must have enough clothes to
enable it to be kept perfectly sweet
and clean; but it soon outgrows those
it wears at first and. as they do not
improve while lying By awaiting sec
Ond term of service. it is wise not to
have too large a stock to begin with.
A few more can be purchased at any
time if they are needed. and in larger
sizes than would be provided at first
Something depends upon the laundry
arrangements. If the clothes do not
come from the wash regularly at an
appointed time. more will be needed
than if their prompt appearance could
be relied upon.
The following list represents the
medium Of requirement. and can be
added to or curtailed rs circumstances
demand:
Six plain slips. for everyday wear.
Six slips of thicker material. for
night wear.
Four dresses of medium length. with
embroidered Jokes.
One long dress. for christening or
state occasion.
One white skirt, to be worn with the
long dress.
Four flannel petticoats. long enough
to come we'll below the feet.
Five ribbed Saxony shirts, high
necked and long sleeved.
Four wide bands of very soft fan
mel. furnished with tapes to fasten
them.
Six pairs of IS. knitted or GRO
cheted.
Four dozen napkins.
One flannel wrapper.
One flannel blanket
One knitted blanket
Two knitted jackets.
Cloak and hood; in summer, two lace
caps.
1t will be observed that white
skirts are omitted. except one, without
which the long dress would not look
well. Many mothers consider them
unnecessary, and. as baby's clothing
should be as light as is consistent with
warmth. it is better not to use them.
The flannel petticoats should be long
enough to pin up over the feet. az the
old-fashioned barrow Cor pinning
blankeD is now generally discarded.
They should be made with straight cot
ton waists, fastened with tapes.
The Saxony shirts must be worn at
night as we'll as by day, and this ne
cessitates good supply. The bands
are about three-quarters of yard
long and seven or eight inches wide.
as they shrink with careless washing.
The napkins are best made at home
of soft. thick. twilled cotton. If nice
ones are desired. linen diaper can be
used; but its absorbent properties do
not equal those of the cotton. They
should be yard and quarter long
and twenty-five inches wide. forming
almost a square when doubled. Some
mothers use two. placing 4 smaller one
inside. A thick triangle of old fam
mel. pinned over the napkin at night,
is a good protection. Half yard of
rubber sheetlng can be spread in the
crib under the sheet. A napkin should
never be used more than twice-in
washed and scalded in boiling water.
The flannel blanket may have two
inch hem. feather stitched with wash
ing silk, or be ornamented in any way
the mother pleases. 1t is to wrap
around the child when it is carried from
room to room
The knitted blanket can be knit of
wool yard long and
nearly as wide. 1t is used to spread on
the lap to receive the child when it is
lifted from its bath.
One knitted jacket is to wear under |
the cloak when it goes out; the other
to put over the night-dress if the room
is unusually cold.
The cloak and hood must vary in
with the season at which they
are to be worn. In summer. lace caps
are the prettiest covering for the head.
No pins should be used about a
baby's dress except the safety-pin that
fastens the napkins. If this rule is
rigidly adhered to. pins are excluded
from the list of possible causes of tit
Of crying: Good Housekeeping.
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