Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-10-19
THE RARY'S BATH.

that exerts so powerful an effect upon
the infant health as care or neglect of
the infants daily bath. Old wives
often insist that some children, which
means always their children, are too
delicate TO batho. Young mothers
often are frightened out of giving tho
bath daily because the child cries and
seems unhappy. It is not the bath
that Injuries child, but the way in
which it is given. Tho water may be
too cod or too hot Thore is only ono
way of settling this matter with per-
fectsurety, that is with a thermom-
eter. AS rule the water for bathing
ayounT child should be ninoty degrees.
After it IL year old the temperature
may be reduced to the temperature of
the room. Never begin to bathe an in
FAINT until every article to be used in
bathing and dressing it is laid out ready
at hand. Ono of the most ncces iary
articles of tho bath is a good sized tub.
A large foot tub is better and cheaper
for this purpose than the regular
chllds 8 bath-tub because it is lar.rcr.
and abundance of water is necessary.
A rubber apron for the mother or
nurse that bathcs the child, ard large
blanket apron to spreud over and en-.
velop the child when first taken ON
the bath is a necessity 10 the child's
comfort Do not on any account re-
ceive a child from the bath on the rub
Der apron. The chill it will receive
from such ca"el essncss will counter
act all good effects of bathing. Allow
tho baby 10 remain in tho water from
five to ten minutes, never longer. The
hannel or anket apron should be
warmed to receive the baby when it is
taken out, and the child should be
dried with soft linen towel as rapid
ly as possible, rubbing tho body with
a friction tIwel to stimulate the circu-
lation. Dress the little one carefully,
uncovering only part Of the body at
time. If a child is properly bathed it
will be hungry soon after. Arrange
the bath-hour so it will come just be-
fore one Of the morning feeding
hours. Before the ten o'clock or
eight o'clock hour is usually most
convenient If the bath is delayed
till before ten o'clock it will come be-
fore its long midday nap, and baby
kept fed at regular hours and bathcd
regular y at this time will fall asleep
after feeding if it is we'll, and often
sleep till one or two O'Clock. No in
telligent mother will wake up child
to feed it. 1t is. however prudent to
regulate the hours of an infants
sleeping as soon as IL begins life,
when most of its time is spent in
sleeping. Between its feeding hours
of four and six in the afternoon the
child had best be kept awake by
gentle means. Ii will then be ready
to sleep after its six o'clock moal, and
usually will wake only twice or three
times in the night, and then only just
long enough to be fed. Most healthy
babies, however, do wake up at sun.
rise, whom IL ia well to feed and take
them cut in the morning air, if posi-
BILE, as they. seom iubilant with high
spirits, ready 10 shout with the bi ,'s
and all nature that the night has
passed and the now day has come. 49,
N. Y. Tribune.
--"Can't stay home from church
with you, pa, just to-dayP" pleaded
Bobby. ''No, Robert, you must 90
with your mother" Then he added
to his wife, as he slapped his morning
paper into position: Il believe my
mothers old adage: Train up
child in the way he should go. and
when he is old he will not depart from
it. Life.
Nudge -, "Yabsley and Miss
Flyppe have been out on the balcony
for over an hour. believe he has
been kissing her. I'll just notice her
when they come in and see II she is
blushing or looks embarrassed"
Wickwire--" ~ ou're foolish. It is the
man you want to watch for signs OF
Embarrassment In case Of that kind"