Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-10-01
lE OF TIE GILL
DIV kAAds to It's Health
] and Comfort

HN HE two babies sat side by side
on the nursery floor on warm
/ day in summer. Both were
plump, sweet and bright for
their ages, but close observation show
ed that while one child played content
eddy with its toes the other soon began
to wriggle and act as If it were very
uncomfortable These performances
ended in roar of such volume that the
mother hastily snatched up the uncom-
Portable youngster, exclaiming in an
noyance: "Oh, what bad temper my
little Peter has! How / wish he would
sit quietly and play like your sweet
little Mariong' Marioa's mother smiled
quietly. 'sWill you let me see how you
have dressed your babyf'' she said.
Examination revealed the fact that
poor little Peter was first confined in
a wide flannel band pinned very tight
~. Then there was knitted shirt over
the arms and high in the neck. Then
the heavy flannel pinning blanket was
fastened on by means of another tight
band about the upper part of the waist.
In addition to this, the poor child had
flannel petticoat fastened with still an
other band, and over all there came the
dress, very long and covered with
heavy tucking and embroidery
The contented baby, on the other
hand, thanks to her sensible mother,
was dressed in this wise. First she
wore band of raw silk, then pinning
blanket of fine flannel plainly made
and attached to a waist of thin cam
brio, in order to have all, even Of that
| light weight, depend from the Shout
ders. Then came the simplest of little
dress slips, edged only with fine thread
lace.
Indeed, the tendency now is to dress
the child as lightly as possible 1t is
as bad for the child to be oyerdressed
as it is for grown person. The new
est little flannel petticoat for baby is
made like a princess slip, the upper
part being of cambria. It is without
gathered fullness and fastens on the
shoulder with two narrow straps, each
having a buttonhole and a button.
Thus whatever weight there is comes
| from the shoulders.
The young child is merely little an
| tmal which must be allowed to sleep
and eat as much as possible and be
perfectly comfortable in order that it
may have a chance to grow strong rap
idly. The notion OF having the baby
for show and dressing it up In frills
and ribbons is one that has entirely
gone out Of style, which is good thing,
as 1t was a most unnatural and silly
idea.
| The modern baby's day is about as
follows: At it awakes after sound
nights rest, due to regularity In the
bedtime routine. It is given an early
breakfast of milk and limewater and
is then AIKEN out by its nurse in the
baby car, iage Until half past 8 it in
hales the fresh morning air, and then
| It is brought home to have its regular
breakfast of milk, in which some sim
| pie, easily 1igested GER al has been put,
Tor, i 80 fslssid 81 old enough, it cgn eat
susn and milk Theh follows an hours
romp, and at II o'clock the BATH, which
forms perhaps the most important
event Of the day. First, standing on
the bath rug, baby's little gums, by
means Of tiny wad of medicated cot
ton, are washed with boracic acid d.
luted into a weak solution. The little
nose and also the eyes are thus treated.
Then the baby is sponged and soaped