The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-24
ROOF BEDS FOR BABES
Tiny Boston Aristocrats Take
Maps In Lofty Perches.
FRESH AIR TREATMENT POPULAR.

FRESH AIR TREATMENT POPULAR.
strapped ana LaIa Into a Box BED.
the Little Ones Are Also Placed ON
High window hedges aud BaIeo-
nIes-Am Awning i. spread Above
Their Coaches.
Putting the baby to sleep ia a box
on top Of the lat roof Of q modern sky.
scraping apartment house or iii the
iron balcony far above the sidewalk
OF even on tile broad window seat OF
the upper story at the very edge Of the
PERCEPTIONS height, is tile newest meth
Cd Of fresh air training which is deYel-
oping among the wealthy and arlsto-
cratic families OF the Back Ray and
Brookline districts Of Boston, says the
Globe OF that city.
The treatment has become SO popn-
lar that along almost any street in the
exclusive section Of the city one may
look up to the upper stories Of the
houses, especially in the apartment
houses. and see outside the window a
box which III the poorer quarter IF the
city would be taken for window gar
den. And so It IS, but It IS garden
for the little bud OF the family
Many Of the modern houses Of the
better class are built with a broad
window sin outside. which offers an
admirable place for trying the new sys-
tenn. Other houses are ornamented
with a handsome iron balcony in front
Of one or more windows. and some
times on more than one story, and
these tn some respects are more prefer
able than the sheer window sin. while
the fat roof, which eharacterizes most
Of the Back Bay houses, Is still more
desirable from point Of apparent safe
ty and privacy but all three methods
are largely used
While the thought Of putting a baby
to sleep on window sill eight or ten
stories from the sidewalk is enough
to make the ordinary person dizzy.
those who for the past year have pnr-
sued the method speak of It with en-
thusiasm. The method il begun when
the baby Is not more than two 81 three
months old and may be continued until
the child is i've on Six years old OF as
long as the custom OF having a daily
nap is continued.
1T Is HOT devised especially for sick
III children. but for strong babies as
we'll Little tots whose parents are
strong and healthy and who have new
er had d sick day la their brief lives
are brought up ia this way until they
cry for the outdoor nap When placed
Iii the open nit they cuddle down
quickly Ia sound sleep and awake two
Oil three hours later with blooming
cheeks.
TT has The advantage over tile car
rage ride id that It avoids both the
noise and the dust Of the street as well
as contact with other children and the
always present possibility Ut contract
ing children's diseases.
During last winter, Notwithstanding
the. severity of the cold, there were
very few days when babies were not
placed IN their accustomed sleeping
place on the window sIll OF Oh tile
root.
II ii interesting to note just how
these outdoor babies are dressed for
their window maps Most Of the moth.
ers 81 nurses wrap up the baby Just
about is the Indian squaw wraps nh
her papoose. Then ii Il laid On 4 hair
mattress iii il box or basket and strap
ped securely to the box. The strap
runs under the arms, giving them as
well as the feet full freedom for mo-
ton, yet making 1t impossible for the
child TO wriggie out. Then it is warm
ii covered with blankets Above the
bed Is spread all awning. shielding IT
both from the wind and the direct rays
or the sun
In the coolest days, when the wind
was blowing d gale, q loosely knit
shawl was thrown over the ehild's
face, enabling the wind To find It's way
through. vet preventing the child from
breathing over its own breath III tile
warm days tile babies are protected hy
two awnings. arranged like tent
giving 4 free circulation Of air, but
shielding II from the hot rays ct the
sun
The prevalence Of storms, whether
Of snow OF rain, are not considered
prohibltive Of the daily nap, is in all
events the child il protected by the
awning overhead and if the wind
should blow very hard rubber blan
ket is thrown over the box containing
the baby's bed
No great reaching is required, for the
box Is SO placed on the window sill
that the nurse may open the window
and place the baby Id its bed as easily
dis 1t n placed IN its crib in the nursery.
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Ray Nurses.
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