The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-07-09
DO UP THE BABY IN a BAG.
That's the NewestA

Chicago Tribune.)
Human beings nowadays nave ~ Il.a III
" moor and unbeautiful bOdleS. II TIE
children were correctly dressed Tor Two
or three generations human belnSs
might again become as physically per-
feet as the ancient Greeks.
This is the platform on which the
chicago enthusiasts in regard TO dress
raforn-but correct dress" is the pre-
ferred term to use i'm this connection
take their stand And the correct dress
iDr. according to these child-loving au-
thorities. shotld begin from the first.
The old-fashiohed method of baby
dressing. still followed by many de-
voted mothers. meets with sweeping
condemnation from many physicians,
nurses and students of the physiologi
cal and artistic possibilities Of the hu-
man form.
"One turning, one pin, make a sun
shiny baby" is the claim made in be-
half of the newer method of baby
dressing by its devoted adherents.
Against this claim they set this stern
anaignment:
six turnings, fifteen pins, make
tired and cross baby
This method Of dressing little babies
dates back to tn reriad when the wa
Ter for the VI grtUl = infants bath
was tested by The nj se's elbow says
n Chicago enthusiast On the subject of
dress reform for habies. In the old
days. You know. tn six turnings and
fifteen pins metho, was the only one
known but it by no means follows that
we should now cling 10 it. The fewer
alike of pins and turnings the better,
as almost everybody now knows
And now comes the still newer meth
90 in regard to which even the single
pin and turning are declared unneces-
sary The new little garments-as yet
made only in London-open down the
shoulders and sleeves and are fastened
with small. uuobtrusive buttons To
dress the baby the garments are ar
ranged in place, one over the other
the front portions turned down, and
the baby laid in-or on-them. Then
the front portions are turned to place
and his small kingship quickly but
toned into full and complete garbing.
The child is fresh. unwearied. unirri-
tated by much handling and turning,
the little limbs are free to stretch, kick.
twist. turn, and grow as they viii.
The garments lately made are from
the wardrobe of tiny Miss Roxana Mil
lard. the 3-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Willard of Chicago.
The little frocks, one Of fine wool, the
other If fine muslin, and the flannel
petticoat belong to the "Alione" sys-
tenn devised by a knowing baby lover
OF London. and the diminutiVe "djib-
bah" was designed and executed after
London model also. 1t is the work
Of the artist designer. who is known
only as 'Sheba,' and who was respon-
sible for the introduction Of the diih-
bah. originally an Egyptian garment,
10 Occidental women. Like many 9TH
or brilliant creations, the full grown
djibhah sprang into being as the result
Of pure accident. 4
Travelling in Egypt. "Sheba" was,
charmed with the simple lines and |
folds Of the decvish garment. Return |
ing 10 England. she worked out a sim |
liar garment for her small daughter. |
this was the original djibbah. The |
small robe proved SO quantity attract |
I've that a friend Of the wearer's moth |
er implOred her to make up some beau |
uful material in this manner, and |
"Sheba" reluctantly consented. The eff !
feet was 50 charming to lovers of ar
ustic feminine apparel that the femi |
nine djibbah became popular without |
delay.
The quaint little diibbah designed for |
the future wear of the diminutive Miss |
Willard was copied from the wardrobe |
Of little English baby going out to
south Africa. For summer wear Mrs.
Willard, herself a correct dress enthu-
siast. believes the infantile djibbah will
prove an ideal garment. She is also
enthusiastic in regard to the sleeve and
shoulder opening long frocks designed
Tor her small daughter. 1t is believed /
ny correct dress students that no great
lihe VIII elapse before the most up-to-
Gate and progressive Chicago babies
and little children viii all be clad upon
similar artistic and hygienic lines.
Why, it is asked, should not art stu
dents and rising artists turn their at
iehGon TO the problems and difficulties
~ correct and artistic dress for chill
dreu, as well as in the direction OF art
craft Of other kinds? Their trained ,
haoWledge Of anatomy, the building of
me human form, and of the artistic
!G1iues could scarcely fail to prove
AEhly beneficial in this regard.
Miss Bertha l. Corbett, famous as
ne children's artist" believes that
upon the present and future dress Of
he children depends much Of the fu-
-lre Of the race. Miss Corbett's own
Sunoonnet babies" and overall boys"
are all dressed in the simplest and
oi5inest OF garments, and prove the
hooted point Of attractive appearance
~ me meTest glance at their fashion,
hes, whom the ''children's artist" loves
ilIie as much as the pictured darlings,
2 which thousands might now be
laced TO her credit, she would go to
Ven further extremes OF simplicity and
ase.
So many poor little children are
dressed up to the point of misery al
avs, says Miss Corbett. "Of course
ne lrilis, and ruffies. and sashes, and
|p3ons, and 50 on make Of them the 5
manifest little figures Imaginable, but ;
AeN children can't grow or play COM f;
9!tably dressed in that fashion and
'st as soon as they begin to get used I
. ana make the best OF the dress bond +;
Se-well then they inevitably begin {
% set conscious, and we all know how
nfortunate that is FOR little child.
i spent much of last summer in the
ountry, on the shores Of Lake Geneva. / 4
nd some OF the children in the party {
ere so free and so happy. Just over {
lis they wore, boys and girls alike, {
18th strong and simple waists TO cover I
heir arms and shoulders, and with 5
My soft and pliable moccasins to keep
heir bare feet from the ground
But how those children did romp
nd grow. and thrive, and flourish And
every little child in creation had Just
UGH a free chance for its physical ma
lre- from the earliest moment on S
ard, we'd be much more beautiful, as
lere human creatures, in the next gen l
ration than we are now &
The basic plans of the men and wo-
Zen now enthusiastically working and
liking in behalf of correct dress for I
hIldren would include loose and pill q
PIE garbing- garments touching the |
pGE closely at no point or portion OF '
ne body from the first DAYS and hours L
the newborn ingant up to the time I