The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Wee Tots of the Nursery.
How to Keep Baby Well During the Summer
 Some Points About Feeding and Dressing.

The problem of keeping the little tots of the nursery comfortable and free from any of the disturbing ailments of summer peculiar to childhood Is a difficult one to many mothers, especially in the larger cities where the mode of living Is such that baby must take his daily airing in the city parks or along the heated, shade less streets.
 Fresh air and plenty of 1t, the proper food, given at the proper times, and the proper clothing-these are the three essen- tials which mean comfort and health for these little people.
 The small infant whose daily diet Is still confined to liquids needs most careful at tention. Bottle foods should be given only under the advice of a reliable physician, for what may be a life saver for one cihld may prove wholly unsuited for another Some children require richer foods than others. and only physician Is competent to judge in matters of this sort.
 The next thing is to keep the little body as cool as possible. Goodness means com fort, and comfort means the right kind of clothing. Happily, the long overtrim- med baby dress has long since gone Into oblivion, and in It's place we have the lit tie dress barely yard in length from neck to hem and of the simplest con struction. Fashion says nothing about the materials which enter Into these lit tie garments, knowing full well that moth- CT love will make them of the daintiest, softest stuffs that purse can afford.
 The difficulty in dressing a new babe makes it important that the first little garments should be as simple as 1t Is pos sible to make them. Little slips of nain- sock or dimity, open halfway down from the neck, either back or front. finished at the neck with the tiniest edging of lace, are simple and dainty, and can be put on and off with the least trouble to both mother and child. Sometimes the neck is finished with beading and lace edge and drawn up with ribbon. The little sleeves are finished in like manner Such gar ment Is very easily laundered, and 1t is most easily and readily adjusted to the small figure.
 Pettlcoats, too, are many times made open all the way down the front and pinned over, that they can be wrapped around the little body, instead of being slipped over the head or heels.
 The flannel band is, perhaps the most important item of the layette, where health Is concerned. Under no condition no matter what the thermometer may register-must this band be laid aside. Many physicians advise the wearing of the band even up to the fourth year. One mother whose careful rendering of her brood of four has come to the at tention of this writer, ayers that she be- leves she has laid a foundation for per feet health for her little ones by the use of this same band, which all of her little people wear until the age of five years.
 A light weight flannel of good, firm weave will give all the necessary warmth without the weight of a heavier quality. Many people make the mistake of using q heavy flannel when a lighter weight will answer the purpose just as well. Many men and women wear very light-ribbed underwear all summer, claiming that 1t is much cooler than cot ton, because 1t takes up the precipitation and the body does not chill.
 But to get back to the little people.
 At the end of the first six months the little dresses may be shortened to the ankles. This curtailing of skirts In cold weather should be made with the great est care, else cold may result. mid summer baby would best be put into short clothes before the summer wanes. so as to avoid the possibility of cold later on.
 The subject of carriages Is one which Is not always given the attention 1t