Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20
FOR BABY.

WINTER SUIT FOR BOY-Buy a
humber AZ or A mans sweater. remove
collar and sleeves and cut the sweater
In half. This gives the child's length
from shoulder to heel. Then open the
bottom part midway to a length OF fif-
teen inches or more, according to length
of leg. Now sew those seams by
placing a diamond piece in. and the
pants are done. Shape suit at the Shout
der and fasten with hook and eye. Cut
the lower part OF large sleeve on and
have one pair Of sleeves, n cut the
other pair Of sleeves from the large roll
Ing collar. The upper part of the sleeve
which remains is trimmed and made
into sailor collars clusters OF Orna-
mental buttons are sewed on pants legs
and sleeves and emblems are used II
desired.
MAKE BALL FOR BABY-For
babys ball use scraps of any soft
goods. cover with cloth. using any COW
cred ball as a guide, then crochet q
cover Of colored yarn, fasten securely
over ball., n crochet a string about q
yard long, which can be fastened loose
ly about baby's wrist. This can be
taken with baby In the carriage when
mother goes for an afternoon visit.
RAINY DAY PLAY-Take an empty
soap box, a discarded magazine. a pair
of blunt end shears. M a cup Of paste
,(made of -four n water). also a small
brush. Let the children cut out the
pictures from the magazines and then
tell them to see how prettily they can
cover the box both inside and out. You
will be surprised to see nov long they
will play. / have known my children
to play for hours.
SAVE WASHING-Buy seamless
white stockings for children, as these
,ohnvy nm vlolt on eslo x,zo -
the feet. and may easily be turned
wrong side out without the soiled spots
showing through. In this way Thu
stockings may be worn a second time,
and washing saved, while the cost is M
more than those having seams.
SAFETY PIN BUTTONS-If a but
ton Is rome from a young child's gar
ment and the place must be pinned to-
gether temporarily. much time may be
saved I'm the curse of a day If you pin
a good sized safety pin into the spot
where the button was and then Just
slip the b~uttonhole over it, as you
would over an oval-shaped button, in.
stead of u%npinning every time the gar.
ment is unfastened.
PUT OVERALLS ON BABY-Tc
ave baby's clothes when creeping put
him In the little blue overalls. the 4
year-old size for s months baby. They
go on nicely over clothes. In making 6
child's one-piece dress hat blouses a
the waist leave the lining separate from
the waist except at the waist. and Il
can be Numbered as easily as If it were
not lined.
PUT BANDS ON GIRLS HAIR
Whether tho little girls hair /:
bobbed. curled, or braided. it is an ad
vantage to wind a rubber band arounC
1t just where the ribbon goes on. II
keeps the hair from getting loose am
the bow Of ribbon is never lost wher
the rubber is under 1t. Cut band wher
removing from hair. so as not to tea
the hair.
KEEP SHEETS IN PLACE-Sheet,
will stay in place on the mattress b,
sewing three large buttons on the heaC
end and foot end on the under edge O
mattress. Then sew loops of white or
sheets the same distance apart as but
tons are on mattress n button on
1 find that Is the finest thing for chill
dren's beds to keep sheets in place.