The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-25

TF mothers could only realize the
 vital importance of not dressing
 and handling young babies, and
 would think about the shameful harm th1y inflict upon these dear, help less lff1e creatures by the foolish vanity of jogging them out in frills and em- bro&dnO. they would sacrifice this per- sonal pride at least until the infant is sufficiently strong to live in spite of its mothers foolish cruelties.
 Yonng infants should wear absolute N no dotfea. Think of the little deli este arms pulled in and out of 1t least times each day and being rolled first on its tender fttfe- stomach and over again on is back, then tugging at the chubby littia legs to further encase them in stnckmgs, then pdns to hold the socks In pa1ce, and afher all this tug-of-war what has been accomplished? The baby Is q1ite 2ir-tfght. not breath of air can penetrate to the delicate skin, and at least three different degrees of tenn pGxtrEe arc established for the sensi- tive organism, with the result that in changing, and the necessary exposure of bathing the baby easily contracts croup or cold and m comes the doctor with all sorts of oxygen and syrups to save its wee Hfe.
 The mother mot in the least wor- ried, for, as she expresses it, fits all part of the game; all children have to go thrergh coughs and levers and the sooner they have them the better"
 thirds of the children born into the world would become normal, were they properly clothed and fed from earliest infancy and would grow up quite i'm pervious to disease. Nature did not in tend us to go through life just escaping death at every corner, and even babies with strong hereditary disadvantages can be trained with very little trouble into perfect health, with strong, vigorous minds and bodies, if one starts correct y in the very beginning. naso
 Babies Cheaper than Pets.
 The secret is simple and costs noth- ing, reducing the expense of baby to the mere cost of keeping pet dog, which even the poorest of people indulge stork, babies are no longer expensive and burdensome luxuries They have become cunning, growing little necessi- ties that no family can afford to be without. They require no more care than kitten, if one adheres strictly to common-sense principles. How much more delight and what complete satis- faction one feels at the achievement
 Give the Baby Air.
 Air.. fresh. cold. pure air is the be- ginning and end of this system, air night and day, from the very hour the baby arrives; not few inches waited into over-heated rooms around and be- hind the would-be sheltering panels of a screen, over the edge of a blanket wall end down underneath the hood of a basGnet to the outside of coverlet carefully placed over the poor child's head. Convention decrees that If by any magic phenomenon a single overly bold little breeze, Gods best gift to his children, should contrive to climb over and undef, up and around all these so- called protecting obstacles, the dear baby shall not be allowed to play with 1t or even form its acquaintance. Nol What ever else may befa1l the wee darling, it must not have air, until it is heated and polluted into literal poison for the little system to imbibe. That is the old-fash- toned way of caring for baby.
 How to Produce Sleep.
 The modern formula for strong, healthy baby consists of three rules, founded upon one principle of plenty of air" All the air there is! Let 1t breathe 1t through the pores of the en- tire body, as we'll as through the nos tr1s, keeping the entire body one even temperature, then feed the baby all it will take and lay it in the open window to sleep. Your baby will then sleep most of the day and all the night until eight or ten in the morning. When it is nine months old 1t will insist upon kick ing around for three or four. hours a day and gradually shorten its day maps