The evening world., 1910-12-19
Fdmilv of Three Children
Can Be Dressed Well
on Only $42 a Year
Child Welfare Exhibit VIII Show How a Baby in Its
Second Year Need Cost Only 81 nr Clothes
and a Sixteen YearOM Girl Only
S31.45 a Year.

s
saaShtsr's life nssd cost only ST.
Di dyou know that you can dress
your sixtssn-year-old high school
Girl comfortably and attraotivcly
for sal.4s per annum
Did you know thet you can cloths
three childrsn-wELL-for only
s42 q Year,.
II YOU know not these facts YOU Will
surely he interested ia the child Well
fare Exhibit, which. beginning Jan. is.
will occupy the Sevcnty-frst Regimen.
.Nrmory for a month, to sho,- The city
how to take care of that ordinary n.Sy
which a Columbia professor has just
estimated az worth $1,000.
Miss Helen NJ. Could is on the COM
mittee In charge of the eShi lit. So is
President Nicholas Murray Butler Of
Columbia. President John RI. Finley OK
the City College, Mrs. J. Borden Harr1-
man. Mrs. w. II. Vanderbilt Jr. ana
Mrs. W. Bourke Cochran. But none
q these distinguished persons was
sitting before rolltop desks az the
committees headquarters In tie Fifth
Avenue Building. go | induced a meek
and modest young committeeman, c. j.
story. to tell about the seven-dollar
bsUy's wardrobe and a few other things.
Covers a Wide Range.
"Of course Our general idea Is to
show how the cdlld should oe treated
in every phase of its outer and Inner
l,:e," nc began. we shall have cxhib-
It's showing the results OF investigatlons
IN homes. schools, churches. libraries.
theatres. associations clubs, museums,
stores. factories streets, parks, play
grounds. settlements. institutions, re-
:)rmatories and courts
Mr.. story paused FOR breath, and !
suggested that We keep to the welfare
OF children shown in the home en-
hibits.
we shall begin at the very bottom"
he declared. Two shall show a model
,hrce-room fat that could be furnished
FOR Sl0O. one room viii be a kitchen.
one a bedroom Tor the parents, the
third a separate room for the child. fu,-
nished as IA child room should be FUR
nished.
Then we shall show what q child
ough; TO eat. There VIII be one ta1.e
covered with the exact equivalents IN
rourislrment OF a bow Of milk-so much
oatmeal. so much meat, so much
potato. There will be an cXhibit show
Ing how n child's appetite may be sem
sibly assisted for ten cents.
Then wo are to have book and toy
exhibits. The latter will be designed
specially 20 prove the value OF tho IN
structive toys. those thai hep a chiid
to do things and to think"
Cheap but Good Clothes.
II was all very interesting. but l had
heard OF tales of marvellous bargain
wsrdrobes for the youngsters. DO tell
re what sort OF clothes you VIII rec
ommend." I prompted.
"That ". perhaps, ono OF the most
interesting OF our exhibits" he admit
tcd. I'VE have devised clothing for
children from babyhood to the age OF
sixteen. which is beautiful, practical.
attractive and In reach of any family
with even the average income for New
York city.
THE Clothing Committee subdivided
Itself into -four distinct groups. One
las considered economies, another tex
tiles, a third, health. and the last the
actual manufacture of the clothing, for
lne StlS WIZ nll W '''"f ~ 'eN' ="
the time OF the shcu.
"a family OF father, mother and three
children, with a yearly income of $500,
was taken as the basis. 1t was assumed
taht one-elgnth of the income, Sl00,
might he spent on clothes. The father
would need $33. the mother S25. and for
the three children S2 was left. Or
that apportionment all the calculations
We're made
The cost was computed when a large
share Of the garments were bough'
rcady made, and also when they wer,
made at home. the cost of time beini
added to tina OF materials. When 1
came to choice of materials, the textil'
cIb-committec began its work. Good
were tested for their power TO withstand
shrinking, wear laundry and the actor
~ sun and air. Only durable stuffs wer'
chosen.
The subcommittee on health thel
CAV It's suggestions.
After all the plans and suggestion
had been slfted out and combined IN,
lists OF clothing were turned over TO tn
public school children. and the separat
articles have nearly all been made b,
Tho school children.
"NNith a careful description OF thei
materials and the cost. they Will shortl.
he a practical object lesson to ever,
mother"
And then, Just as the first page OF tn
lesson, Mr.. Story rave me the expens
account OF one OF the children OF tina
type family OF three, the little girl VIII
grows from ~babyhood to young lady
hood.
Here II is:
Baby One Year to Two Years Old.
Three shirts lwooD made at
nome ...,.,,,,''.'. '','',,..'. '"l
" skirts Lon
-Four bands zone yard nannell.. -
Twelve diapers "..,,....."".. 80
Two night gowns. 2jc,......,. 80
-Four pair stockings. 2ic..,.,,... LOO
one pair OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 30
Tree slips -
one bonnet dnterlined for win
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