Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-29
is YOUR CHILD REALLY
DRESSED FOR COMFORT

- the infant welfare stations 90 tn"
large ritiez frequent summer .,
,nrren,e Il a have aun1e poni.
o,ervolkea mother blire screaming
hili ~ one ~ the nurses ~ othet ~
tenian'z vlth tha request tl,at That
expert tell her what can posalhl, lie
I possessing tie ohild Screaming chill
dreu Or this sort are far more freauont
IN aummer than III vfnte, and the
chances arc, II The ,htd = perfectly
free from actual Illness that 4 Is suf
ferins from nothing more nor lo=e than
too much Wool u Is not an lnfrequont
occurrence for nuraea ~ these welfare
stations III remove wooden eocke FROM
tahy's feet in mldsummcr. Tho re
s,rli of such aimr}o operation i an
immediate secession of the screams
and IN their place reatife emlie
or course We aecriho such errors in
child clothing ~ the foreign birth md
training or general ignorance of their
mothers Vet II was not long ago that
even well Informed American mothers
inflicted far too MANY Clothcs on their
children during tho warm weather In
fact though few American mothers
actually do insist on wool now they do
overhurden their children wlth too
many clothes Il is not that they arc
sttll deluded with the false theory that
q child needs 70 10 protected by
Iayer of wool ncxt his skin in any tenn
peraturo. but their fault is rather due
toi the fact that they have not worked
QUIZ warm weather garb that entirely
suits their ideas ot how a we'll dressed
chnd should look All very weli and
good for the morning play hours when
a one piece cotton jumper aud a pair
Of sandals is adequate hut when II
comes 70 dressing IN for afternoon
tho tendency is to a multiplicity of
dress accessories. II really does seem
as II il would lie very good thing II
all tho people who earn their living
designers of little hoys cothes. had
little boys NJ home themselves whom
they had 10 dress IN season and out. or
had very recently been little boys
themselves and know how soul dis
turbing was the effect Of a multi
plicity of details in summer apparel
According to the ChiIdrens Bureau
Of the United States Department of
Labor children should wear just -
little clothing as possible during the
summer months. and it Is the wide
spread publicity of such facts as this
that has made Il possible for the
bureau within recent years So splen
dldly TO contribute 10 the cutting down
Of the death rate uf children through
out the country Here are two para
graphs from the instructions given 10y
these government specialists
The one piece dress is a great boon
to busy mothers, being easy 10 make
and TO wash and iron. If the kmono
sleeve Is used, the dress will he cooler,
but In some garments the set in sleeve
is less clumsy and wears better.
Rompers, loose at the knee and low
necked and short sleeved may be used
for little girls and boys alike Denim
overalls are rather cumbersome for the
hottest weather but are adaptable to
cool days
"Starched, frilled and fussy garments
are all alike unsuitable for young chill
dren, whose clothing should he such as
will make them perfectly comfortable
and permits freest play. No child
should have TO think Of his garments
during the play hours: he should Of
course, be subject to reasonable re-
strictions upon willful or mischievous
soiling or destruction Of his clothing"
The makers Of paper patterns have
really done lot toward promoting the