The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-06-15
HOW TO DRESs'A TWELVE
M0NTHS-OLD BABY
(By Earl HilLl


Doubtless in observing the bungle-
some way in which your wife man
ages some things around home you
have often wanted to take a hand
and show her a few things. Rather
than make her feel bad or rather
than raise an argument, you have re-
rained from expressing your 'opin-
ion. However, the duty you owe hui
manity demands that you should put
aside some Of this timiditv and, by
doing some of the work yourself,
demonstrate to your wife how it
should be done. The subject as above
set forth is one the study Of which
should employ some Of the superior
Drain power Of the male sex.
To begin with you should study
the disposition of the twelve-m0nths-
old child. You will find this lends lit
tie encouragement to the dresser. If
the twelve-months-old baby has his
clothes on, he prefers keeping them
on. If he has no clothes on, he pre-
ters leaving them off 1t is almost
useless to argue with him, as he has
doubtless inherited some Of his
mothers disposition. Instead of GO
ing at him with main force and
aWkardness, as your wife doubtless
does, you should put in a little brain
work You have your wife tell you
which garment goes on first, which
one ties on, which one pins on and
which one Just folds on. 1t does not
matter much at which end of the
baby you begin to dress him, as you
will be forced to stand him on his
head part of the time, anyway You
should have your wife stand near you
so that she can tell you not to drop
the baby. When a baby's hands are
away from his mouth his arms are
very timber, but his arms lose their
pliability the instant his hands reach
his mouth. This makes it easier to
get his arms through his sleeves
when his hands are in his mouth.
You will not have to wait long to
catch his hands in this position, as
the first and, for a long time, the
only road baby knows is the road
to his mouth. He probably inherits
some of this judgment from his
father. When you have to stop for
a little rest in your work is a good
time for an argument with your wife
about how a baby's clothes should be
made. BY the time you are through,
or rather by the time your wife is
through with the argument, the baby
will have succeeded in kicking off all
the clothes you have placed on him.
This is a good thing, however, as it
affords you further opportunity for
displaying your knowledge of the
game. The baby knows it is against
the law to strike a person while he
has his glasses on, so he usually
kicks them off before he strikes you.
However, you will soon discover that
you are in fight and getting the
worst end of the battle. You should
then have your wife tell you very
calmly that you are fighting the baby
instead of dressing it, 1t will not be
hard to get her to do this much for
you.
Bv this time the baby's hands and
feet both are going at the rate Of |
about 500 revolutions per minute,
and you have your wife take the
baby away from you and proceed to
dress it. You hear the pics squeal-
ing and the old COW bawling and,
standing in the door, YOU remark that
you must 90 and feed, but if you had
as much spare time on your hands
IS your wife has you could show her
how to dress a twelve-monshs-old
baby. You close the door behind you
before you have time to hear her
reply.