Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-16
TRAVELLING WITH BABY;
QUERY ON COAT?
CAPE JASMINE?

CAPE JASMINE?
From Mrs. H. A. B., Alexandria,
In answer to Mrs. K. G., Hyatts-
vile: First must admit that have
never Travelled with a baby. But I
have just returned from trip where
I used both roomettes and bed
rooms, and would definitely recon-
mend the latter as being worth the
fow extra dollars. In the roomette
when the bed is down there is no
way of getting to water and wash
bowl, and I can't see where there
would be room to place a portable
crib except across your feet. In
the bedroom, however, lower and
upper berth could be opened up and
there is still place to move around.
I saw a new type of portable crib
playpen advertised in the paper a
few days ago, for sale at a women's
speciality and dress shop on upper
Connecticut avene "a branch of a
well-known New York STOREY: This
had straps so as to fasten 1t to a
large bed, and I should imagine
could also be fastened to the berth.
Ask the store about this.
The porters on good trains are
used to requests to take care OF bot
ties, am sure AS for heating them,
the water in the tap is SO hot that
by holding the bottle under the
water for a short time you could get
just the temperature you want.
During the day the bedroom would
have a large couch on one wall,
where you could change the baby,
etc. Probably also could fasten
portable seat to it. Or there's floor
space enough for Teterbabe or
similar device. This would not be
true of the roomette. 1 wish you
could get down to the station some
time and see one of the crack trains
before it pulls out and you would
readily say that's for me" when you
see the roominess of the bedroom.
am thinking of buying cloth
coat with a removable lining. I
don't know if the wool or chamoiS
Innings are most practical, and
surely hope some reader will give
me her experience with either. Is
there any danger of the upper fall
ing and having to be replaced or
repaired? Do you think the cham
OILS lining makes the coat nearly as
warm as fur coat? How about the
well-known button-in model?
From Mrs. A. D. B., Washington
For Mrs. K. G., Hyattsville, who
asked about tips on travelling with
a six month-old baby to California:
First let me say that my sister trav-
eled from California to Arkansas
with her two-week- baby during
the war. She had a compartment
and before she left California she
boiled water and mixed everything
required in the formula except the
canned milk. This she purchased
in small cans and used one each
time she had to have a'bottle. There
was little waste of milk but all she
had to do was to add it to the bottle
each time and that way she did not
have to worry about refrigeration.
In other words she had everything
for the formula mixed and bottled
so that all she had to do was to
add the canned milk.
Now, we just recently moved here
from Tennessee, and while we were
there we had to make several long
trips with our baby. When she was
S months old we went to Little
Rock, months old long trip
to Missouri, and then three weeks
ago we moved up here. would sug-
gest that you ask your doctor about
using powdered milk on your way to
California. 1t is quite simple to use
since all you have to do is to boil
your water and put the required
amount in sterile bottles and cap
them. Then, when your baby is
ready for a bottle all you have to
do is to add the amount OF pow
dered milk necessary, shake well,
and heat. That has worked wonder
fully we'll and the baby has seemed
to thrive on it. OF course, that
means that you will have to take
along enough bottles of sterile wa
ter to last out your trip. I really
think this procedure is the easiest
if your doctor will approve it.
While I am writing would like
to have a little information about
Cape Jasmine plants. would like
to have some in my yard and want
to know if they grow well in this
climate and where they can be
obtained.