The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1900, Page 8

THE § THow to Give JBaby the (Morning JBath the del DAY CALL sfon that binding Nowadays thirty-six inches is the maxi- lke mummie: ap bath the day bef: mum length for outside rational garments, e o fpsio i in contrast to the fifty inches and more of a past decade. Many systems insist o5 ¥ hot » « d. 1 such young : e et i L ok g 7 that twenty-elght inches or at the utmost ~ ' o S before the baby fa/pat into the thirty inches is the correct and sanitary : ‘ o S length. e gt The advantage of the abbreviated cos- tume in reducing to a minimum the rtant was tha and then ! to come out. In- : it e g e v Weight and pressure upon the small, haif- . g e e he ey | formed bones atent when one observes ‘ . ¢ & baby’s knees, which are almost invaria- E rolled in a soft towel to ¢ bly bent—the legs lifted and in motion. =t Long draperies also imprison the stale {rculation of the fresh i b QF T H Y D 5 alr and impede the ¢ apped o Fakmigr g H L REN s HOSFY T AL All dress reform for bables, whether fol- b lowing one of the several specific systems or evolved from the intelligence of the {ndividual mother, have the same under- lying comme principles. The clothing must be light, warm and evenly distributed, granting the body and ltmbs perfect freedom It must be loose and of loosely woven textures, so as to permit the even cir- 1 d s culation of the alr. baby is given_ite, e 3 B i 4 « € It must be easily put on and off. i : o 5 must invariably hang from the shoulders : and have nelther gathe nds. It must have as few fastenings as ible. and thos must | no pins at all, except perhaps In the dlape —_— — it a murmur. Baby sted g its thicker rubbing in e THEN THE HEAD MUST BE = SPONGED WA SHING BARYS MouTH from hips to armg to strigg and get « no longer an ur f 1 e < * made either of ar 4 . shaped of cotton ¢ : ' 4 ] = > side plece ab: Thi ¥ > z » should never be ¢ ; : . " - ; , other baby garme button ments, admitting of Many progressive mothers nowadays are using only two garments upon very young children, a flannel petticoat cut princess and buttoned with soft buttons on the shoulder, its two seams being on the outside, o that baby's skin may be - spared uneven contact, and a high-necked and long-sleeved stockinet top slip an inch or so longer. This slip, woven in one plece, does duty for a dress as long as gl ot e - baby Is kept In the recommended chrysalis & nEnsacy el e condition Not before the e tabooed as a d necessities for a babe in comforts. Tt merely guarded from alil labled, plon- ntil t ittle dormouse nths of discretion the s s s agits its of adoring friends d relatives are rigorously denied The pinning blanket or barrow coat— L knes. te Iy that sine qua non of the provincial mother it Ao —is relegated to the aboriginals who still Eha i e _ Th confine their young in bark or boards or skin. All babies were at one time swathed derols of RoiLeD 1N SOFT TOWE