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have the top gathered in with a belt, 
with a frill standing up above it, and 
plain suspender straps over the shoulder**. 
They are worn with sipmle white waists. 
These skirts are made in sizes from 10 
to 16 years. 
Regimental stripes are offered in heavy 
corded silk of single width for trimming 
at $1 a yard. They include the color 
combinations of about a dozen famous 
organizations. 
Summer bedspreads are made of dim¬ 
ity, madras, and pique, very little heav¬ 
ier than a sheet. They are laundered so 
much more readily than crochet and 
marseilles that they are desirable all the 
year round, for few use the white cover 
for warmth. They cost from $1.35 up. 
If colored bedspreads are liked, there are 
very attractive styles of dimity or ma¬ 
dras printed with hand block designs of 
colored flowers in wreaths and garlands. 
When planning for extra Summer 
guests or boarders, one needs an ample 
supply of table ware. It should be as 
pretty as possible, but not too light, or 
there is too much breakage in hurried 
handling. Some of the New York tea 
rooms use ware that follows the style of 
European peasant pottery; it is painted 
with gay conventional flowers, and while 
quaint and artistic, is not fine or expen¬ 
sive. A favorite style is painted in stiff 
flowers of red and black; it is open stock 
that may be bought in any quantity. 
Bouillon cups, the usual two-handled sort, 
with saucers, are $2.48 a dozen. 
The Baby’s Bath. 
T HE following directions for bathing 
the baby are given in the bulletin 
on “Infant Care,” by Mrs. Max West, 
issued by the Children’s Bureau, U. S. 
Department of Labor: 
The room in which the bath is given 
should be comfortably warmed to about 
72 degrees. It is not wise to have the 
room so hot that the baby perspires, as 
there is grave danger of his being chilled 
when, the bath over, he is taken into 
another room where the temperature is 
lower or when the room itself is rapidly 
cooled. It is better for the baby to have 
his bath in a room at ordinary tempera¬ 
ture than in a bathroom which is heated 
by oil or gas. The baby should be pro¬ 
tected from drafts by screens or by a 
shield made by hanging a blanket over 
the backs of two chairs. The full tub 
bath may be given as soon as the scar 
where the navel cord was attached has 
fully healed. An infant bathtub serves 
every purpose for the first year of a 
baby’s life or until he has outgrown it. 
A tiny baby may be bathed in a basin 
or bowl for some weeks. This basin 
should always be warmed before it is 
filled. The water should be at body heat 
or slightly above: that is, from 98 to 100 
degrees. A bath thermometer is an in¬ 
expensive convenience and should be pro¬ 
vided, but if none can be had the mother 
may test the temperature with her elbow. 
When the water feels neither hot nor cold 
it will be comfortable for the baby. It 
should be tested after the baby is un¬ 
dressed and ready to get into the water. 
Hot water should never be added to the 
bath while the baby is in the tub. Never 
leave a young baby alone in the tub. 
Never put the baby in the bath while the 
tub is standing on a stove or heater; 
he might be seriously burned in this way. 
No unnecessary exposure or delay 
should take place, for in cold or cool 
weather the baby is quickly chilled. To 
prevent this, all the necessities, such as 
soap and towels, clothing, bath apron for 
the mother, tub. water, thermometei', 
powder, and the like should be placed at 
hand before undressing the baby. In 
some cases it may be much more con¬ 
venient for the mother to give the bath 
at night, just before the baby’s bedtime. 
Never bathe a baby within an hour after 
feeding. A baby should always have his 
own towels and wash rags. Soft cheese¬ 
cloth makes excellent rags; the towels 
should be old and soft. 
Before the baby is completely un¬ 
dressed his scalp should be washed, the 
head lowered a little to avoid getting 
soap in the eyes. Use a pure, bland, 
white, nontransparent soap. Very little 
soap is needed for cleaning a baby’s skin, 
and it is most important that the skin 
be thoroughly rinsed. After the head and 
face have been washed and dried, re¬ 
move the clothing and soap the entire 
body; then place the baby in the bath, 
holding him with the left forearm under 
the neck and shoulders, the hand under 
his arm, lifting the feet and legs with 
the right hand. Use the right hand to 
sponge the entire body, then lift the 
baby out and wrap him at once in a 
warmed towel. Dry carefully with soft 
warm towels, patting the skin gently. 
Never rub the baby’s tender skin with 
anything less smooth than the palm of 
I he hand. Dress as rapidly as possible 
if the weather is cold, taking groat pains 
not to expose him unnecessarily. When 
the weather is very hot in Summer, only 
a slip and diaper are needed. 
If the skin is carefully dried after the 
oath there will be little need for powder, 
and it should never be used as a cover 
for careless drying. It is well to use a 
little pure talcum powder in the creases 
and folds of the skin, under the arms, 
and around the buttocks, but it should 
not be used so generally as to fill the 
pores of the skin and clog them and 
should be applied only after the skin is 
dry. 
For one reason or another a baby 
Sometimes objects to his bath. In such 
cases judicious coaxing may be employed. 
Toys which float will often divert the 
baby’s _ attention and make him forget 
his objections to the water. Sometimes 
lowering him into the water wrapped 
in a towel or covering the top of the tub 
with a cloth, so that he can not see the 
water, will accomplish the result. If 
his dislike has been caused by having 
been put at some previous time into a 
bath which was too hot or too cold, let 
him dabble in the water first with his 
hands and feet until he is reassured. 
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Sometimes the baby will cease his objec¬ 
tions to the bath if his face is not washed 
until after the tub bath is over. Force 
or harshness is worse than useless in this 
as well as in other matters in the train¬ 
ing of the baby. The same result is ac¬ 
complished if the baby is induced to the 
desired action by pleasant means and his 
sensitive nervous system is not upset. 
Cool Baths. —The temperature of this 
bath may be gradually lowered until it 
is down to 96 degrees for a baby of six 
months and 90 for one of one year of 
age. Toward the end of the second year 
a robust baby may be given a cool sponge, 
but he should never be frightened or 
chilled in administering this wholesale 
treatment. He should be gradually ac¬ 
customed to it by being allowed to stand 
in his tub at the end of his daily bath 
with his feet in the warm water, while 
a sponge of cooler water is squeezed over 
the throat and chest. The water may 
be made colder by degrees until he is 
taking it quite cool and enjoying it. He 
must be rubbed quickly and thoroughly 
at once until the skin is red and glow¬ 
ing. If this reaction does not come or 
if the child shows and appearance of chill 
or has cold bands and feet two or three 
hours after the bath the treatment must 
not be repeated. Provided the glow al¬ 
ways comes, a quick cool sponge douche 
or shower at the end of the bath is one 
of the best tonics that can be found and 
induces an excellent habit for after life. 
After a cool bath the child should al¬ 
ways have vigorous exercise for a few 
minutes in order to promote the neces¬ 
sary reaction. 
Sometimes baths with soda, starch or 
bran are advised by the doctor, in place of 
soap and water, when the skin is inflamed, 
as in eases of chafing or prickly heat. For 
the starch bath, add a cupful of cooked 
laundry starch to a gallon of water. For 
a soda bath, dissolve two tablespoonfuls 
of baking soda in a little water, and 
add to a gallon of water. For the bran 
bath, fill a bag of cheesecloth six inches 
square loosely with bran, and soak in 
the bath water, squeezing frequently un¬ 
til the water becomes milky. 
Three Recipes for Raised Doughnuts 
N O. 1.—Scald two cups sweet milk 
and when partly cool add two cups 
sugar, one cup lard, two well beaten eggs, 
one cup yeast, a little grated nutmeg and 
flour to mix in a loaf. Let rise over 
night, and in the morning roll out one 
inch thick. Cut with cookie or biscuit 
cutter. Let stand until light and then 
fry in hot fat. 
No. 2.—Boil and mash two medium 
size potatoes, stir them into one pint of 
boiling milk, add a little salt and three- 
fourths cup sugar. Set aside until luke¬ 
warm, then add two well-beaten eggs 
and one-half yeast cake dissolved in a 
little warm water. Let rise until light, 
then add one-half cup butter and flour 
to mold. Let rise once more in a warm 
place (it takes about four hours), and 
then roll and cut about one inch thick. 
Let them rise again and fry in hot lard. 
When cooled roll in powdered sugar. 
No. 3.—To one pint of light bread 
sponge add one cup sugar, one-half cup 
melted lard, one well-beaten egg, one tea¬ 
spoon cinnamon, allspice and cloves 
mixed, and one teaspoon soda dissolved 
in three tablespoons warm water. 
Mix stiff with flour and let rise one 
hour, then roll and cut into cakes and 
let these rise about 20 minutes. Fry in 
hot lard. It takes longer to fry raised 
doughnuts than those made with baking 
powder. addie m’dermott. 
Scalloped Potatoes.—Peel and slice 
very thin one medium-sized potato for 
each person to be served, and allow the 
slices to remain in cold water till crisp. 
Prepare as you would scalloped oysters 
with cracker crumbs and salt and pep¬ 
per sprinkled over each layer, and small 
dots of butter. Cover the top of the pan 
with crumbs and carefully pour on sweet 
milk almost to cover without disturbing 
the cracker crumbs. Bake two hours 
and a half in a steady oven, removing 
cover from pan during last half hour. It 
is better to use your thickest, heaviest 
kettle cover or earthenware pie pan for 
the first hour in the oven. 
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industry all easy, and he that rises late 
must trot all day and scarce overtake 
his business at night; while laziness 
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