be
sufficiently thick to ensure that the nightgown does not get wet.

RUBBER DIAPERS

Rubber sheeting diapers of any description should never be used. Avoid
all patent diapers with a covering or an inner lining of rubber, for,
like the rubber diaper, they not only irritate the child but also
retain moisture and heat, which produce such irritation and itching
that the subsequent "habit-scratching" often lays the foundation for
future bad practices. It is far better for the mother to carry about
with her, whenever it is necessary to take the baby away from home, a
rubber pad which she puts on her lap underneath the little fellow,
thus affording ample protection to herself without in the least
harming the baby.

STOCKINGS AND BOOTIES

During the winter months merino stockings are required, while during
the summer months a thin wool or silk stocking is sufficient; on the
extremely hot days thin cotton hose may be worn. During infancy, the
stockings should be fastened to the diaper with safety pins, while on
the second-year child, hose supporters attached to the waist are found
very convenient.

A friend told me the other day of a mother who told her the following
story: "Do you know, I don't have any trouble any more about my baby
keeping up his socks for I have fixed it so they won't come off any
more. Every time I looked at his feet he had kicked off his socks and
they were no good to him at all, so I took little chunks of brown
laundry soap, moistened them and rubbed his legs, as well as the
inside of his socks and I never, never have any more trouble with them
coming off."

It does not seem possible in this enlightened age that a mother could
be so ignorant as to keep the socks up with brown soap, but the friend
assured me it was a true story, and while it may shock some of my
readers as it did me, I must add, in passing to another subject, that
the use of round garters on little babies and young children is just
about as shocking.

During the fall, winter, and spring, booties are worn on top of the
stockings. These booties should be crocheted or knitted out of the
heavy Germantown yarn, and there should be enough of them so that the
child may have a clean pair on every day.

SKIRTS AND PETTICOATS

The flannel petticoat is made with yokes instead of bands, and during
the fall, winter, and spring these yokes are made of flannel like the
skirt and should have long sleeves of the same material. The yokes