on its arms and around its
neck. At first glance you wonder if the little child is not many years
older and is about to make a visit to a county fair, but on inquiry we
find that he has only been prepared for the event of circumcision on
the eighth day.

And if you go into the forest of primeval days you will find another
mother bandaging her baby to a board, head and all, and he seems to
live and thrive in his little woven nest strapped on the back of his
Indian mother.

Other babies in the warmer portions of the earth have almost less than
nothing on, and are left to be swung by the breezes in little baskets
tied to the boughs of trees; being taken up only when it is time to
feed.

BABY'S LAYETTE

In preparing an outfit for the newcomer it is wise to provide for the
necessities only, because of the fact that since the baby grows very
fast the layette will soon have to be discarded; it is always possible
to get more clothing after the baby is here and started on his little
career. We offer the following list of essentials for the new born
baby:

Slips 8 to 10
Skirts (flannel) 3
Shirts 3
Light-weight wool wrappers 2
Abdominal bands 3 to 5
Diapers (first size) 2 doz.
Diapers (third size) 2 doz.
Stockings, pairs 3
Booties, pairs 3
Nightgowns 7
Handling blankets 2
Silkaline puffs 2
Baby blankets, pair 1
Hair or cotton mattress 1
Basinet 1

BANDS AND SHIRTS

The binder should be made of an unhemmed strip of flannel six inches
wide and twenty inches long, so that it goes around the abdomen once
with a small overlap. This binder should be sewed on instead of being
pinned, and serves the purpose of holding the dressings of the cord in
place. It is usually worn from four to six weeks, when it is replaced
by a silk and wool barrel-shaped band with shoulder straps and tabs at
the bottom, both front and back, to which may be pinned the diaper.
This band is worn through the first three or four years to protect the
abdomen from drafts and chilling, thus guarding against those
intestinal disturbances which are caused by sudden weather changes.

There is great danger of having the bellyband too tight, and, in the