Babyhood . aving alittle waist made to button the skirts on is muchpreferable for the first short clothes, and then youhave to make no change when the little ones areready for drawers. I found this very convenientwith my little girl, and then if she soiled herskirt or drawers she did not have to be entirelyundressed to make the necessary change. Theweight of the clothes comes on the shoulders thesame as in the other way, and it certainly wouldbe more comfortable for the child, especially inthe summer, not to have so many thicknessesaround the body. How would M. A. K. managewhen she is ready to
Babyhood . aving alittle waist made to button the skirts on is muchpreferable for the first short clothes, and then youhave to make no change when the little ones areready for drawers. I found this very convenientwith my little girl, and then if she soiled herskirt or drawers she did not have to be entirelyundressed to make the necessary change. Theweight of the clothes comes on the shoulders thesame as in the other way, and it certainly wouldbe more comfortable for the child, especially inthe summer, not to have so many thicknessesaround the body. How would M. A. K. managewhen she is ready to put drawers on her little one ? New London. Conn. A. T. Drawers in Separate Halves. Mothers know that when babies are pro-moted to short clothes they are apt to take coldby the little limbs getting bare, as they often do,especially while lying in the cradle or crib. A very simple plan, which I have tried withgood success, may help others. It is a pair offlannel drawers-legs cut as shown in the draw- ingtop. There is a button-hole in the point at theIt is well to sew a small piece of cloth onthe flannel as a stay to thebutton-hole. The legs canbe buttoned to a cottonband sewed around thepetticoat waist inside, orto double strips of stoutcotton. They are veryeasily made : only oneseam, cat-stitched if youchoose, and the two hemscat-stitched or merely flannel for winter, thin for summer ; theold ones, worn thin, are very good. They arerarely soiled if the upper part slopes enough. I have found them so serviceable that I havecontinued to use them as inside wear after put-ting cotton drawers on a child. I like them bet-ter for little children than complete drawers ofmerino or flannel. I have not seen the diaper-drawers sold inthe stores ; they were not known when my ex-perience began. I have no doubt they are verygood ; but the flannel legs are cheaper, can bemade in a few minutes, and serve their purposecompletely. It should not be overlooked thatthey can be worn night a
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