Babyhood . together. The shape is given by increasing anddecreasing at the sides. For the jacket, beginlikewise at the bottom, first having joined theunder-arm seamsof your pat-tern. At thearm size thefront and backare worked sepa-rately and thensewed together atthe sleeve is be-gun at the arm-hole and workeddownwards to thewrist. The trim-ming is work-ed in the man-ner clearly shownin the cut. Asmall belt at theback holds in thefulness to the BACKrequired shape. A little Tam o Shanter captops off this unique little suit which combineswarmth and BAB YHOOD. 397 To Preser


Babyhood . together. The shape is given by increasing anddecreasing at the sides. For the jacket, beginlikewise at the bottom, first having joined theunder-arm seamsof your pat-tern. At thearm size thefront and backare worked sepa-rately and thensewed together atthe sleeve is be-gun at the arm-hole and workeddownwards to thewrist. The trim-ming is work-ed in the man-ner clearly shownin the cut. Asmall belt at theback holds in thefulness to the BACKrequired shape. A little Tam o Shanter captops off this unique little suit which combineswarmth and BAB YHOOD. 397 To Preserve the Tops of Stockings. If other mothers have been troubled as Ihave been with the inevitable holes made inthe tops of stockings by every variety of stock-ing-supporter, they may be glad to learn ofmy way out of the difficulty. To one end ofa strip of elastic four inches long I sew a doubledpiece of tape long and wide enough for a stoutbutton-hole. This buttons on the waist. Tothe other end I sew two narrower strips of tape,four or five inches long, and these I tie to cor-responding tapes on the stocking. Each stock-ing is finished around the top on the inside bya piece of tape, from the opposite sides of whichcome the strings which tie over the knee. Atnight all that is necessary to do is to unbuttonthem from the waist. M. L. Hingham, Mass. A Dirt-Armor. I would like to describe something which Ihave found very useful in keeping my little boyclean. It is a gingham blouse with large, fullsleeves and gathered into a waist-band to whichbuttons a pair of gingham


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