. Babyhood . r ; but its merits speak for themselves,and we are glad to publish all new informationon this subject.] Nursery Duster-Bag. If the cheese-cloth duster in the nursery is asmuch of a nomad as the rest of her kind, a per- manent abiding-place will be quite as welcometo her as to her sisters under the same roof. Aduster-bag made of pretty cretonne is nearly ayard long and one-third of a yard wide. Oneend is turned up nineinches and sewed intoa seam to form thebag ; the rest is gather-ed twelve inches fromthe end into a brassring large enough toslip over a end, falling o
. Babyhood . r ; but its merits speak for themselves,and we are glad to publish all new informationon this subject.] Nursery Duster-Bag. If the cheese-cloth duster in the nursery is asmuch of a nomad as the rest of her kind, a per- manent abiding-place will be quite as welcometo her as to her sisters under the same roof. Aduster-bag made of pretty cretonne is nearly ayard long and one-third of a yard wide. Oneend is turned up nineinches and sewed intoa seam to form thebag ; the rest is gather-ed twelve inches fromthe end into a brassring large enough toslip over a end, falling overthe opening of thebag, is pointed, and or-namented with a is inexpensive,quickly made, and ofdaily convenience. Amore elaborate bag isof olive felt, lined withorange-colored silesia ;a cobweb and spideroutlined in orangecrewel decorates the bag, and a handsome bowof ottoman ribbon with eight brass crescentsform the finish. This is a pretty bit of color insitting-room or elsewhere. Albany, N. Y. NURSERY OBSERVATIONS. A Musical Prodigy.—If musical babies are to jbe chronicled, will you not give my little maida place among the infant phenomena ? Schil-lers Ode to Joy calmed the most violentcolic when all other tunes and remedies failed,and at two months old she would stop crying tolisten to a hand-organ. A little uncle, whodanced for her amusement, always sang the oldjig-tune, Old Mother Hare, and the babysurprised us all one day, when she was tenmonths and two weeks old, by singing the littleair slowly and correctly through, from beginningto end, except the last note (about middle C),for which she gave a nod, but would not at-tempt the note. We made her repeat it often,and in a week she had it all, beating perfecttime with one little hand as she sang, and keep-ing time for the rapid chorus, which she neverlearned. Before she was a year old she wouldsing a single note if sounded for her, changing from one to another ; but she usually tired afterthe third or fourt
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