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 details given in this new one should cause the work to go like magic.

This dainty making of baby's things is much like fancy work with all its enjoyment. Once the tiny garment has been planned and cut the work can be taken up at odd moments for the finishing as you would when embroidering a centerpiece or doily.

Studies are contained in this Lesson which will serve as a foundation for the coming Lessons in making other garments for yourself or the older children.

As young mothers do not like to handle the new baby very much, the little garments should be very simple in construction and most easy to slip on and off. This is very much better for the baby, too. An infant should have as much repose as possible and every interruption of its daily schedule or struggle with its tiny belongings is just so much more excitement to its delicate system.

The list given below is amply sufficient as with the wiser new methods of child training the baby goes into short clothes at the end of six months. Occasionally this change may be delayed a month or two if the end of that period occurs in the mid-winter and the rooms are drafty. However, the sooner the short garments can be donned the better for the growing youngster.