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20 ces it is of the first importance to avoid the least draught.

There is a soft, white Turkish towelling, sold by the yard, which makes nice "wash-rags." Do not have them more than eight inches long, and above five wide for a very young child. It irritates him to have a splashing length of cloth dragged over his body, and you cannot cleanse his ears, etc., thoroughly if your hand is full of wet folds. Old linen, cut and hemmed, will answer your purpose well, but soon wears out. An excellent wash-cloth is a bit of fine, all-wool flannel, which has been washed several times, until what our grandmothers called the "ich" of new woollen stuffs is removed.