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Show OTiero Bublcs Are Hurled In the Snow. The Swcdiaii cjild or Kirn (compare tiie Yorkaliirt; b:irti nnd l'nr Scutti-li b-.iru J, is swaddled in more Complex fn: aioa than the Geriimu. It is wound ahmio with six inch wide baudjges, sonietliiie.- with the arum free and t-ouie tines not, suiuet.iiiies the legs included in the whole bundle, but usually swntbed separately. The luind-ugca luind-ugca are traditionally supposed to make the limbs and fiyure yruw BtraiKht. The bandaged barn is then wrapped iu a pillow nnd tied about with ribbons tiud bows like the German child, except that frequently his arms are free and his lens are shortly and stoutly suggested by the tucking iu of the pillow. After that he may be fastened flatwise to another pillow, and sIudk perpendicularly per-pendicularly from & supple pole stuck iu ! the wall, so that he looks like a very queer fish indeed, fit to be shown outside the shop : of an angling tackle maker. 1 Like the German, the Swedish child &1- ways wears a cap, which is borderless and j of special fineness for Its first Sunday, ! when it is christened. Then also it wears ' beads upon its neck and gorgeous gar- ments with guy bows of ribbon, all of which are provided by the godmother. Iu the remoter parts of both Sweden and Norway Nor-way it is still the custom every Sunday to carry these swaddled iufanta to church, which is probably a long way off. They are not taken into church, however, but buried for warmth in the buow, in which & email hole is left for them to breathe through. Strand Magazine. |