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Show WITH PAPA AT THE TUB Humorist's Idea of the Way a Man Would Tackle an Important Household Duty. Many father? stand aloof from Hie (.niunion domestic duties, not because they are so busy or because they arc not willing, hut because of ignorance, s,iy Tom Masion, in the Delineator. How many men are there who would not gladly drop their business at any time and stay homo unil give the baby his batli, if they only knew how 1 Yet in reality it is much simpler than it seems. Fill the bathtub full of any good uiter, first carefully removing all germs. Put your elbow el-bow in occasionally to soo if it is the right temperature. If ire forms on your elbow you may know the water is too cold. If there arc blisters then it is too warm. Ho moderate in nil things. Take the baby firmly by both feet and shake him looe from his flannel moo ings until you begin to see safety pins ahead. Then remove re-move the safety pins with gas nippers, nip-pers, and i irnll until tho baby looms into s'Jit. Xow, hai'iij put on your rubber coat, put one hand firmly under the baby's dies', and the other on his back, and launch him on tho still waters. When he has kicked all the water out of the bathtub, renew as before. 13c careful, while you arc manipulating manipu-lating the baby, to keep him face down. Otherwise, you would not bo ablo to put water anywhere else but in his mouth. |
