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Show I Woman's Page Hillll lll Eucalyptus Oil for Cleaning Skirt Hints by the Cook il Practical and Economical Way of Cooking Vegetables ij When Taking Your Baby on Trip Drinking H Jlj Water and Milk Should Be Boiled. while the rich salts and flavors find an untimely end by being poured down the kitchen sink. In steaming, all this is avoided. Physicians always recommend baked potatoes for invalids because thoy arc most digestible. Steamed ones are just as good, if not better, for the steaming renders the starch absolutely absolute-ly soluble. Steamed carrots are a revelation to Invalids who do not like carrots when ill because they have no taste. Asparagus As-paragus and spinach are delicious also when steamed. Indeed everything which can be boiled can be steamed, and It is a much more economical as well as practiclo method. WHEN THE BABY TRAVELS. In going to a new place with a baby all the drinking water, and the milk, also, should be boiled, if from a strange supply about tho cleanliness cleanli-ness of which the mother knows nothing. noth-ing. Take a bolt of cotton netting to protect the child from insects at night. To travel comfortably with a baby, the first thing to be considered Is his ' food. If the baby is breast-fed no 3 trouble will be experienced. For a bottle baby enough feedings must be prepared at home to last throughout : the entire journey, unless the trip takes longer than twenty-four hours. It Is best to sterilize the milk for this purpose aB follows: Stand the filled bottles in a kettle over tho fire and let the water boll about them for an hour and a half. After boiling, tho bottles should be gradually cooled, and then made as cold as possible by standing them In a pall of cracked ice. They may then be packed in a small portable refrigerator. refrig-erator. Many types of these have been devised, and may be purchased ; A portable Icebox may be made at heme as follows, according to directions direc-tions given out In a recent bulletin published by tho department of agrl- culture Use two covered tin nails, one an Inch or two smaller than the other, so that It may stand Inside the larger pail. Fill the space between the two with sawdust; put the bottles with cracked Ice In the Inner pall and cover both tightly, and make a canvas or flannel cover for the whole. To warm the bottle for the baby, the mother should provide herself with an enameled ware pitcher holding hold-ing a pint, which tho porter will fill with warm water from the dining-car. Set the bottle In it, after the water has cooled a little so that the sudden heat will not be sufficient to break the bottle. Laundry Bag Necessary. The next most troublesome question ques-tion on a long journey with a baby is how to take care of the diapers. A separate bag or basket lined with rubber sheeting should bo provided for them, and with them may be packed a small enameled ware chamber. cham-ber. For a young baby a number of inner in-ner pads of soft paper or old cloth which can be destroyed should be provided. pro-vided. When one of these Is soiled, wrap it up tightly in newspaper and throw It away. Wet diapers may be tightly rolled and kept In the rubber bag. The two most common mistakes made in traveling with children are with respect to their clothes and their food. In the hot summer weather, for a long journey, the little child should hn dronsed onlv in the sleeve less gauze shirt and diaper, with one thin outer garment. A sleeveless, low-necked slip of white china silk Is best, since It is much cooler than cotton, sheds the dust and can be washed out in the basin when soiled. Covering the Feet. It Is well to change tho baby's clothing as soon as the journey begins, be-gins, in order to have the regular outfit clean to put on. when leaving the train. The little baby may go barefooted, but an older child should have barefoot sandals to protect the feet from the cinders scattered over the floor. rn |