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Show WOMAN'S WAYS AND I NT E RESTS : To the young mother with her first child there is only one subject worth discussing and that is. of course, her baby. Visitors may start many other topics of conversation, but the young mother, confident in the unfailing in- terrst of her infant fas far as she is j concerned, anyway I. gently but firmly leads the conversation back to her off. spring Such is the unselfish selfishness selfish-ness of mother love! Great as a youn mother's love may I be, however, it is not always sufficient to teach her the devious ways of brlnsinc up her child. By the time the second baby arrives the average mother usually feels that she can act with authority by thi weight of ex- perlence gained in caring for the first. But unfortunately she had nothing but he&raay to go by in regulating her action ac-tion toward the first little infant. Every mother knows that fresh air is almost as necessary to a baby as food. However, a few mothers realize how much fresh air Is essential to infantile in-fantile good health. They know, of course, that baby should have his airing air-ing daily, but how long the airing should last and Just how the airing should be taken are matters of perfect, per-fect, unveiled mystery. Plenty of Fresh Air. Mothers, your baby must not only have an hour or two out in th frpsh air, but he should practically live Is are almost as numerous as ordinary porches, but unfortunately the mother dwelling in a city apartment is unable to bring up her baby in this Ideal kind of a nursery. The open air nursery is the perfect home for a child, but barring this, you must do tho next best thing. Your choice of a home must be more or less restricted by the amount of your income, in-come, but there Is nevertheless some range ol choice, even though you cannot can-not afford to pay a very big rental, j You will find, if you look, that there are many bright sunny apartments to be had at a rental which suits your purse. And in picking an apartment you must think of your child DftX, So long as a sleeping porch is Impossible Im-possible you should try to have ror the nursery a sunny room with two windows, win-dows, at least, and these should be left open all the time, day and night. Of course, the baby is not to bo i dressed or undressed in this cold air. 1 He must be removed to the warm ' bathroom for that. |