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Show B AR-TIME economy and cur--ft & U taJ,ment oC luxuries seema imJLW to affect everybody but the baby. Nobody could havo Jho heart to deprive King Baby of jIs creature comforts; his bassinet ;:and his perambulator aro so softly jand luxuriously cushioned, his frocks fand little nighties arc exquisitely line js over, and each season sees a host jot new contrivances designed for his Pcclal convenience and welfare For jr'a.rs may como und wars may go I A Special Wnrdrobo For The Lnycttc, Made Of Ennmclcd AVlcUer With j Festoons Of rastel-Tintetl Flowcre, but babyhood must be served; and the slogan: "Nothing is too good for the baby!" takes on moro moaning than over in these days when almost everybody is doing without something that used to bo regarded as a necessity neces-sity of living. No one, though, begrudges King Baby his kingdom of luxury. All his satellites unlto in ohowcrlng beautiful things upon him. And llttlo ho realizes real-izes it. Just as gleefully would he crow, wrapped in cheesecloth and outing flannel; Juat as serenely would h'c slumber covered by old shawls. All ho asks of llfo is to be kopt warm and well fed; small aatlsfaction to him the silken and down quilts, tho hand embroidered linens, tho feather-light feather-light blankets, the lace and satin hooded wicker couch of his long, long sleeps. Nobody seems to think so, but probably prob-ably ho would bo just as comfy In a funny old cradlo rocking from eldo to side, as ho is In Iho extremely mod-cm mod-cm bassinet that joggles smoothly back and .forth on rubber-tired wheels; or in an Impressive perambulator perambu-lator that Jiggles up and down on beautifully adjusted springs. Anyway, Any-way, ho has motion; and motion side to side, forward and back, or up and down Is what he wants, to satisfy sat-isfy himself that somebody is paying him that particular and cxcluslvo attention at-tention which he demands. Many and many a baby has slopt through his first weeks in a clothes-basket bed, tho clothes-basket more or leas daintl- flcd and dressed up with shirred swiss over tinted sateen, or evon with costl-lier costl-lier stuff. Tho ancieni and honorablo clothes-basket idea, dating from the abolishment of the rocking cradlo, was a very excellent idea indeed; and It is not surprising that It has been adopted as tho basis of the modern bassinet, which you pcrceivo la nothing noth-ing moro than a clothes-basket I mounted on wheels! i But the basket part of the basslnot is of - ivory tinted enameled wicker, light to handle and smooth and beautiful beau-tiful to the touch, and tho handles of tho basket are sot on cither oldc ' not at tho two ends. Tho sides of J tho bnskot have a slat arrangement ! through which broM satin - ribbon I may be drawn, and tho wholo basket may be lifted off tho cnamolod wood baao when It is deslrablo to carry I baby's bed out on a voranda, or up ' stairs. Tho wheels aro rubber tired and aro qulto noiseless even on hard- wood floors an admlrablo and vory I luxurious affair is the modern Infant's slcoping place! Tho hood of tho ba.v slnet, intended to shut out drafts and , to shade tho baby's eyes from too strong light, must not bo heavy enough I to shut out fresh air, so Its collapsible frame Is covered with chiffon and i vory thin, tinted silk. To match tho i hood thero is a silken coverlet, quilted over light cotton wadding. Thero must also bo blankets, exquisitely light and warm; these uro usually white with pink or blue bordor to match tho hood and coverlet. Very seldom is even the most luxurious baby permitted per-mitted sheets, which are superfluous things anyway and aro oxtromely uncomfortable un-comfortable and dangerous too, for baby, when damp and rumpled under his llttlo body. The bassinet pictured Is of cream enamoled wicker with pink satin ribbons rib-bons (very palo pink), coverlet of pale pink Chinese silk, and hood of palo pink chiffon over self tone silk. A frill of lace edges tho hood. "Pink for a girl," of course; wore this bassinet bas-sinet tho slcoping place of a wee boy, tho ribbons would bo palo blue and the hood and coverlet in keeping. Another stylo of bassinet has "a basket J with square corners and the hood and ' covorlot arc of dotted swiss muslin, j the hood lined with bluo chiffon and tho coverlet merely a light oprcad j placed over a warmer coverlet of quilted cropo-dc-chlnc. When baby is six. months or so eld, 1 he graduates Into u regulation crib and by that time tho bassinet has begun be-gun to look shabby anyway. A splcn-did splcn-did sort of crib for daytlmo uso has 1 high sides of wlro screen mounted in a light wood framework. A good Tho Ancient Cradle Is Replaced By A Wheeled Bassinet Softly "Upholstered In Wadded Silk, With Hood Of Chiffon. A Practical Book On How To Dress Ba His Tollctto With The mattress fills tho bottom and when tho youngster's nap Is over ho can play actively in his crib with no danger dan-ger of a fall over tho sides; for tho screen cornea up to his neck as he stands In tho crib. Tho spring Is raised about ten inches from tho floor and has small metal wheels with rubber rub-ber tires. A canopy top may bo purchased pur-chased and baby will spond happy hours, slooplng or waking, out of doors In his scrccncd-ln bed and playground. play-ground. Besldo tho basslnot in tho plcturo stands a cunning llttlo clothes-treo of white enamoled wood for baby's tiny garments. Small wooden hangora for little coats and frocks keep tho dainty garments in splc-span condition, and the clothos-treo is Just tho right height to be within reach of mother's hand when sho sits on a low chair, bathing the baby. Thero aro llttlo bath-atands too, of whito enameled wood painted with Kate Grecnaway figures In color and with Mother Qooso characters. by, And Practical Means Of Completing jffl 1 Daintiest Belongings. ffij Bowl, pitcher, soap-dish and jar for m waste-water, all In mlnlaturo size to ju match tho llttlo stand, aro similarly iBJJ decorated. Baby has his special towels, In I of course, mado Of softest linon or 0H 1 bath-toweling and monogrammed with M 1 his name in bluo or pink. When fur- nlshed with a layetto, such towels aro jjW markod simply: "Baby." A sot of dainty toilet belongings fl for the baby Is illustrated; brush, :S comb, powder-puff Jar, soap box, rib- M bon and bodkin box and ovon a rattle jllj j to distract baby's attention from un- .11! j pleasant features of bathing-hour M all In hand-decorated pyroxylin, and IRS packed in a plnk-satln lined box, M ready to bo a gift-offering to tho last M baby on one's gift-list Tho final jU word in luxury for the nursery, is Mi I a wardrobe of Ivory tinted enameled ftfl wicker with garlands of pastel tinted jffW! flowers. Thero are rods and swing- Will lng hangers for frocks and coats, and HI deep. Pllk-lincd drawers for llttlo folded garments. Iljili |