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Show FIRST TROUSERS FOR UTTLE BOY May Be Made to Train Him in Self-Reliance. i ..... , . 1 (Prepared bjr the United statae Department af AirlcuHura) The clothes worn by a little boy, between be-tween two and three years old, may be made to help train him In self-reliance If carefully designed. If he la obliged always to ran to some older person to be dressed, battened and unbuttoned, un-buttoned, he does not develop the Independence In-dependence that he should have aa he comes into contact with other chil- result. Aa In all the trousers designed de-signed by the clothing spectalista of the bureau, these are above the knee and are roomy enough to be comfortable, comfort-able, especially In the seat. The blouse Illustrated haa several good points. The simulated collar la stitched fliit and so are the trimming banda on the sleeves, which are purposely pur-posely made very abort This gives greater freedom and does' not interfere, inter-fere, with the bend of the elbow. A printed fabric with a email pattern la colors harmonising with the plain color col-or of the trousers anil trimming la appropriate ap-propriate for a boy between two and three, but nnflgured materials may be used If preferred. , . , dren and people outside of the family circle. Being able to do things for oneself Is a great source of self-confidence. It la also a convenience to any mother to have her child able to dress himself without her help and go to the toilet alone. He soon begins to take pride In selecting what he wishes to wear, and at this stage can be taught very readily to take care of his clothes, both when he wears them and when tbey ought to be put away er laid out, ready for another day. In the past, one of the greatest obstacles ob-stacles to complete Independence encountered en-countered by the smell boy has been the complicated system of buttons and belts around his waist. There seems to be no reason why boys' trousers Practical Suit for Small Boy. should have so many buttons and openings. And In different suits thev may be In different places, so that the special manipulation of each suit has to be learned. After atudylng the faults of boys' suits as made heretofore and the ways to remedy them, the bureau of home economics of the United States Department De-partment of Agriculture has designed a number of practical suits which overcome some of the most undesirable undesir-able features. It is suggested thot until a little boy has learned to solve the problem of how to fasten his own things, the same basic design be nsed for all his trousers so that buttons and buttonholes will always be In the same convenient place. Variety may be obtained ob-tained by slight changes in detail, color, material,, and so on. Simple front openings are recommended, with buttons and buttonholes that are easily eas-ily manipulated and uniform In size.. For a very small boy who wears the Oliver Twist type of suit which has the trousers buttoned to the blouse, a simple and satisfactory design la shown in the picture. The trouser leg Is cut without a side seam and the placket Instead of being on the side Is slanted forward to make a front drop. The plackets are finished to simulate welt pockets with a fairly wide underlap. The front aectlon laps over the back In these trousers, but only four buttons are used, and ther are so accessible that the little boy will have no trouhle in buttoning them correctly. This location of the buttons but-tons Is especially good in the case of a boy who likes to climb because buttons but-tons on the side seams often cause binding and are frequently torn off as |