Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — HINTS FOR BABY’S BATH [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR BABY’S BATH

Pine Kitchen Table With Sawdd-Off Legs Makes Very Convenient Platform for the Tub. A Buy Just an ordinary pine kitchen table fitted with substantial legs and a spacious drawer. The second size should be chosen for our purpose. A carpenter will readily saw oft the legs to a height of 12 inches, for the table is to serve as a platform to elevate the bathtub, w&en placed upon Its top, to just an easy, comfortable height for the mother, when seated, in a chair, to manipulate the baby without stooping, lifting or a strain. In the drawer should be a center place for washrags, while the side spaces may be subdivided Into several compartments* These may contain powder boxes and bags, and any other things in baby’s toilet These spaces provided and the table cut down to the proper height, the whole Is in readiness to receive the embellishment of paint. A coat of ordinary white paint should be applied first, followed with one of enamel. This last will bear many washings off and much wear without showing defacement