Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1911 — COMFORTABLE FOR THE BABY [ARTICLE]

COMFORTABLE FOR THE BABY

Best Style of Rompers That Can Be Devised, and Comparatively Easy 'to Make. Here Is a fine idea for rompers for the baby. Take any simple dress pattern, with either round or square yoke, or a plain slip, and, after cutting straight across the bottom, measure nine inches from each side toward the center. Cut out the center between tfiese points, rounding to a depth of about five Inches in the middle. This forms the seat, between the legs. Face with the fabric and. work three buttonholes in the front, with buttons to correspond at the back. Gather the right nine Inches in front and back into a band ten inches long, and to its front end work a buttonhole. This band is to be buttoned around the baby’s leg above the knee. Treat the left side in the same way. When the rompers are put on, button each band around the leg and the front to the back. This is the inost convenient of rompers for many reasons, and is not nearly so complicated to make as it sounds. Gingham or chambray is the best material.