Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1916 — DAINTY BIBS FOR THE BABY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAINTY BIBS FOR THE BABY

One Handkerchief, Properly Used, Will Make Four Useful Articles Called for in the Nursery. Bibs are very necessary for babies, especially when they are getting their teeth; if the little chest is not protected the saliva gets through the frock

and the poor little mite suffers discomfort and often gets a chill. The‘little bib in the sketch is easily made; one ordinary handkerchief will make four of them.

Take a nice fine linen or lawn handkerchief and cut it into four; take one quarter and neatly hem the two raw edges, first of all cutting out a little circular shape at the top to fit round neck. Hem this or bind with a little white baby ribbon. At each side

of this neck part, sew on a piece of ribbon to tie. Now take some pretty narrow lace and edge all around the bib with it; this gives such a dainty effect and makes the bib suitable for very best. A little pad of -white flannel should be made loose for under the bibs; if these are covered with that thin white waterproof material, the flannel even will not get wet. This pad can be fastened under the bib with tiny safety pins, and must be made a little smaller than the outside. A set of these simple bibs would be an ideal present for baby, and certainly would be greatly appreciated by the mother.

Dainty Bibs.