Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1916 — Pink for a Baby Girl. [ARTICLE]

Pink for a Baby Girl.

Why pink for a baby girl and blue for the boy? The reason for the distinction Is not very clear. We are told that in Russia and in America blue is used in the preparation of the outfit for a baby if the parents desire a boy and pink if the preference is for a girl, and then the old stork brings just whichever one he pleases regardless of the color scheme; so the wise mother uses both pink and blue in her layette. A Russian maiden not only wears. pink in her girlhood, but adorns her wedding trousseau plentifully with this hue.