Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 249, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1925 — Page 12

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CRADLE FADES OUT OF BABY PICTURE Experts Say Their Motion Is Harmful for Infants and the Bassinet Age Comes in— Petting Passe, Too.

By ROSS H. GARRIGUS S'— —I TORE away with the boot jacks, stereoscopes, tin bath tubs, what-nots, straw mattresses and shells from the sea side, the oldfashioned cradle.

"Rockabye baby” is as passe as ‘hitch up Dobbin to the sleigh,” baby xperts say. They just don’t sell cradles any more. It’s the age of the bassinet instead. Some homes have cradles handed down from generation to generation or these purchased at antique shops with histories. Baby experts say it may be grand to have your child sleep on the same slats on which a great-grandfather rested or the great-uncle of George Washington snoozed, but it’s not the best thing for the baby. Too Exciting! “Too much excitement,” saJd Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer, director of child hygiene at the State board of health. “We never advocate the use of • •radios. Neither do we recommend that a child be held or kissed or netted all the time. A baby needs

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lots of good rest, and quiet so that it can have a chance to grow. It should have a room to Itself with plenty of good fresh air. Some of the bassinets aren't so good. Mothers, too, drape covers over the baby’s head. Drafts, of course, should be avoided, but the baby mustn’t be smothered.” Cradles haven't sold to amount to anything for ten years, says Mrs. Eleanor Hunn of the Lincoln, manager of the baby department of one of the large department stores. “Fathers wouldn’t mind buying them,” she said, “because they are cheaper.” i And incidentally Mrs. Hunn says the infant departments of department stores have shown a greater growth than practically any other department. She says it is due to the modem women. "They don’t know how to sew."

TWO HURT IN ACCIDENT e— Girl and Indianapolis Man Burned h.v Acid From Wrecked Car. Bii Timet Sveeial NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 27.—A young man giving nis name as George Lawson of Indianapolis and a young woman who did not give her name were burned with acid Thursday night when the battery box In the Lawson automobile Cracked after the car had gone down an eight-foot embankment west of here. Both also were bruised. Lawson said he was crowded off the road by another car.

she said. “In the old days, young mothers made practically all of their baby clothing. Now they come in and buy it rendy-made. “A few years ago, the stores had the baby department stuck in seme out-of-the-way place. Now It Is one of the featured lines. “Too, think of the business places that cater solely to baby clothing. No, the modem girl doesn't stay home and sew. She goes to work immediately after high school In most cases, she works after marriage. Se has no time to make il.e pretty things for their children. And they must be the prettiest and the finest." Mrs. Hunn said rocking a baby is unnecessary. “The hospitals tell you to put them to bed and let them go to sleep. Os course you can rock them, but ” She waved her hand. “It's your bad luck, if you do.”

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TWO HELD AFTER CRASH Thelma Heilman. 7, Slightly Injured in Accident. J. L. Heilman, 2825 Park Ave., was under arrest today on speeding charge, and Jery # Thomas, colored, 1614 Cornell Ave., on hcargos of assault and battery, improper driving and speeding, following collision of their automobiles at Eleventh St. and Cornell Ave. Thursday night. Thelma Heilman, 7, was slightly Injured.

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