Foul air is injurious to grown persons, but it is infinitely more
dangerous to the sensitive organization of a child. Therefore special
attention should be given to the ventilation of rooms occupied by a
baby (see page 132).

Fresh air, wholesome food, regular bathing, and plenty of sleep will
insure the normal growth of the average baby, and are within reach of
every one who has the care of young children.

The writer is indebted to Miss Scovil, Superintendent of Newport
Hospital, and one of the associate editors of the _Ladies' Home
Journal_, for many of the above hints concerning the diet of infants.


EMERGENCIES.

As frequent accidents occur during the performance of household
duties, a few suggestions as to how slight injuries should be treated
may prove useful to the young housekeeper.

_Cuts._--A cut should be washed with cold water, covered with a small
pad of cotton, bound up, and left alone. Should matter form, the
bandage must be taken off, the wound bathed with carbolized water,
1-80, and a little carbolized vaseline spread on a bit of linen and
laid over it. The washing and dressing should be repeated two or three
times a day if there is much discharge.

_Bruises._--A flannel wrung out of very hot water, and laid on a
bruise, relieves the soreness.