Baby's Sun-Bath.

Many mothers of to-day are, quite rightly, anxious that their children should receive as much sunlight as possible, and refuse to enclose the youngsters’ heads in bonnets or their faces in veils. But the baby's head is unprotected by any thick growth of hair, and its eyes are very sensitive structures, the power of shutting out light being much more ineffective than that of the adult. Therefore, when the sun is very strong it should by no means be allowed to shine directly on to the uncovered head and face. The ordinary bonnet or round hat without a brim protects the skull, but is practically of no use for shading the eyes.

A much better protection is a linen shade, lined with thick green material, and with a similarly lined frill four or five inches long all round it. The entire shade is stretched on a wire frame which can be adjusted above the perambulator, that the direct rays of the sun can be intercepted from the head and face in whatever position the child may be lying, without interfering with a free current of fresh air. With such arrangement, no hat or bonnet is necessary.

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