PRINCE'S PERAMBULATOR

Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 15

PRINCE'S PERAMBULATOR

Mothers who give careful thought to the welfare of their babies will not be slow to follow the lead that the Duchess of Kent has given in banishing the fringed canopy for perambulators, states a London writer.. . When he sleeps in his dark blue and chromium perambulator :in the gardens of Saridringham. House, where he is a guest of .his grandmother, Queen Mary, Prince Edward is sheltered from the sunshine by a biscmtcoloured tussore canopy lined with apple green. Instead of a silk fringe the canopy has stitched and scalloped edges. . j • ■ ■ ■.-.,■■ A summer cover in the same uissore has neatly stitched, but not scalloped, edges to the Duchess's design. When the Duchess ordered these to be made she explained that, in s her opinion, the flicker of the wind among the fringes of the canopy was bad for a baby's eyesight and tended to. make for restlessness, For this reason, too, the inside of Prince Edward's perambulator is dark blue and not white, and the body is quite shallow so ■ that he has plenty of fresh air.; ■".■. \ .• Many modern mothers have now adopted the two-perambulator mode, the large model for use in the park during the summer and winter,- and a.smaller folding model upholstered in waterproof, tmcrackable fabric for holidays.