A SENSIBLE BABY BASKET.
I BELIEVE a great many mothers will agree with me that the ordinary small flat baby baskets are never half large enough for all that is required to get up our treasures to perfection. Here is a suggestion from a lady friend : ‘ You never saw a daintier or more perfectly equipped baby basket than that bestowed upon my small scion by his fond auntie. It is a regular round clothes basket, hamper-shaped, but not so large as a common hamper, and with this difference —it has bandies. The cover is lined with a thick wadding of heavily-scented cotton, over which is drawn a covering of soft light blue silk, gathered neatly at the centre. Around the edge of the cover is run imitation Valenciennes lace of a very pretty pattern. The lower part of the basket is lined throughout with blue silesia, and near the top is a circular tray which can be lifted out. This tray is made of sections of pasteboard covered neatly with scented wadding and blue silesia, and is filled with all the paraphernalia needed at the modern baby’s toilet. Below are the changes of clothing, etc. Azure ribbons adorn the handles, and all is a marvel of beauty and utility.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 34, 26 August 1893, Page 142
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209A SENSIBLE BABY BASKET. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 34, 26 August 1893, Page 142
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