The question of =socks= for the new baby is one upon which doctors hold different opinions, some believing that the warmth provided by the petticoat is sufficient; others, that there is an advantage in the extra protection afforded by socks, so you would better learn the wishes of your own doctor in this connection. =Additional Articles Which Are Needed or Useful in the Care of the Baby:= Bath tub, tin, enamel, agate or rubber. Drying frames for shirts and stockings. Rubber bath apron. Flannel, or Turkish toweling bath apron. Low chair without arms. Low table. Screen to protect baby during bath. Rack upon which to hang clothes to warm during bath. Scales, with beam and basket or scoop, not the spring variety. Hot water bag and cover. Crib, basket or box, to be used as bed. Folded felt pad, blanket or hair pillow for mattress. Rubber or oilcloth to cover mattress. 6 crib sheets. 1 thermometer. 2 crib blankets. Soft towels and wash cloths. An old blanket to be used for bath blanket. 3 or 4 dozen safety-pins, assorted sizes. Castile soap. Boric acid powder. Olive oil or albolene. Absorbent cotton pledgets, preferably sterile. Enamel pail and cover. [Illustration: FIG. 21.—Baby’s toilet tray equipped with jelly glasses, bottles, celluloid hair receiver for cotton, and a soap dish, as follows: 1. Safety-pins sticking in cake of soap. 2. Jar for sterile nipples. 3. Jar of sterile water. 4. Jar of boracic acid solution. 5. Nursing bottle. 6. Sterile water to drink. 7. Nursing bottle for water. 8. Small tooth pick swabs. 9. Liquid petrolatum. 10. Gauze mouth swabs. 11. Absorbent cotton. 12. Soap. (By courtesy of the Maternity Centre Association.) ] The giving of the baby’s daily bath, after he comes, will be greatly simplified if you will assemble beforehand and keep in readiness on a tray or small table, all of the things which are to be used each time. Dainty little outfits for this purpose may be bought, or you may arrange an entirely satisfactory one from jars and bottles to be found in the house, as suggested in Fig. 21. The above lists of dressings and articles to be used in the care of both mother and baby can be considerably modified, according to one’s tastes and means, and still be satisfactory. They merely represent a fair average of what has been found adequate to meet the usual needs of the mother and baby at home.