A bath thermometer;
A package of sterile gauze;
A half dozen baby towels, good quality;
A soft, white, good blanket,—one and one-half yards square;
One pair small blunt pointed scissors;
A package of the best safety pins;
Three or four dozen bird's-eye cotton diapers. First size, eighteen inches square. Second size, twenty-five inches square;
One yard of soft white flannel for belly bands; each band should be five inches wide, by twenty-four inches long.
Two silk and wool shirts;
Three flannel shirts (all shirts should be high necked, long sleeved, and open down the front);