Show the baby a C convention improved improve ed 1 11 1 BT BY MRS SiriM i ay ilir illi P mrs S says she did not know that she rhe was expected to read an essay at afta tire tive celebrated celebrate 4 gath ering and as she had no opportunity of expressing her views in that way ashi she makes use of another mode of communicating with the public 1 and writes an editorial from it t we copy the following aj i V r it is estimated thavone th atone half of al the children born in this country die in infancy this is fearful and calls aloud for investigation we think it is principally chargeable to the incon potency of mothers the wealthy i and their imitators imitate the european a aristocracy rs to ac in leaving their children to the caja care of ser forgetting how essentially y different is the structure pt ope ore of society here and the old monarchies ar chies chles There servants remain in families from g generation enervation ene ration to generation there is promotion in the sphere of servitude the rids aulda nurse be comes the mentor of his hs manhood and is as proud of his graces as a parent 60 could uia ula well be here herg a nurse takes care of one baby baba one week and another the the next eares pares little or nothing for her eri charge but working for mone mane money and jox looking annl anxiously tily forward to the dai day she herself will empl empi employ ay some sonie one oni to take fake care of her children ohp th phil phildan din charge must get sorry care and wh when en she phe e comes to have any ady of her own she sh e 1 Is is ill lil the wi wu ot oan q am american rican sovereign with the ther road pad open to a country seat and town house she immediately apes the th manners other former mistress m must u st have sobie sonie some prie one fo to take care of her child chilo and being unable 6 t q hire a full servant picks up some little star veiling out of some alley ailey and stars starts her to te street streets wi with ith the baby in her arms or in li a willow wagon lgon igon to 6 be e shaken and thumped thumps d aver over crossings ings ande andr jammed anto into nto and ont out of deep gutters with shock shocks enough in one aty athala grown animal i peany af pf any other species the babas intellect 4 i unduly excited excite dby aby by the strange sights and sounds ou nils so 0 that thai the physical pain k i unheeded for the tim time ebur hur hue when its it Is brought b t tn G J he etel Oxel excitement tem is over and the r soreness ore orr from the barbarous bar berous motion induces roud loud it is sen Een seat sent tout out forn foun for nother another thum thunia pinc pine by way of cure we ive yve are seriously of odthe the opinion that very many babies ire are thumped in thase barbarous s s childs carriages in w hichi they are ei ragged a g ed atio atoo about tit pat par parents ent s abw wem themselves elyes elves are very careful are to have llave under them the easiest steel spring sand softest cushions when they ridie ririe for pleasure but they thrust their infants into p L gp I 1 machine hine with a motion exactly like ilke that of a I 1 var Vat gartand carmand dar car tand on cushions which tl toy themselves wall wali wonlu A I 1 enn endurable and end have them knocked chock ed over rough pavements bv by the hour houn i thee abee 4 two wheeled learis caits carts with the gig top and the axel running V through thi bed which are so largely ia in time are cru al yla r nde on a cart to ju judge d ge 0 of thi the cc in the toe fa molion on enjoyed by their the r chil chii children d r 1 a aw lie ipe afla lamb iamb was wab subjected toa daily dally tride iride eino n on carriages it bejer would li live to bej a sheep we ha en ianke infanta vy jeweary ve weary ana and fretful aar affer afler 1 a ridi ri dalna daina qa ep easy carria carnage I 1 angheld and add held lender fenden I jy in their leir mother s s aims arms 11 haw pwe must us t they ey feel reel after r bei bel being fig V by tile tiie th e h hour 0 hrs in in t the e inabit unco uncomfortable carriages ina ind made altor llor ifor their thein espell esmeil a use this is abny butone ayase tease cease in physical na infants is outram outraged edu edi ilis itji IL JS not more than avoul one mother in ten wha lites kites in liuch awa away y that she can supply her infant wath ath a sufficient quantity of wholesome nourishment rish ment nay way ills it is bugal vu gai ghi gAl lor for or a mother fd cd hava food for her babe and bo comparatively few eari nest neat endeavors to feed thein their children chUd cen ren prop properly oily while ejen th pye rye who w ho do wis 0 follow the dictates Yet kei t es of nature are g generally deterred deterred deferred erred errea aj oy fashion on which 1 I requires atheni to td their thel i waists spend p end their thell time lemein in hot roams and otherwise abuse their own system until it is better fitted to distil dastil poison than baby food A few rew escape thip evil and fallato fall fail into nto anther 0 almost as bad baj V viz z the th scientific plan of af feeding at stated hours if these woold consid berthat the future intellectual nature of the child i depend depends upon bitsi ta present development and ake lesson alesson of the fhe jaraba barobs 91 the hll hill side who iao feed whenever ever nature pro prompts t and that ahat it without i y they W auld duld cap cease se to leg feg regulate ulata baby appetite by scientific opinions it may appear strap ge but put nevertheless it is true r 4 that two thirds of ambe althe babies who wiio dle die aig alg dig 2118 fc cold coid ej ddn ign ana e it is very co cominos minot for the infanta bf t wealthy pai pa i rents to gutter gutner for the common of lif fl A lafant lagant wants w ants a constan on stan supply R 17 of artificial heat when it 13 not very olse oise close im in its mothers boom boum io to be nouris nourished hid by the W warmth b her i of body s tda daj levery jevery time tire a young in infants fant s clothes are r disturbed so as to let tha aini airi gund lit ts s limbs hey they be warmed at a fire and the soft boft flannel I 1 s skirts ka rt well weil warmed I 1 a and afrand wrapped closely around itt lit P so oat oft n woolen stockings stoc kings hould ba be put on at the ibe fir first s t dres dressig ing and always Ir prill no nc weather eris enis is ever aver warm war in enoca h in this latitude to dispense pai bufia fine fire in ending a near new born infant behave We have sat sal over a it ero fire when the mercury hid has stood above 90 ani and warmed a pair a i r of two day old feet fret for helfan hour and had hild the little fellow look so perfectly comfortable and wid sleep afterward tucked away 1 4 in 1 his h is hot flannels with his iiii face arld uncovered loveie d iri lri a a room where the windows weri were werk all enthat ogen open that we woe were well repaid for enduring an exra perspiration an infants eyes should be carefully guarded from strong light but the face never be covered so as to compel it to i re inhale the air air once thrown out dut of the lungs r T iti ill if for the first few weeks he should be held upon a pillow to prevent bruising the soft on bony arms and as the mothers idom should always be cool the little fellow should be so dup up that he can safely ba carried to the kitchen fire to be warmed colia colic ilu lit in young children generally arises arites from cold or improper in proper food 11 all that thit a baby wants is to be kept comfortable dorthi thy should hould be moderately clean much washing and dressing worries themo them cosy an and dwarin warm with pure air to breathe plenty of wholesome milk and room to grow these are lre purely animal wants and for want of tat to them thousands die annually those who like us may maly have felt slightly shocked at the convention for bringing babies bables to a level with animals should reflect that in so bringing them have the poor little bipeds forno for jno other class of young i animals he hate haye their wants so little understood and sa so po poorly orle orie v supplied B r ri i from 8 to toil toll I 1 it is is no exaggeration to say that in JP roadway ilfe life wa wag co constantly in irl danger we never neve neye saw more criminally reckless driving huge sleighs black blac with will je jebing ling crazy men ra racing C ipg ing through ta street at the hi highest 0 chet ghet speed they sj nashed together breaking le legs 9 s and arm arms s they tore down iron i awning post posts yan ian an over pedestrians dest gians rians ans killed their thel own owr honses horses elied belled themselves hearse li garse garwe cursed till they could no longer articulate threw snow ints rival alei sleight lalit till their arms refused their oce ode in n short wiit wilt welt stark star staring ihor r diabolic diabolically olly oily mad for all of which a feet esnow at snow stands responsible L lasi dasi ight naghi broadway seemed deemed to be infest ed with whole sleigh loads of reckless or ov drunin drun len ien varal who stowed their vehicles half balf fm of bf chunks and arid which they ther li huriel I 1 uronie upon the fleig sleighs hd they met selecting those full of and children and then shouting sh buning buting as a s if they done 0 a trick mean enough todis to disgrace a mad bad dog many miny persons were arios ly injured wy the these e pieces of ice and all enjoyment was vas chilled by the fear that thai every eveia approaching pro proa aching ehing gang would repeat the theoti I 1 EA 7 A certain lawyer had bad his portrait taken in ill lri his lis favorite attitude standing tr with wah his hii hands in in his pockets HIS friends and clients all went to to see ee t and akl aki d every evely body bodi claimed exclaimed ek I 1 oh cili how like liki the original ial kal itis iva the very picture of himo r acirit like him kni 1 daldan said sald an old farmer just show it i is s yot bot not like hi dmm sa 1 taint ta I 1 nt replied the jarmer farmer dont you see pee hes go rot A his hands in his own pockets atwould be se as like a again e maln eatn if h haddis hands in in somebody else elsess sj 0 nit ili I 1 cil v |