Show SUPERSTITION AND THE BABIES tn every country thetnewborn babe Is tho object of many superstitious fancies TTrom the juoment the Stork deposits the precious burden under the home tree there will ifot be lacking l matron ma-tron or maid to regard It wlthcaic and protect It fromevllfalrles by many a quaint device In the first place It I should be placed In the arms of a maiden before anyone I clue has a chance to hold it so the Yorkshire people think and In Rou mania they bind thc tiny ankle Immediately Imme-diately wllh red ribbon to ward off harm For the same reason the Irish mother places strand pf womans hair In the cradle and the Dutch matron Is very careful to see that garlic salt bread and Htcak are In the cot of her newborn child Some English women bind the little mile In cloth that In later days its owner may gather rich sIn In Frame Germany England anl > Indeed this country too It is thought extremely unlucky to carry a babe downfalls before It has joiiincycd upward up-ward SoIC the babe Is born gnan upper floor the muse or mother must hold her precious charge high In air herself standing on chair or table Tn this way ill luck Is averted and with safety can the child bo taken downstairs down-stairs A babe and a kitten cannot thrive In the same house One will pine away so Jt Is better to send pussy out A baby that does not cry when it Is christened Is liable to bad luck all Its life so It is better to pinch it that the cry will come Its nails should not bu cut or trimmed under a year or It will become light fingered nor should It be allowed to look In a minor under that age unices the mother Is willing for It to grow up proud and haughty To rock a cradle when the child does not occupy It will bring misfortune or Mines to thewee one Ohlrock not the cradle when babys not In It 4 5 L I r u l fnw cW4 g v I is t s sM vvr Wi = v a1 t + Ir J j S 1 + rti L r rl 1 > + b w dp r t I r S f fly ry 11 I Itt It-t 1 i r r ci l Charming ftoilctfor young girl inxjhnngeable gray taffeta trimmed with English embroidery of very Ugh exture and with silk to jnatch I I the shade of the gown 1 For this by old women Is counted a bin Its a crime so inhuman It may neer be forgiven And they that do so hao sinned against heaven Such rocking may bring to tho baby disease Well dis-ease may It grow frclty that none can It please Tho old crones all know the above rhyme m They also warn you not to step over the Infant or walk entirely around It for fear of nil luck The child must be taught to handle its spoon with che light hand llrst for luck in after days It Is a good sign If I the babe falls from the bed or Its molhcrn lap in Its early infancy and A bad omen If It learns to crawl back waid first The babe that b ars a little blue vein between the eyes will be hard to raise The Vosges peasants say that the child born at new moon Issupposcd to have a wellhung tongue and one that sees first the lust quarter will have keen icason The most widely known of all the fancies of newborn babes we will quote In closing Mondays child is I fair of face j Tuesdays child Is full oC grace Wednesdays child Is sorry mid sad Thursdays child Is marry and clad Kildayb child Is I loving and giving Saturdays child must work for Its living But the child that Is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny merry glad and gay |