Show r The Hygienic L Baby When the baby was wag about bout a a. year year- old Mrs Burroughs decided to take him t to visit his grandparents on his fathers father's side Ide It was as with many misgivings misgiving and worries warnes that she packed tho the trunk f full U of sensible cool clothing for him scented hIm scented though not with sweet sach sachets ts that would make them stuffy and but with camphor and disinfectants of at various vari varl- ous kinds There was no use Mrs Burroughs fOl told lug Ing her hr wIth husband unknoWn In ln running 1 risks In ln travel travel- p The best cure was prevention Th Th baby's 8 f father th r remarked that she S would m ld be bew thou thought ht a a. traveling drug sales I let woman because ot of the odors but she the remark era pass contemptuously Even h when t y the baby's y father held his n l handkerchief lk to his Ws nose while he kissed tho baby t gOodbye she Bhe feIgned Signed tint and tion-and and so 50 tn they V started Throughout the Journey the young mother thought out concise sentences her whereby husbands husband's sho S wo would side ld let her relatives on know that the baby was being brought up strictly h hygienic ally aUy would MS She i Was Sadly afraid tb that they think he was the Uie kind of oc baby will that m people She Sho t P ei planned were allow allowed for such 4 to emergencies fondle CondIe at as his grandmothers grandmother's feeding him forbid den things She had heard or read rude of grandmothers who were silly and spoiled babies feeding them candy piling a lot of oft toys before them dust laden e erm germ rm filled toys toa t th that t had been lying around since the grandmothers grandmother's own childrens children's time time arid and sho she frowned ned over what she determined to say pay that would settle the matter once for tor all and arid prove that she was mistress of her own 0 child yet would give no offense Several times she was ason on the point of at turning back the back the visit wasn't worth the worry orryl She was waa afraid she might be weak when whon strongly beset and she felt that giving In even once would set a dangerous precedent In short she was afraid it was a terrible mistake to togo go vIsIting vis vie with a a. perfectly hygienic ic baby at Qt such a n. tender age So when she finally arrived she waS was ill with a 0 nervous headache and therefore doubly ubly fearful that bat Jf If she let the fool tool isn isa grana grandparents parents take the baby they would ruin him before she could interfere Therefore she carried him herself hereit to the carriage that was awaiting her Well Weli welli exclaimed an active florid man not man not grandfatherly by any means So this this' is my daughter daughter and and my grandson I He shook hands with her hor h heartily artly But that was all alli I Just behind him Mrs Burroughs Buroughs al recognized tho the baby's grandmother and realized real real- that hero wa was where she would re- re need courage she courage she supposed the grandmother would reach out for the baby at once and would kiss him But But sho sha felt that she I must bo be firm must firm must r-must must begin right right I Im rm so glad youve you've come coma cornel exclaimed the grandmother grandmother cordially Ive Ive been I hoping you'd come to see seo us over ever since you Joined the family and family and I know were we're going to have a good time I This is our daughter Flo and our baby Frank Hos Ho's probably older than jou but you but still sun hes he's f pur ur baby She smiled d on n her son sn proud- proud No mention menton had been made of at the pink pin and white bundle on her arm arini al I Young Mrs Burroughs felt a a. painful tugging tung YoUn at her heart she heart she wanted wante to be in her own I little h home she hOme meshe sho was Yet she felt unutterably relieved she told herself that s were we're were so wall weiL wel Later on n when wh-e eme she ah 8 came downstairs after putting fresh dresses on herself herset and the baby she Instinctively looked for words of or approval from rein her her relatives She even carried the baby so that his rosy smile would would- greet greot get them thorn But except for some trivial remark as a asto to his cleanliness they said eald ld f nothing about about him The heart of or young Mrs Burroughs grew gre bitter blUer after ater two or three s days das during which h her r baby baby was practically ignored She was sorry Rorry she had hd come come They chey might at least show that they appi ap- ap pi predated such a perfect specimen as ne Q her bab baby even If It they were inhuman enough not to love o him You would think Frank Fank was the bab baby and the baby was Frank Fank from the way war the he grandmother lavished endearments on the man man and and overlooked the b baby bY fh The young youn mother even hugged the baby one night In the privacy of ot her room without first being sure that her dress was perfectly fresh so that no germs would endanger his hil little nose or his lila mouth Then yes Then yes she kisse kissed him himi She Sho was horrified at her own ow action but action but acton but buthe he liked Ike It Io So she kissed kisse him again Poor Pooi little innocent victim she whispered whis whis- pared to him Well on send for his hH papa papa papa- hell he'll love loy his baby And so she did When Burroughs was to arrive arive his wife wIe felt Cel hOU hotly both that there was no danger in her lea n the baby with his grandparents grandparents grand parents while she met her husband hUsband- they'd lot him cry cr rather than tha bother to notice him So S she he left lert hImIn him himIn himin in heir hell care care Her Hor husband huband smiled when fh she ehe told him how she had been tre treated te Then Ten as the they neared the house hous he softly to the window and call calf called d her to his side side There Thero on the floor foor crowing In delight with cookies In both bands hands sat her boy by and Id beside him In ecstasy were wee tho the grandparents pl playing bear rhey were vere on orders order from me said sid the baby's father father while the babY baby's s smother mother laughed happl happily Taking his bis arm she said sId Lets et walk wk around a little tte while havin having such a al good god time and well we'll wel spoil apol It all aU |