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Show Putting the Baby to Sleep. In the matter of sleep, babies are inclined to be contrary. You must first form the time-honored habit of walking the floor with him. Care must be taken not to walk on a highly polished pol-ished hardwood floor, for if you should happen to drop him he Is likely to scratch up the nice, smooth surface. Pick out a room with a rug or a carpet car-pet in it, preferably one where your wife has been sewing during the day. In this way the pleasure of the walk will be Increased by the delightful pastime of picking pins out of the soles of your feet ever and anon, and the baby will have further opportunity of increasing his vocabulary. If you object to walking the floor and are willing to stoop to deception you might hiro somebody to drive a i r.ivy cart up and down on the cobble- . nos in iront of the house. The ijy will think It is the milkman on ; :s morning rounds, and, satisfied that ;.e has kept you awake all night, he vl!i "o to sleep with a clear con- .-nee. However, he will never have no . - n- "nn'Ueuce in you after h ' i . ariiH how you G.t |