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Show The Mother's Modest Request. Where the welfare of her child is concerned, a mother's nerve is as great as her love. A lady called up the telephone exchange yesterday morning, says an exchange, and mads this remarkable request: "Say, Central, Cen-tral, I want to go over to Mrs. Smith's for a while and I have no one to leave the baby with. So I have put her crib right in front of the telephone and I will leave tho receiver down. If you hear her crying please call ma up ad Mrs. Smith's." The shock of this rH quest was so great t'-.at Central dropped her gun and said,- "Busy" ti the next eleven people -who called upj |