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Show One reason dHs become broken la health and meet an early death as rule Is that their "mothers" are not so scientific as the modern mothers of children, according to a baby specialist special-ist "The modern mother has given np the cradle," he said, "because she knows the baby should not be rocked. The modern baby sleeps In a crib or little bed on four legs on the floor. The bars that keep the baby from falling out give it a toologlcal appearance. appear-ance. But the modern doll Is still brought np In the old-fashioned unscientific un-scientific way. The doll Is rocked In a cradle, like the mother or grandmother grand-mother of Its small owner. Sometimes Some-times these cradles are the mechanical kind that can be wound up like a clock. Many modern dolls, as many men and women of an older generation genera-tion were, are rocked to sleep to the click of the automatic cradle." |