| Show Is th th Musical 1 a constant question fu ston In every ITS mothers mind She Shu thinks It by byI I I she dreams It by night nl ht If I the child objects to Its II numie nunI it Ie It whines every time Its father looks at nt It If I It refuses reu es to live up to the thc most sainted minted I I family traditions the suro sure cure cuc for tor forthe forI I the colic all those thee things can elD be he over overlooked overlooked looked loke If i It exhibits n a proper musical sense or at least If IC Its Is mother thinks It does docs do nod Us its father n with wih a n aburn r hum burn bum hum from behind his newspaper Fame fortune nod alt all the other limits I of oC future futuro happiness enter the heart hert of oC I the poor por mother whose child ehll blinks Its tt eyes eyeR when she Jingles oil off 0 a n few Caw verses of ot Annie Laurie Lauric on tho tD piano I May Io sound foolish but It Is IB not You have bac seen this variety of oe woman many j I times She Is In every efery street of ot every city clr watching the tho little cooing Infant and sInging Ringing cradle songs Into his hi pink j I cars cam Cr Such Is R the song of ot the thc I cradle I The he ARC Age of i I I But nut when years roll roil rol along alon and oDd the tho baby roaches ranches rach 6 Its It walking clothes cothes and Is 18 1 the thc only real noah rol thing on the thc promises premises I f when It coddles up um to mother and aud pulls puls I out nil all al fathers hair and scratches him himon 0 I on the car earthen them mother assumes n n it new I role but still a n musIcal one Baby has bus I started to say some S sweet little things thina R I like papa and ond aDI mamma or at nt least lest BO so 61 Its It mother Interprets Its It syllables syllable II and then therm the tho musical education e starts marts 5 Mother sings snatches from rein the latest I conga sad and baby bab claps its IL hands bonds nod and clam clamor t OM 01 or for or more This Is childhood at nt Its best beet bestIn I In the future years there Is the sinning singing i professor and nut nd tho the piano professor and the multitude of oC other professors And AnI the hll Is 13 la II nIne cases out of ot 10 that I I the musical muslI tendencies full tul to make good Ono Duh One mother ella tello her story an as Oi follows 1 I I 1 often wondered If It my mr baby bab was of or n a musical Dl turn and ann I 1 decided to find out omit omitS S From the age oge of or one month I sang to tD toS S him hint the tho samo 1110 tuno when I J was putting I I him to t sleep One day lay In the Uie tc eighth month mont of ot his age baby was woe In my arms nod he lie was teething I wanted to make loko l him forget to ct nil all ni about It und and get some SOle rest re t I 1 wing sang tho the same old FI lullaby of oC babyhood und nod ho e Ml fell tel comfortably Into luto a n drowsy I sleep I repeated the tho little Itlo song tone but butI I this time I 1 altered one note Dote at the end endot of ot the lie second bar Suddenly baby boby opened his eyes eres and raised them to t mine with a n wideawake nod and most startled look hook 1001 When I again repeated the song Bong I J sang It ne as 18 he hewan hewal wan wal accustomed to hearing bearing It I anti and he settled 11 down Into luto n a comfortable sleep oDd and awoke very cr much refreshed Day Do Failed to Matte 1110 Good Remembering the expression anti the restlessness caused by hy the one discordant note I repented repeated tho the performance again and again the baby opened his bis beautiful eyes and the expression on his face wild saId Mi ns as D clearly ns as words could There Is Something wrong mother From this time line I was nR thoroughly convinced that baby had a 0 musical ear although my I lii wart lart was sore at ot waking him up on two occasions to find Ond out If IC ho he was musical Now ow my boy Is 19 12 I years yean eard old oll strong and hearty but misfortune of oC mIster misfortunes ml Cor tunes bo b cannot slug sing be he never whistles his bis laugh has bas music mu le In It I however I hope some name day he may be he musical but hut nt at atthe the present line thue be he Is la u II sad Bad od case for tor he hc thinks of QC baseball and football to and other games and never noer no matter how hard hardI I try to make him bIO lean Icon lon that way does ha he think of or music Title ThIs mother had hod a sad sai toll hare Havo lavo not Dot you OU had bal similar ones If I you Jou have nc not then alma toko your our baby provided you youhao 01 have hao H ii I baby hab boy runt and ll try It I on the young yo I II gentleman You may amy DUY linT In years to come comae that It I Is la a case of at Loves Lovos foa Labor Lost But lut then It I Is sweet to loso 1081 In such a 1 good Sol cause |
