Coalville Times | 1903-05-01 | Page 7 | The Boy and His New Mamma

THE BOY AND HIS NEW MAMMA. Little On. Give. Pitiful Answer t. Embarrassing Question, "Every little while th. Infant torrl-hie torrl-hie proves Uj us afresh our barbarism 111 burdening the budding rulnd with grownup quostlona," remarked th. pretty girl In the new bat. "Only last night, when e were at Unci. Jack', this was demonstrated by a .mall boy who outiht to have been In the nursery. nur-sery. Of course there wa. an old goose of a man there, too, who bad to ask Jack, Jr., bow b. liked bis new mamma. Reully, It', a question If Ihcso uncivilized member, of society aren't as much a mlstnk. a. th. poor children who ar. doubly victim.. At any rate poor little Jack, Jr., after vast and troubled effort, which ahowed he bad been wrestling hard to decide whether be liked th. face of his new mamma, answered In his sleepily pitiful piti-ful lisp., 'I llkths r, on'y' with deep conviction 'I don't fink ah. 1th tho wery now.' "Philadelphia Record.