New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-26
A Hint to DIalnnas.

How TO MAKE CHILD TAKE Cor LIvER OH
The Paris correspondent Of the N. 7. Express tells
the following story
Everybody knows how repugnant to the taste y
cod liver oil in any disguise whatever. IT. excellent
qualities as medicament are equally undeniahle, and
the doctor 80 ordains. But who has ever contvedto
induce child to take second dose Of cod liver oil
dare be sworn that such prodigy Of addrem n.vef
was accomplished until Madame D., Parisian mother,
set the example. Madame D. has . son six yeAEa Old
who is the incarnation Of caprice and ssfWill, Ike
many another spoiled child. The family physician
some time ago ordered table spoonful Of cod liver Oil
to be administered TO the boy every evening. The
tract it would be once only, unless force ase
ployed and this means she was 10th to adopt. 60
Madame D., knowing thoroughly the weak point Of
her sons character, hit upon an ingenious plan TO
The family, consisting Of five or six persons spend
the evenings at home. The mother, in the childs
presence, described in glowing terms syrup from
the East of which the Sultan and his favorites 90
lately. Even now none but grown persons Can sip
this marvellous elixir whose virtues are wrtteni no
language but Latin. Children have never been al
lowed to taste it, any more than they are permitted
TO drink champagne, smoke cheroots, sic up until
midnight, boots, go to the club, vote At cleo.
tons, carry an eyeglass talk politics OF do other
things which only do To taste this famous syrup
was declared superior to these exclusive priv
leges
After all this had been carefully said dozen times,
little Pitchers ears being very wide open, tea WAS
served, and with it bottle Of the delicious syrup in
question, which everybody--the grown people taated
i and pronounced exquisite An uncle, who
knew his part by heart smacked his lips, and begged
| for more. Between you and ], the beverage was
nothing but apple syrup. After all had been served
twice, the bottle was carefully locked in the side
board.
The same performance was solemnly repeated fol
several evenings. AT last the child who had not os
joint Of what had occurred, and deeply MORTIFIED z
think that his youth stood between him and the de
ghtnl syrup, ventured to ask his mother TO Let MIN
taste it-only spoonful.
ais it possible you can think Of such Q thing
exclaimed Madame D. oh, dear, NO! II it weT,
known that you drank Sultan's syrup, no one wouit
consider you little boy any longer, and people woul!
be asking you the time of day or the price OF stocks
All this Of course only tended to increase the child
curiosity; and the next day, his mother, appearing
to Weld to his entreaties, promised that perhaps
spoonful might be given him that evening. On thl
OCCASION twin bottles were brought forth, and Will
the comedians took each small glass Of apple sym
as before, Master Alfred gulped down good dose |
codliyer oil. And he did 1t with pride and joy, to
despite its horrible taste fully persuaded, % he va
that his elders were permitting him to initiate t,el
ing new praises upon the elixir It again careful
put away. The next evening, the same performan,
was repeated, and the next, and the next the child
vanity being always excited to the requisite poin
And 80 welldi Madame D. and her accomplices pla
out the comedy, that to this day, whenever little
fred is wilfnl dis0bedient, lazy, or Ohstnate
fretful, all his mother need say ID, il yon are NOT
Q good boy, you shall have no syrup tonight" Al
r the menace works like charm!