The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
A Word for si!B 15aIyisa,

ma just has the crossest babies, aud
alwa,yss, had. Dearm / we haze m neace
saaWhy, Anne, waaaam the thi7h halter with
tho present baby? Does 1t 'fase the
collie q, bns .aIot ~. friur.i aig lod.
;. HGGsaliqf /, 4 hshopld think 80 a it's moth
Ing but colic. AS for colds it's, alWays
stuffed up .with cold, ard can hardly ge!
its BREATH Strange there should bosAcll
difference ina babies q yours is. So, COED,
Mrs. i. really, iiow, / believe I've
tiuver Heard y cfy yet aa mich as tuh
Here. tDdesn'ti IL ever. have Tad eoljc,
once . Gay, hyhow, toward It's Bedtin!9 ~
i"N6, Anne, It Rdsanevef had What
call q Bad speIl of the collie cf indeed
any ,.a kiad Or seIda ,Itis Iust tlle be- bs9t
TSaaa vpsdy ss ts Tssy s1sSs sSSs
blanket over Ris lover limbs. Don't
want to sl1othe+ him, do yoti ?s'I ;''2 7'.'li
5"Eo fear ofthat, Anne. with his little
face, hands and urms alWayBo out, and In
motion, too, most Of the tiihe!ao His
dresses are aiwAyb high:necked and ionk.
sleeved OF coufse AY0u'r motherT Keeps
her baby warm, doesn't she 2" "'sS3'?1 -
eyes, plenty warm she thinks, but we
never wrap 1t up like You do. Let ne
see-yes, her little frocks are all short
sleeved,H and her only wrap is single
three c0fnefed piece Of, flannel, en-
bfoidered stiine Of course, and when the
children CONF homie from school they
pick her uP with their cold hands and
fan her round. to their notion, and have
nice times, only the little thing keeps up
such a yelling, and ma, says she never
gets good nights rest amy .mefe." M
'"ADd she dQes not deserve it for such
cruelty to her poor little helpless Babe"
"Why, Mrs. d., bow can you talk so /?
Ma Is a devoted mother and a very anS-
ious one, too, for she lost several children
with cronp ard other things, but you
know children will die sometimes"
."Yes, very rnany die ,jast for want Of
"Well, I know ma loyes her children,
and Mrs. L., you should see how lovely
she dresses baby, the last irock she made
is full Of tucks and ruffles aud - ~
Bother the tucks and ruffies and cruel
sh0Tt sleeves that ruin child'5 health
and temper. Tell her to wrap a warm,
soft shawl round the little suffering babe (;
something extra over the lower limbs /;
and warm the wee, rosy feet several times
a day, if they are the least cool. and then
believe her babe will be good, healthy
and happy as my own. My only :sonder
is tha. any child can survive snch treat
ment, and how is it, Anne, that you are
80 bright and healthy?"
"Afa says 7 am the beat of the fock as
to health, and I've heard her tell Of o
good grandma, who was living during my
babyhood, who loved me and fopdled and
cradled and wrapped me up and took
special charge Of me, much to the amuse-
meat of the rest of the family, who
wraps, and feared it would all make me
50 very tender and sickly."
well, Anne, you may thank that good
grandma for your fine constitution and
rosy cheeks; she certainly gave you an
excellent start iE the world. Strange
that your mother did not learn little
wisdom from such an example,"
'"Do you really think, Mrs. L., that
babies should be 30 wrapped upi you
know that they don't look half 80 pretty
| and that long sleeves and warm thi3gf
make such a d;fference"
Eyes, they make every difference
warmth Is life, and cold is death to them
! and Ltln heiieve very many hahies' lives
are sacrificed on the altar Of mothers
vanity. Anne, you are old enough to
see n good deal TO the comfort of your
baby sister, and let me eR.geat nyou TO
talk it all over with, your mother, and
join with hari il trying to, make the poor
little helpless thing more comfortable,
yes, entirely comfortable, and great will
be your reward Nsilio, ia Gern,aato,On
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