The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-31
How q Man Takes Care Of His Bab,.

In spite of all the statements to the
contrary, there are men who help take
care of their children. They are the
kindest and best of husbands in the
world. They do not wish To see their
wives ovcrburdened with care and
worry. and they intend To help them u
great deal. and actually do. Yet it can
not be denied. that their opinion con-
corning the value Of their services and
their wives opinion on the same sub
ject do not exactly coincide. One of
these good husbands will help dress the
children for breakfast. and speak Of il
with a grandly virtuous air, while the
fact is that he only washed the face
Of IN while his wife washed and
dressed the other three. He helps ce,
the children ready for church; that is.
he buttons up Dicks boots and helps
Jenny put on her gloves after he has
%leisurely and comfortably dressed him
self. while his wife ties sashcs. and
hunts up odd gloves. and puts on col
lars. and curls one child's hair and
washes another hands. and in the inter-
walls ''does up her own hair. and saves
the baby from the razor. and Jenny's
best bonnet from the baby. He stands
patiently CD in the hall rs the bells be-
gin to toll, and mildly calls, 1T is get
ting late, Maria Which fact Maria
knows as well as he does. for her hands
are trembling SO with and
haste that she can hardly put a pin in
its right place. just as the last strokes
Of the bell are sounding. they hurry off
to church, losing entirely the calming
influence which comes from a leisurcly
walk on a fine Sunday morning. He
takes the opportunity to remark. with
just q shade of reprOOf in his gentle
tones, II can't understand why it takes
you SO long to get ready. II really
does seem Is if with as much As ! do to
help you. we need not be obliged tn
hurry so at the last minute. ] don't
like to see you 90 up the aisle with your
face as red as Q lObster."-which Of
course. is very soothing Ia Maria's
irate nerves.
The father cares for the baby nj nigh,
in very much the same fashion. The
mother has lifted the child into her own
bed, and back into its cradle aga;n. in
vain hope that in one place or the 9th.
er he will go to sleep. has brought
of water for him. rocked the
cradle and sung to its uneasy occupant
softly and sleepily for an hour. till f.
nally she thinks that il she is to be in
this semi-amphibious state. half out Of
bed and half in. the air from the open
is too cool for her. She knows
Il she tries to shut it herself the little
will instantly miss her presence
and be ten times wider awake than ev.
er. and all the hours singing and rock
ing will be labor lost. So. with much
regret she softly asky John to get up
and close the window. He has lain re-
markably still and brea,hed rather
and is somewhat difficult to
arouse tor . man who afterward de- |
clares he was wide-awake all the time. |
But like the good husband he is, he
c~heerfully closes the window. and gets |
m extra blanket for the baby. and
asks, - he settles down into |
he pillow again, What makes the ba-
BY 90 uneasy t0-night?' He maDifests
} strange indifference to his wife's re-
ply, and in fact nothing more is heard
him till morning, while his wife
and painfully works away for
m ho1r longer. But 1t breakfast, with
what calm conplacency does he speak
4 the trouble the baby made US last
light, with an .-us'' fairly editorial in
t. comprehensiveness. The next night
le goes into . room by himself to sleep.
lie cant stand il TO have his rest bro
zen so.'' but adds generously. ..I'l take
he baby wakes and cries. For ten min
ties he tries faithfully to get him To
leep again. and then ANONYMOUSLY re-
reats and calls for ..mamma."-Mdry
Blake, IN Scribner.