The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-23
BABIES.
How the Household JOys are Treated I'm
Different Countries and Chimes.

BY the side of the Ganges we can see the
little traveller of the Parsee, @ people who
came long ago from Persia and who worship
the sun. The popularity OF this fair faced
baby in the land Of dark eolors Is that he Is
never seen with his head uncovered. Man,
woman or child-old or young, rich or poor,
day OF night, asleep or awake, indoors or out
the Parsee must always keep the head covered.
He wears q pretty cap OF silk or velvet or
linen, which Is very becoming, his dress Il
always of silk, covered with embroinery, gold
and Jewels, according to the wealth OF his
family, and the little Parsee is q very pic
turesque object among the naked babies OF
the poorer classes. :,
little cap and dress like his grandmother
goes in leaning strings or walking frame OF
Wickerwork. On the Cornice road he goes to
market with his mamma, riding In q basket
hung to the sides of q donkey, with brother
or sister In similar basket on the other side.
The vegetables, which mamma sells, and the
babies ride very contentedly together; while
the mother, with her parasol hat, crowns the
droll load, busily engaged In knitting or spin
ming as she rides along.
In Algiers, baby rides "piek-a-paek," and in
Bavaria tied fiat to his nurses back; but, Ii
he belongs to the poorer classes, he has the
best time i'm France. Have you heard OF that
most beautiful charity OF Paris called "The
Cradle (Creehe), where the babies OF mothers
who must go out to work are kept all day,
bathed, freely dressed, fed, doctored and
amused till their mothers return at night 2
The little traveller on our side OF the water
has o variety of fashions. In Lima ne swings
in a hammock: In Yucatan he tottleS around
amply dressed In straw hat and pair OF
sandals. Among the Indians Of our prairies
he begins life as passive bundle, hung over
his mothers back or from the limb OF tree.
His head is made to grow fiat by means OF a
board If he Is to have the honor Of being O
Flat-head Indian. Waste no pity on him; It
would be the sorrow and disgrace OF his life IL
his head we're shaped like yours. He will In
future years select his slaves from round
headed races, and proudly declare that NO
Flat head was ever slave.
When the little travellers come in pairs,
they make confusion in the world. Among
our Pluto Indians las / lately read in O Neva-
do paper,) when this happens. it becomes
necessary, by Indian law, for the dignified,
pompous papa himself to take charge OF the
superfiuous baby. When you remember that
an Indian never deigns tonotice, much less to
touch, q papoose, you can imagine what a
modification this must be to him.
Among some people the extra baby is at
once put out OF the way; but in one African
| tribe a curious custom prevails. The hut
| containing the unfortunate pair Is marked by
cloth hung before the door, and q row Of
white pegs driven into the ground in front OF
| it. II any one except the parents goes in, he
| is at once seized and sold into slavery. The
twins CAM OF play with other children and nc
one can uss anything out OF that house. The
mother is allowed TO go out to work in the
| field, brings wood and other necessary things
but she caslnot speak to any one outside o.
her own family. This performance goes OF
until the unwelcome pair are six years old
when they have great ceremony music
marching, feasting and dancing; and wher
| this is done, the banlshed family takes It'll
place among respectable people again.
The calm Oriental baby In his tray or bas
ket; the Chinese baby in his cage: the baby
OF Burmah, naked or wrapped In silks, sInok
ing at two and married at ten; the baby o
| the "Cradle" and Founding Asylum of Paris
the Lima baby in its hammock, and the stolit
Indian papoose on its boards each and every
one is happier and better off than our poo
| little other-abandoned American baby, lef
| to ignorant and careless nurses