The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-03
MRS. PINCUs,s BABY.
The Wonderful Little Child that
delights It's Parents and Grand.
parents.


The Wonderful Little Child that
Delights It's Parents and Grand.
parents.
After ascending by q winding, un-
carpeted pine stairway to the third
story of No. $50 North Fourth street,
visitor was yesterday ushered into
the room where dwell Mrs. Pincus
and her wonderful little baby. The
room contains small cook stove, and
serves as kitchen, bedroom, and par
lar for the family, which consists Of
Mr.. Pincus, his wife, healthy, robust
boy eighteen months, and the little
mite ofhumanity whose fame, although
only fourteen days haYe passed since
its tiny wall first quivered on the air
; a. this world, has spread even beyond
the limits Of the great city in which it
was born. The room was decently
furnished, but the family are evident.
u very poor. Several persons besides
the nother were present. They all
seemed in excellent spirits. Mrs. Pin
Gus, pleasant-faced. healthy looking
young German-American,a apparently
twenty years old, stepped smiling to
the bed, and removing a email hem
stitched handkerchief, which served
as = counterpane, proudly displayed
the small specimen.
SIT weighs just sixteen ounces and
is perfect she said carefully brushing
ny which seemed disposed to settle
on the little nose.
sixteen ounces! it cannot be so
much, said the visitor, doubtfully.
Then after pause, thought struck
him and he said: tAh, yes; sixteen
onncesg that's only pound. see.
! The infant was asleep. Occasionally
it smiled the smallest kind of smile.
: just look at its hand,' said the
mother, 'and its little nails, and look
at its feet, and you ought to see its
eyes. Such great beautiful blue eyes.
And see these she said, bustlirg to q
table and holding up some dolls things
"a pair of socks of crochet work,
about an inch long, and a little lace
cap, trimmed with blue ribbons, too
small to fit good-sized ridge-pippin.
The visitor raised the tiny red hand
on the tip of his little finger carefully,
SO as not to break it or disturb the
midget's dreams. Its palm is no big
ger than a dry goods clerks thumb
nail, and it's fingers are about half an.
Inch long, and scarcely larger than
graphite in a reporters pencil. To
show the size of the arm the mother
toek OF her wedding ring and slipped
itover the child's hand up to its el-
bow.
q docs this-this-this baby eat, and
how ? said the visitor, blushing.
Eat! ali! ah! ahv laughed Mrs.
Fncus, slapping her knees in glee, as
she sat on the side of the bed. 4
guess she does eat. She hangs on me
like leech and never lets 60 as long
as there is drop left
am de gran'fader,' said slim,
mercur1al German, who had sat, his
black eyes spsrkling with pleasure,
while his daughter was exhibiting her
prize. He could not restrain himself
any longer, and he skipped about the
room, gesticulating and expatiating
deIightedly in broken English upon
the wonderful small points of little
Estelle.
III what is your nameT said the visi-
! tor EsEaJa
The old Germans manner changed
suddenly. He became grave and
cautious. 81 don't want my name in
de baber,' he said, seriously. Not dat
am ashamed of de baby, for 1 am
broud off it, but 1haf udder reasons,
my friend
And are you proud of it, tool p
said the visitor, turning to the father,
q decent-loOking young man, who up
to this time had said nothing.
- Yes he replied, with sort of
ing his head, with a different expires.
sion of his face, he said in a manly
voice: Yes, L am proud of it, and l
love it,
sDere has been more dan twenty
eight doctors here to see it, broke in
the grandfather, 'and dey all say dat
it ish de greatest vondar of de world,
and dat it ish de schmallest shild dat
vas ever porn and lived, and more dan
q dousand people haf been here to look
at it. More dan tree hunnered men,
vimmen, and schildren haf been down
dere in the street at von time waiting
to get a schance.'
We haven't let any strangers in
since Saturday, said the mother.
They filed the room SO that it was
too close and hot for the baby. They
keep coming now all the time, but we
don't let them come up stairs
The maternal grandmother, a mid
dle-aged, Observation-Disclosures and we'll
dressed woman, was also present and
seemed delighted with the little one.
The only way she said, that we can
account for its being SO small is that
it is gift from God The grandpar-
ents, from their appearance, would
seem to be in much better circum-
stances financially than the young
folks.
Mr.. Pincus Is baker by trade, but
has been out of employment for long
time. Mrs. Pincus says that she en-.
joyed excellent health all the time be-
fore her baby was born. 1t is said
that many of little Estelle's visitors
have left substantial tokens.
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