The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-30
CENTRE HALL CENTRE CO.. PA. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1878
How a Wan Take. Care Of His Baby.

How a Man Takes Care OF His Baby
In spite Of all the statements TO tho
contrary. there are men who take care
of their children. They are the hndeat
and best husbands in the world. They
A, not wish 10 see their wives oyerbur-
3eued with care and worry, aud they
intend to help them a great deal, and
actually do. Yet 10 cannot be denied,
that their opinion concerning the value
of their services and their wives opin-
ion on tho same subject do not exactly
coincide. One - these good husbands
will help dress the cinltihhn for break
fast and speak oi it with grandly
virtuous air, while the fact "a that lac
only washed the face of one while his
wife wnshed aud dressed the other three.
He helps get the children ready Tor
church that In. he buttons up Dick y
bogts. and helps Jenny put on her
gloves after be has leisurely and com
fartably dressed himself, while hih VIE
ties sashos, aud hunts mp odd gloves,
and puts on collars. aud curls one ehild %
hair aud washes anOther's hands, ahd IN
the intervals docs up her own hair,
and saves the baby from the razor, and
Jepny's best bonnet from the baby. he
stands patiently % IN the hall as TIE
bell begins 80 toll, and mildly calls: : III
is getting late, Maria. Which TACT
Maria knows as well as he does. for her
hands are trembling 80 with nervousness
and hnste that she hardly put a single
pin in it's right place. just AS the last
strokes Of the bell are sounding, they
hurry of 10 church, lreing entirely The
calming influence winch comes from
leisurely walk on IA tine Sunday morn
ing. He takes the opportunity - re-
mark, with but shade Of reprooi IN has
gentle tones, a. can't understand why
il takes you so long 10 get ready. IL
really does seem as il, with as much as
10 20 help you. we need not be obIgel
TO hurry 50 - the last minute don
like 70 see you 60 up the aisle with Your
face AS rel % a lobster. which. OF
course, is very soothing 10 MarlA's nm
tated nerves.
The father cares for the baby at night
in very much the same fashion. The
mother has lifted the child into her own
bed, and back into It's cradle again, III
the vain hope that in one place or tue
other he will go 10 sleep. has brought
{" drinks of water for him, rocked the
cradle aud sung % its uneasy occupant
softly aud sleepily for an hour, tall fnal-
lv she thinks that il she is 90 be in this
selai-amphi5fots state. half out Of bed
and half in. the air from the open WIN
dow is 100 cool for her. She knows II
she tries TO shut il herself the little
tvrAnt will instantly miss her presence
and be ten times wider awake than ever.
and all the hours singing and rocking
will be- labor lost. So, with much re-
gret, she softly asks John 20 get up and
close the window. he has lain remark
ably still and breathed rather heavily,
and is souewhat difficult 10 arouse for a
man who Afterward declares he was Wide
awake all the time. But like the good
husband that he is, he cheerfully closes
the window, and gets an extra blanket
for the baby, and pleasantly asks As he
settles down into the pillows again,
" What makes the baby 80 uneasy TO
night ?" He mAnifests a strange indii-
ference 20 his wife's reply. and in fact
nothing more is heard from him hll
morning, while his wife sleepily and
painfully works away for an hour longer.
But at breakfast, with what calm COM
plAcencv does h speak Of the trouble
the baby made us last night, with an
"us fairly editorial in It's comprchen-
siveness. The next night he goes into
a room by himself 20 sleep. he "can :
stand Il 20 have his rest broken 80,
bu; adds generously, I'm take care OF
him the next night And 20 he does
till about twelve O'Clock, when the baby
wakes and cries. For ten minutes he
tries faithfully TO get him % sleep again,
and then ignominiously retreats and
calls for mamma