Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-03
FLUSHING CHILDREN TO DEATH.
Railroad Sketch In Boston Advertiser.I

Railroad Sketch In Boston Advertser.1
An angelic child. TRis is no common creature,
and it would be difficult to exaggerate her beau
ty. She is as delicate and dainty as fairy. At
cheeks, deep blue eyes, made quite angelic BY
Clark lashes,-the enchanting, laughing mouth,
absolutely Illuminated by the sweet baby teeth,
and the finishing touch Of loose yellow curl,
showing below the white cap. Very soon, how
ever, any woman notices that the child Is not
only 6ecomingly, but very expeesiyely dressed
| is probably the wife OF mechanic, 1t occurs to
| one to wonder what would be the emotions of a
European mother of this class on seeing a child
| OF hers arrayed in all this lace embroidery and
| the sOftest and snowieSt of wooden wraps
At once all eyes are drawn to this sweetest of
sweet things-a beautiful child. The first per-
son to notice her Is pleasant looking man, who
sits with his Wife In the seat next the baby.
Something about them makes one feel that this
is childless pair The baby, at this moment, is
half sitting, half lying, on her mothers lap,
kicking up one little red-shod foet against the
Lack OF the next seat. She is almost the only
unconscious creature IN that car, as she lies
Tx ere perfectly happy and at ease. Friendly
man stretches out his hand toward her. Up
springs the mother, and with nervous hand
selzes the little foot; puts baby into coayen-
ror: 'Why, Maud! Your foot does not look very
pretty up there"
.What is your manner" asks the man.
The baby bless her heart! has now worked
herself down again into her pretty attitude, and
again kicks up the little red foot. making no
answer to the stranger. Again the mother
seizes the foot, CHANGING anxt0usly around at us
ALL and repeating: 'sWhy, Maud Tell the gen.
tleman what your name Is; tell the gentleman
what your name is, Maud. Maud! tell the gen.
tleman what your name is"
Baby is gazing happily now at bird in cage
hanging near and visible through a rent In the
paper cover; but the mother cannot leave her in
ieace, and begins vigorous pushing back of
| the yellow hair under the cap. We can all feel
| how it pulls. That done, she stiffens up the
angel in her lap into the attitude OF awax doll;
q
| the gentleman how old you are?"
| 'Most two," the baby answers promptly.
"Oh, no; not most two" the mother says SOL
EMMY; twoyears old, Maud; say two years DID,"
And then-Maud, say this and Maud, say that is
repeated over and over, the little victim being
shown off and put through her paces without
a moments peace or rest, for so long that it
makes ones ears and heart ache.
1t is a relief when the friendly man reaches
she raises her blue eyes to his, and seeing that
| yearning look there which love of children
i ften puts into mans eyes, and which even
| very young baby knows how to read, straight
| way holds out her arms to him, and he lifts her
| over the back OF the seat with that expression,
| wholly pleased and half surprised. which be-
| comes one who has received the highest Of COM
| pliments-the confidence and preference OF
little child How have any of us ever deserved
| that the kingdom of heaven should be given
| For a few minutes our dear baby was allowed
| to rest in this quiet mans arms, TO play with
his watch, to hunt through his ps pockets; to be
/
not long, however, before the mother began
| struggling in an ominous way with her travel
ing basket and then While baby was entirely S ely
| lamp on the bright watch, large piece OF what
looked like pound cake was passed over to her
1t was hard to see her put her little white
| teeth into it, and to judge from this what the
ordinary diet was likely to be; hard to glance
child to the sallow one of the young mother
| which, together with the fragile, broken Ameri-
| can teeth, told the story of chronic dyspepsia
! and general debility. Is this what our bloom
| ing baby is coming tor
/ She throws half the cake on the foor, thank
heaven, but eats the rest carelessly and with
| out appetite there Is no member OF the s. P. c.
| c. present to prevent this case OF cruelty to
! children), and then standing for moment on
the mans knees she glances up: and through
! the narrow window In the roof of the car she
"Moon!S she shouts with an enchanting laugh.
Moon up high" Then up 60 her darling bands
"Why! she never did that BEFORE" said her
where To Wea aSw WITH and e the
| did you go with parper, Maud? Maud, Wnere
did you go with parper?s The dear cheeks are
She Ii is dsfagged down,"from the companionship
OF the skies. "Water, water" IL becomes eSa a
| moan, and we think Of the pound.cake. NO.
water. " Water is ali gone. Tell the gentleman
i where you are going, MAUD" 1885,. ,,,r
means she na 1aGy t aer s ages h
/ ont heS hands to her "water." "Water Is all
gone: perhaps therell be boy found with
water 6ime bye,p says the mother. ''Tell the
i Gentleman where you went with parper, Maud.
FEN the gentleman where you are going,
MY tourney Is ended. Poor baby goes farther,
| night though it be, and the last words hear as
] I leave the car are-"Cant you tell the gentle
| man where you are going, Maud?'
.wA newspaper heads it, "Muslc in Maine"
But there is toomuch techHic and too little har-
| mony.-fN. L. Herald.
eY-n our grandmothers had been as careless
as our granddaughters there would have been