The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-19
TAKING CARE OF RABIES.

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to the baby instead Of to the bull dog pup.
Grotesaue as this story may seem, and
possibly exaggerated, the fact remains
very much the same, that a great many
people, not only in England, but in the
United States, bestow more care on their
fancy chickens, or their dogs, than on
their own children. 1t may not be that
they have more affection for the brute
creation than for their own offspring, but
they assume too much on the vitality OF
children, and think that care spent on
them is time wasted. Even the best cul-
tured people seem to be quite inditier-
ent az to the very necessary, care
which children-the young children
should have, and have apparently no
idea that the same rules which govern
the rearing OF fancy animals ought not 10
Mold good In regard TO infants. Putting
aside ali those material instincts which 1t
IL snpposable all mothers feel good deal
ofignorance is displayed even by educated
women in regard to the rearing o. their IN
iants. It is not love that is wanting, only
common sense is absent. There IS that
question OF dress. 1t Is very charming 70
nave a ''curled darling" and to see his III
lie ROSY limbs; they are all the prettier be-
cause they are unclad, but in the desire to
show off a nude child, or partially un-
4 ressed one, a real human SACRIFICES often
made. We, in this country, adopted some
time ago an English style Of dressing child
rem, which has not yet entirely gone out
Of vogue. II mothers were deoolete and
their maturer charms could better stand
The stress OF weather, babies were dressed
az little as possible. When French people
are called upon to admire English babies,
II thew are fine stalwart children, they
sometimes say-"Yes, 1t lisa fine child, but
you English 90 through certain amount
al stirpiculture. You put SO little cloth.
ing on your children that about half OF them
die. These specimens which l see
fine ones, no doubt-haye been endowed
with an extra vigorous nature; that Is all,
and have not been killed. With our
change OF climate, We want all the differ.
ences in clothing for child, from the
slightest garment to the heaviest, in &C
cordance with the seasons. An infant
cannot complaint cannot say 1t is hot
or cold-and before one is aware OF 1t ILL
ness caused by exposure comes. Many a
congestion OF the lungs and decline arises
from a very stupid ignorance Of the COM
meuest laws regarding the clothing OF in
fants. Though the French are very per.
feet as to the food OF the child, they do
very absurd things with those swaddling
clothes in which infants are bound up.
Warmth for young children isimperatiyei
Il Ia almost as important as proper nutri-
ton. We battle children, both in this
country and in England, much more IRE.
0uently than in France or Germany, pos
slbly because with US water Is more plen.
ty. OF course Eli mothers know that q
bath removes the secretions from the
skin OF the child, and helps 1t in
all It's animal functions. Still how
many people there are OF foreign
birth In the United States, who have
children which came into life in the
United States, who eschew water for their
children as II 1t were poison. Heads OF
infants which are diseased from want OF
that good cleaning which water gives are
often considered by ignorant persons as
indicative OF the strong health OF the child.
"Stop this souri, they say, land the child
will de-" The bed child sleeps in
should be most carefully considered. The
old. fashioned cradle, treasured though Its
memory may be, is simply an abomina-
ton. What Is wanted for an infant is an
airy couch, something through which, at
certain times, both the sun and air can
come. shut.up places for children TO
sleep in are nothing better than collins. It
is very bad plan for mother, ii she
have curtains to her bed, TO close the crib
which hold her baby under the same
drapery. There is not fresh or pure air
enough for one, much less for two. Just
the same rules which were indicated
some time ago for the sleeping.
rooms for grown persons hold good
for infants. There must be light
and air. AT birth child does not want a
glare OF light, and the too violent rays OF
sun may be kept away, but good and fresh
air mot the confined atmosphere Of asick
ROOM is what will give an infant life. 1t
is not wise to deck mothers room with
flowers in honor OF an suspicious event,
for the finest bouquet is just as bad, under
such circumstances, as would be smok-
ing kerosene lamp. AS to the covering an
infant requires when sleeping, nothing
requires more judgment 1t Is stupid
habit to pile things Ion baby, as il he
were an Esquimsux within mile Of the
North Pole. 1t Is not the thickness or
quantity OF material which keeps child
warm, but its imperviousness. OF course,
child does not want rubber clothing, but
It is easy to make proper selection Of
such stufIs as will keep 1t comfortable
when 1t is asleep. Questions have been
asked as to the use OF baby:carriagesIfo for
infants. Their use is justified in
a thousand instances, and 1t is
unnecessary to state them, but
to send out child even OF three years OF
age Of acold day in baby. carriage is
cruelty. The body may be warm, but the
head and the tender ears, no matter how
they are clad must suffer. 1t is just as
bad, when 1t is freezing. to air child in
carriage as to expose 1t, withoutany shade,
to the sun when the thermometer is at
100 degrees Fahrenheit. The best nurse
Is she who, having a child in carriage,
after half hours stroll, takes 1t out for
while, moves Its position, then puts her
charge back. The worst thing is 10 be.
lieve that an infant is torpid creature.
The era OF the baby.jumper has, thank
goodness, passed away, and with 1t the
number Of spawned children have sensi-
bly, diminished.-M Y. Times.