The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-12-16
Cur BaDy.

INFvER could see the use of babies.
We have one at our house that belongs
to mother and she thinks everything of
it. can't see anything wonderful about
it. All it can do is to cry and pull hair
and kick. 1t hasn't half the sense of
my dog, and it can't even chase eat.
Mother and Sue wouldn' have a dog III
the house, but they are always going
on about the baby and saying ''ain it
perfectly SWEET
The worst thing about baby Is that
you're expected to take care of him,
and then you get scolded afterward.
Folks say Here Jimmy! just hold the
baby minute. that's good boy" and
then as soon as you have got it. they say
Don't do that my goodness gracious
the boy will kill the child hold it up
straight you good-for- nothing little
wretch 1t is pretty hard to do your
best and then be scolded for it, but
that's the way boys are treated. Per-
haps after I'm dead folks viii wish they
had done differently.
Last Saturday mother and Sue went
out to make calls and told me to stay
home and take care of the baby. There
was a baseball match, but what did
they care? They didn't want to go to
it, and so 1T made no difference whether
l went to it or not. They said they
would be gone only little while, and
that if the baby walked up was to play
with it and keep it from crying and be
sure you don't let If swallow any pins.
OF course, had TO do it. The baby
was sound asleep when they went out,
so left it Just for few minutes while
went to see if there was any pie in the
pantry. If / was woman L Wouldn't t
be so dreadfully suspicious as TO keep
everything locked up. When got back
up stairs again the baby was awake and
was bowling like he was full of pins. So
] gave him the first thing that came
handy to keep him quiet. 1t happened
to be bottle of French polish with a
sponge in il On the end of wire that
Sue uses to black her shoes, because
girls are too lazy to use q regular black
mg-brush.
The baby stopped crying as soon as I
gave him the bottle and | sat down to
read the Young People. The next time
l looked at him he'd got out the sponge
and about half his face was jet black.
This was a nice fix, for kknew nothing
could get the black Oft his face, and
when mother came home she would say
the baby was spoiled aud had done it.
Now 1 think an all-black baby is ever
so much more stylish than an all-whi e
baby, and when | saw the baby was part
black | made up my mind that ii
BACKED it all over it would be worth
more than it ever had been, and per-
haps mother would beeever so much
pleased. So l hun ried up and gave it a
good coat of back. You should have
seen how that baby shined: The polish
dried just as soon as it was put on, and
4 had just time to get the baby dressed
again when mother and Sue came in.
l wouldn't lower myself to repeat
their unkiEd language. When you've
been called numbering little villain
and an unnatural son it will wrinkle in
your heart for ages. After what they
said to me l didn't even seem to mind
about father, but went up stairs with
him almost SIS if 1 was going to church
or something that wouldn hurt much.
The baby is beautiful and shiny.
though the doctor says it will wear of
in a few years. Nobody shows any
gratitude for all the trouble l took, and
l can tell you it isn't easy to black a
baby without getting it into his eyes
and hair. ] sometimes think that it is
hardly worth while TO live in this cold
and unfeeiing world. 'Jin,n'y Browr. -
iAi RGrper's Young People.