The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-27
TAKING CARE OF BABY.

Gertie had serious troubles at school.
She had mo head for figures, as they
say, and we know that heads have q
great deal to do with figures. They
danced and cut capers through her
brain till she could hardly remember
their names. She always forgot
whether "quotient'' or ''product'' be-
longed to multiplication or division;
t'pIus,' minus, the sign of ''equal-
itY,'' and all those pulling things
were hopelessly mixed up together.
She was bright enough in her other
studies, but poor little girl! twice she
had been put back to drag through the
same dreary old lesson. There were so
many other little ones in the family
that no one had time to think of Ger
ties troubles. or advise her about
them, and she began to think she was
going to be Ounce all her life.
But one happy day Uncle John came
from Boston on visit. 1t did not
take him long to see, by the pitiful
droop at the corners of the mouth and
forlorn look in her eyes, that something
was wrong.
Uncle John always had time. He
listened to all Gertie had to tell, and
comforted her by assuring her that the
smarrest woman he had ever known,
who had written, he couldn't tell how
MANY books, knew only enough arith-
metic to count up her money when she
went shopping.
Spite of all this, though, the fact re-
manned that it was Gertie's duty to learn
arithmetic. Uncle John thought she
might be able to try harder than ever
before if she bad something pleasant to
look forward to; SO he promised her that
if she passed next year, he would send
her the prettiest present she had ever
seen.
And she did. And it came. What do
you think is the incest present little
girl can have?
Uncle John thought so, too. And it
was the loveliest one you ever saw! a
sweet, bright babY-face in the most del
icate wax. Blue eyes that moved, hair
not all braided and frizzled and fused
up with bows, but the dearest little
silky short curls exactly like baby S;
and long white dress with arobe front.
It was almost big enough to be twin
sister to Nellie, the sure enough baby,
who was four months old. Nellie ale
ways laughed and crowed when she saw
the cunning thing; thought it would be
very nice for her to play with, and won
dered why Gertie never seemed to think
so, too.
One morning. mamma told Geyiie to
stay awhile with Nellie. who was sitting
in her little buggy in the garden. Gertie
brought Rosabella, her waxen baby,
and seated her at the foot Of the buggy
while she went for some flowers. She
was quite sure Rosabella was out Of
Nellie's reach, but baby stretched and
stretched with all her little might, and
soon had hold OF the treasure.
Babies. you know, are not very wise.
This baby thought she could easily put
Rosabella's head just where she tried to
put everything else-in her rosy little
mouth. And She tried and tried, but
the more she tried the more she couldn't.
At first, she thought it was because
Rosabella's head was too large; then she
thought her own mouth must be too
small. However it might be, she be-
gan to cry with anger, partly because
She could not do what she wanted to,
and partly because Rosabella's face
bumped her little bit of a nose.
Gertie came running IN sore dismay
as she saw what was going on. She
felt very much like slapping Nellie's
little hands at sight Of 3 few small