Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-10
BERGH AND THE BABIES.
A Characteristic Incident at a Long
Branch Hotel.
From the Eeqo York Star tDem.)

From the Neao York Star tDem.l
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 6.-For an instant
the tall, gaunt form Of distinguished
diplomat and humanitarian darkened the
entrance to the West End Hotel yester-
Cay morning, and in a moment more pro-
pOrtionally tall and angular letters an
nounced upon the hotel register the ar
rival of Henry Bergh, beloved of all the
animal kingdom. MIR. Bergh appeared a
trfle more QuixOtic than usual, and his
latitudinal proportions were not
strengthened by the familiar square
Drimmed high stove-pipe bat and long
Prince Albert coat. to Say nothing Of the
still longer white Overcoat that reached
below his knees. Shortly atterward he
was found sitting in the sun upon the
piazza with his eyes to seward, and was
greeted by your correspondent.
''SIt down." he said, land take sun
ming. / have been prosecuted by
baby"
"A baby ~ 1 asked. ''Wherer
81 have been so unfortunate" he re-
piled, las to have occupied at the Elberon
Hotel, from whence / have just come, a
room adjoining nursery. That baby,
SIR" he continued, his brows darkening,
''h"s kept me awake all night with its in
fernal squealing and screeching. have
Before registering, however, / expressly
stipulated with Mr.. Hildreth that should
be given room as tar from one of these
young nuisances as it would be possible
for him to do 80, and | look forward to
night of peace and quiet and rest in con-
sequence.
You know that / am a lover OF ami
mails, but my infatuation does not go so
far as TO include babies. If they had four
/ aifshf oil d. fA
them, but, having only two, don't They
are always nuisance, and are always
making noise and disturbing grown peo-
pie. What they were evermade for l can
not understand"
But, Mr.. Bergh, you must acknowl-
edge that they are necessity"
II acknowledge no such thing" he re-
piled, warmly. They may be, and they
may not. If they are, let them be kept by
themselves. know that baby is the
natural consequence of marriage. When
young man falls in love with a woman
by the way, read what Ouida has to say
about women-the chances are ninety
nine TO hundred that baby will soon
| appear. He and his wife and their re-
spective fathers and mothers-in-law, to-
gether with all the rest Of their numerous
relatives, except the unfortunate who
| has to buy the customary silver mug and
spoon, and no doubt highly delighted at
his good, or bad, fortune, but that is no
reason why he should inf1ict his offspring
| upon the whole OF the rest OF humanity.
| Let him keep it out of other peoples way.
| Now, my idea would be to have the State
or national government found an enorm-
GUS institute or establishment where all
! babies might be shut up and kept, where
they might be reared and brought up
without inficting pain upon their fellow
beings of larger growth; where, in fact,
they can be kept until they arrive at an
| interesting age, or at least an age when
they know enough not to make noise. 1t
is singular how much noise will be toll
Grated in children, and especially babies.
They are never quiet! Yes, there are
two occasions" ne continued, after
moments reflection, (which / came
near forgetting when a baby Is quiet.
One is when 1t is asleep, and the other
when it is having it's insldes stuffed
with food"
800 not these occasions happen quite
| frequently, Mr.. BerghW
"ln some cases, yes; in the vast maiori-
ty of cases, no. Or, at least, 1T would
seem not to me. Take, for instance, that
baby last night. 1t never slept nor ate,
TO my knowledge. 1t was on the howl
all the time. Yes, sir" said Mr.. Bergh,
"babies are little fends, in my estimation,
| and OF no use to any one."
just at this moment stage came tear
ing down the shore, drawn by poor,
bony, half-fed brute, which was being
dashed most numerically by a small boy,
who stood up in his seat for the purpose.
In an instant Mr.. Bergh's features lost
the hardened look they had worn while
discussing babies, and his expression
became one of anguish, while in his eyes
started the tears OF compass sion.
''See that young whelp beating that
poor dumb animal. If was only In New
York would have him arrested imme-
| 6iatAlY. The hrnte ~