The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-10-02
NIPPER's NOTES.

NIPPER's NOTES. II
GOING TO THE CONVENTIONS.
His hat and shoes are all shiny and clean' - =
HIS linen Is faultlessly white; II
His step has It's spring, his hand has Ns 81
And his bis wits and his eyes are both =
And hanging with grace from his we'll b
nodded back v
Is Prince Albert coat OF conventional
black.
His hat and his shoes are sight to be seen, :
His linen is rumpled and soiled;
His coat has its sag and his trousers bag, IL
And Of brightness his eye t r hp Is We'll
And his nose is deep-dyed conventional !,
/ ran upon this in an ssodd and end" I
newspaper corner the other day ana
am impelled to reproduce it, In that 1t
is not nal apropos. Not, be it UNDER
stood, that / intend dabbling In politics
l-"to the contrary quite the reverse"
as some one brilliantly observed. Pol
litics has fewer meddlers among women
than any other subject that is OF 30
4 much interest to man. How many OF
us go to sleep over politics who are
'lapop with curiosity about clubs ana
! societies-even races and baseball. !
blush 10 confess? But speaking OF
politics reminds me to say that I feel
: sorry that the 9th. district is not to be
represented by Ouachita's "silver
|. toneued orator." It would have done
: us proud to hear them say up there
j Ithat Louisiana did have some intellect
: of lustre and brtlliancy. They haven't
4 been able to say that In some time.
= However 1 did not come to talk about
: politics, but to have firstly word or
}. two about babies "a subject of vastly
8 more importance to US.
,, Speaking OF babies-was Monroe
% ever as prosperous as now? What
20 with compress and about twenty new
ct ..citixens,', we are on boom this fall
In as much as everybody has q baby
81 perhaps some, Of inexperience, will b.
e glad to know what to do with then
re this cool and variable weather. Fo
tn night wear, make cotton flannel sacks
Ill reaching below the waist, with sleeve
50 full long, to protect that part OF tn
: body 80 hard to keep covered up. Fe
th winter I know nothing better than
on plan adopted by a young crossseye
ny father, for a small, cute, cross-eye
,s baby, that was bad for kicking. u
at made red flannel bag with dra
IN, string at ono end-put baby into
The tied him up, snug and warm, vii
Nn SUFFICIENT scope 10 kick all he wante
~. to. I laughed till cried at the P'
ere ture then but now-I think my s'st
snt and heir" will flourish his arms al
legs in like manner this winter.
'i ;ss The style for babies caps this fall
IAN tho cute little half Normandy bonn'
say made of surrah and Irish point la
hat or embroidery. The effect is quat'
rlsn but more becoming than the
. If ssnight cap" fashion.
ink Rose Terry Cooke says: "Ne>
, in mind whether they are your o.
the children, your step-children, or "
" .childreu by adoption, SEQ that TT
onr mind when they are spoken to-" TIL
and is n great deal in that piece OF ADV
and If one would raise up children to b
our crown to their old age. How me
op ~ mothers, when you look around
,chez are not worried halt to death "
head-strong and disohedient childi
who re fleet no credit on them and
never likely to? This mistaken XII
the ness of allowing child TO do
:, !" pleases, because you love 1t too wei
oDe- deny it, is peopling the world '
'slon selfishness and disrespect to old
ge' and superior knowledge.
'ago; There is no use to say you can
IS 10 make your child obedient, and
s without harsh treatment. Firmne
alton all that is necessary. Don't be Goa
great and wheedled into yielding one
'r OF against your own judgment, and
anu child will soon learn that emo
the .yes" admits Of no possible deviat
IN in aud you will not only have