New-York tribune., 1890-07-16
THIS Baby HAD HARD LUCK.
From The New York Evening sun.

From The New York Evening sun.
Tie funeral Of Baby Call Him Anything Please
an HN cHat5S hat aa al" rhS "T Were 0 no ~ ceremonies
worth mentioning Tho ca~ket was a rLsInbox, and
q % % @ e%D a n nTps aS e2GG Sa qf SaG snR6 R6ca anf
came to Baby What % lou all HIM. and was banged
up -ecdy for Al old rals!uUrN. But mat was
rc way from the beginning with Baby; he never had
even The very smallest chance from the Time IF came
INTO the world until he left IT, II ever there was
OF start IN NE with no earthly show ~lateycr
i WaS % tc 'a" 2I baoy et T ne % y T ,% 90. ma1
The general run of babies protest until they were black In
lie even smiled A, amiaLly as ne could Whenever
the rcmot,st chance offered. lie never knew exactly
how he got here but healthy. and from the very
limited ernp>cs hc saw Of lie and the world he was
nca,ant humorous Wow of things If he had not be"n
do-pcra,. and squared on at all Humankind with his
very small rcd nstS clnchcd while he expressed ms
opinion Of the way the world used strangers with NJ
cayc hin a lug If diluted laudanum on those oc
ca,lou>. and that settled the matter 1t was no
ne iIy couldn't opae snyG9ay & by Geng am'9C Mdc
babies oi his age bU,, an entire hoi,'hod. II they
-u"clc there is panic II thcy conde,ceHd 70 smile
-to,c before mem and hardened nurses are nlstered
thcy have flannel, and huc linen aud millinery. and
-hilicd phy -cian, ,upcrintcnd their diet.
Bat th., Baby dldut have ANYTHING lie hadn't a
name. Nobody bothered enough about HIM n give
place that wa, In any way official. There some
navy rumor, about Ncwburg. but couldn't prove TO-
When he va, three weeks old he came 10 New York
and started In lr. He came In an old vall>e and In
pouse 10 al advertisement OF somebody who wanted
Tmt was the quc"r,st thing that ANYBODY ever
heard # person Who actually wanted babies Ihe
impression tni~ Baby hld sot wa that the one tmuG
mat tnl> world didn't want wa babies. II" way NJ
lad not been wanted amounted to enthusiasm But
babies, who dotted them ioy reasonable con>deIa
ton OF course. IAe thing struck the people Hho lWi
ahv u char-e a, the greatest piece OF lack they had
lad IN their lives. aud they packed Baby up n the
vac and started of By the first train TO catch this
queer person hcfor" i" authorities i'ln o' sic vas
ont of ncr head babies and locked her up.
That wue the way Iaby came to New York (. ana i,
tackled the world a. the age Of three weeks hGt M ms
Guardian, were not lavish with him. They didn't
ncucyc IN pampcruS Young man WIN ms Eay 10 10
make In Tie world When they left MIN win Mr,i
EoIgcnthiuc. M u Ehrd-c l.. hiN entire personal
property consisted of piece of calico and bote oi
u. ic eat, water" they told Mrs Rocscnthnc, land
his name ,.oh call him what You l!'d~..'
,,ld t -mapcr reporters, Git 6obbhnE over with
humor They hurhcd all the time they were win win
her ana Baby, solemn dark eyes ~ nc looked al tneh
,f,rr tbc handsome send OH they had given nm
-rcucd = strike them very funny. pi courN' IL
,~rot- c< ncrr,ce i. tho world ami unable - speak
thc hu.,iiasc come down 10 tackle The blS metropolis
vim "a piece of calico and rcc9mni']nun'io" ] , 10
men have tI--cd with only - be u',gcd' ..u n, ,,,
~ t,ur.c there wa the comic figure Mr. koEsh'hin
rnt a, a pcr~on vino for consideration wanted
babies and would have them aro'H IL 'rr,Iiy nth,r
va. f tL.-r plcasant merry people they were laugh
tme hcnr,Ih over IT aS they went away. ,, o.,
cJirIy lr['' woman in black and inc da,hns yonnG
,,,, t, navy blue pOubtl'S, they went on ana niu
t,ir tlo dinner and drank success 10 haN 7Hd ~
a., ,trr bntl" II very funny. FtrnApr Iu'N I1a &
low. Lrts with one another a 10 LADY 'haHoc>' II"
'hn, lnf an adirr,- 20 send 70 II nNthS h'pP' ','''
.',tt.rg ,liI Elppri. ~ a matter OF course. hdO!
made game Gct Of 1t and tried 10 re- I,i"r", o,d
''''tr,stan,r, and I've. lMt lie Wa-ut iarN tea''";
r,c ,.n't "A doubt about that UardcappUS is al
,.cr, ,,.t hut there ought 10 be- some -H'> ~ d SUI"
tr y,nulng left Baby didu even nave Eio>t
'Hld,u ~ a show. Nj. Ro-T'nthinc even '"'N ".
,h, h,p ar,lu,t every thing bat water IN tlc way III
r',r.nmcr,r and allowed good milk l'lt ~ wa no
. Rho weather wa hot, and BABY had Iiu
",icr a .tury ride down here I'm th' Nal'e, an" u:
ir,r T,t himself together again. lie otH'h II, "ut
'.,,u l.,t saturday night, and th"u. WIN "A N't @iF
"i' i ,. gaVc mn nj, short light Win a world "hlcn
~ ,,c,i nave given In at the beginning. wien .
,t .cttlod thing that hc was to have no SHOW NHa'
over. 49,, ,,...,,, ,...,o,,I ,, aud
o iural va, quietly performed iu the foii'r tlvl,
Th,r. were some sixteen other dead pr"pl' Nn" hH
rlnvcd a losing game IN the world buried WIZ nun nun
and a. thcr, we're not enough service, 10 Z" dr"ul'
t',hv .,t lcC acaln. usual. Hnt ne go Ht" uc
@ 'i',c,. i'm all fine wide world where he wa not IN
,r iv when they dropped him In his rlriu box III
~ mtlc corner of the Poticr'S Field trench.
-on, peoplc are born lucky ana some are ho'.
poh, ,yot not. Yet there are rlmor' "i @on!e lI'
Timetable pcoplc up IN viruouN Ma>1a, hu,tUN "Hp
n,,aht nrnnfrV have taken charge oi haN' II Il
r"Nn aid thai an elderly man and q plir IN u'
E,r.b ,rho lives near Pitt>hcd. might vnh ln~u',
= "nt with propriciN. have taken ia'r{ lhrf,. ,l
him But Babv's luck waN acaN' H. hr nl'''Nc
was I'm ever coming INTO the worm d" ''l' '' - ~
sure he wasn't consulted