New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27

Iotbirr condere,I milk latent rattle-boXes
hob,,-inmncrs nursinp-tottles, swinging cradles,
and so forth. The dealers snapped up theSe hs'S
with voracity, the mails were Hooded WIN cli-
culars and prce-lists, and the enterprSlhg young
clerk felt encouraged. He was about to start
weekly paper in the interests OF the business 10
he called Tile Current Baby Guide, when he
was swooped down upon by COMMISSIONER "iiiiH'
Now il occurs TO us that this young man was
nublic benefactor who should nave peeh ehcou-
ragged rather than suppressed ii uleIe arc iui
proved ways OF taking care OF oaoes' WHY silo"i"
not these ways be brought to the aC.eh'ioh VI
the baby-Owners as quickly ana "leo'S 10 Po'
eibep That it. is 10 the interest of everybody,
including the baby that they should DC 81 oiousnO
seems clear And that there are improved ways
of handling the infant population we are Tree 10
maintain. The advancement in the field OF cleo
tricty, great it is, is not greater thah AL INC
field of babies baby is now carefully Drought
nm whereas q hundred wears ago he was allowed
to come up the best way he could Inc 1ac'' IL
il no fact as we suspect il u.s. that the mortality
among babies was less a hundred years ago than
il is now. we cannot pause TO consider. lake.
let us say, the one small article OF saiety-pihs'
When an ordinary-si7ed baby is twenty-iour hours
of aye a careful count will show that he mas De-
tween sixty and siXty-iive pins in his clotne'
Think of his condition before the invention oil
safety-pins with an average OF thirty -SSeNch "a
these sixty odd pins sticking into MS 'en"eI oNin
No wonder that he yelled. Today, WIN IN
proved safety pins, not point pehetra'eS MN
To he sure, he yells just as loud, but his iohu
narents NAV rest casy-he is merely practising
yelling for ceilings sake.
Take something larger-baby carriages, Tor IN
stance How many Of us who are drifting ou' Vi
middle age into something little further along
can remember how, when we were youngsters
older brothers and sisters drew us ABOUT from
place to place by the hair OF the mead Later
came the two-wheeled baby-carriage with sort
of a prong on the front which you took hold OF
TO draw the vehicle about. Then another wheeI
WINS added in front. then the handle WAS shifted
70 the rear. still another wheel was added ana
Won pushed instead Of drawing it; then came
minor improvements till We have the modern
baby pcrambulator an instrument of destruction
almost AS fatal on a crowded sidewalk a. bicycle
And Just as much improvement will be found III
everything else relating 10 the baby. Chauncey
Drp,ty cut his teeth on tenpcnny nail, but Mr'
Depew's grandchildren have ivory teething-Ilngs
which WOO their incisors gently that th'%
scarcely know it. President Harrison AT the
early age Of twelve months swallowed me tlI
whistle Of his rattle-boX and cut his fingers on
the sharp edge Baby Mckee has ratte-boXes
whose Joints cannot be dslocated. Mayor Grant
used TO make kites ont of old Barnnm Museum
posters his little godchild cuts paper dolls from
thousand-dollar bills
We trust that we have established the fact that
there are improvements constantly being made IN
the appliances for causing that most important
thing in the world, the baby, - be happy ana
contented Then is it not well that the oaby 5
parents should know Of the latest inventions IN
the line az the earliest moment? And Is not the
man who brings the producer and consumer
closer together public benefactor in this as IN
everything else We leteve that our position Is
sound The Health Department should remember
that it once made some absurd rules about the
leading of COWS. which II changed on the advice
Of The Tribune, and 90 slow in this case Inc
Baby Directory must be revived. The babies de-
mand il. and they will strike and refuse to take
their food if their wishes are not complied with.