The evening world., 1890-03-18

week.
Don't allow o comb to touch his head.
Don't let him eat ut tho family table.
Don't let him taste meat until he Is two.
Don't let him sleep on 4 pillow.
Don't COAX. tease, torment, mimic or scold
him.
Don't whip him.
DOM make him cry.
Don't notice him when he pouts.
Don't frtghten him.
Don't tell him about ghosts. b%oogaboos or
bad places.
Don't shake him.
Don't put him in short shoes.
Don't dance, jumD or dandle him.
Don't overfeed him.
Don't lot him sleep with an adult.
Dom place him face to face on 4 bed or in
o carriage with another child.
Dom let him swallow things or eat ashes.
DOM let him roll downstairs.
Don't let him fall out OF windows.
Don't teach him to walk.
Don't wash him with lye soap.
Don't let him chew painted cards.
Don't expose his eyes to the sun unless
protected by . peaked hat or veil.
Don't scream In his ear.
Don't rap HIM under the chin.
Don't lift him by the wrists or arms.
Don't starch any OF his clothes.
Don't allow him to wear wet bibs.
Don't worry him.
Don't give him anything to eat between
meals.
No babies in New York City had better
care than the small son and tiny daugh-
ter of Mr.. Douglas Green. He took an
apartment In the Navarro to have Central
Park for their playground. For a while
the family lived on the ground floor. II
occurred to the fond father that the air
was rarer aud sweeter higher up, and he
moved to the fifth floor. devoting the
best room in the apartment to the III
sery.
Here the song Of hooking birds and
cauaries. the chirping of bluebirds and
orioles and the perfume Of window gar
dens made the air musical. merry and
delicious.
Here the little tots lived and grew in
beauty and health attended by efficient
and intelligent nurses, watched over by
a devoted and lovely young mother and
surrounded by innumerable toys that III
structed as we'll as amused them. The
room in which they slept had two little
brass bedsteads. but no fire Winter OF
Summer, and the system of ventilation
was such that the air was as fresh and
pure as it was possible to have it and pre-
clude draughts.
Not content with the superior excel.
lence of the plumbing, Mr.. Green had
every foot of pipe overhauled at his own
expense to make sure that there was nc
sewer gas. The bath in winch the little
ones were refreshed was the same tenn.
p~erature as the Guilds body. a Their.
mometer being used to determine both.
BY the same means the health condition
of the baby was ascertained every day,
and also the heat Of the bread and milk
and bouillion. Every drop of water used
in preparing the food and drink was care.
fully filtered.
They took their outing in a carriage il
1t was foRgy and on foot in fair weather.
They had high top boots for wading pur.
poses. and they not only used them but
actually ore them ont. A physician wal
hired by the year. who was summoned.
not 10 make them well, but to prevent
their getting sick. Mr.. Green believed
in prevention. His object was perfect
physical development, which he attained
to a remarkable extent. The children are
not only beautiful personally and physi,
cally, but have the manners and bearings
belonging to a royal household.
GaStronomically they knew nothing Of
a surfeit. They had plenty of cold water
and sweet milk to drink. an abundance OF
brown bread aud butter, cereals and
broths with mashed potatoes and beet
extracts. California fruits comprised the
dessert. Meat and bonbons were for
hidden articles of diet.
The sweet little two-year-old daughter