The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-29
BABY Is A JOY AND A TROUBLE.
Some of the Good Definitions of People
Competing for Prize.


Competing for Prize.
From the London TTd-Bits
Tid-Bits has Just awarded a 2-guinea
prize for ''the best definition of a baby"
The prize was won by Miss Nellie Braid
wood of GIrvan, England, who sent in this
answer:
"A tiny feather from the wing Of love,
dropped into the sacred lap Of mother
hood"
The following is a selection from some of
the best definitions submitted:
The bachelors horror, the mothers treas
ure. and the despotic tyrant OF the most re-
publican household.
A human flower untouched by the finger
OF care.
The morning caller, MONDAY crawler.
midnight braWler.
The magic spell by which the gods trans
form house into home.
A miniature atlas that bears the whole
world Of welded joys and cares on its little
shoulders.
Fathers rival in mothers love.
A stranger with unspeakable cheek, that
enters house without a stitch to his back,
and is received with open arms by every
one.
The sapling Of the tree from which will
be built the bulwarks Of our nations future
greatness
A bursting bud on the tree of life.
The only precious possession that never
excites envy.
A bold asserter of the rights of free
speech.
The best developer Of the most beautiful
part Of a womans Observation-Disclosures
A tiny, useless mortal, but without which
the world would soon be at a standstill
The latest edition Of humanity, Of which
every couple think they possess the finest
| copy.
A native OF all countries who speaks the
| language Of none.
An invention for keeping people awake at
| night.
A mite of thing that requires mighty
| lot of attention.
A diminutive specimen of perverse hui
| manity that could scarcely be endured if
| he belonged to some one else; but being
our own is neyer-failing treasury Of de-
light.
A man or woman making start in life.
The unconscious mediator between father
| and mother and the focus Of their hearts,
A daylight charmer and a midnight
| alarmer.
About % inches Of COO and wriggle,
writhe and scream, filed with suction test
ing apparatus for milk, and automatic
alarm to regulate supply.
\ troublesome compendium Of great DOS
sibilities.
A quaint little craft called Innocence,
laden with simplicity and love.
A wee little specimen of humanity,
whose winsome smile makes q good man
think of the angels.
The sunbeam in the house that drives
dull care away.
A curious bud of uncertain blossom.
A thing everybody thinks there is a
great deal too much fuss about, unless it is
| their own.
A thing we are expected to kiss, and look
| as If we enjoyed it.
The one thing needful 10 make a home
happy.
There is only one perfect specimen Of a
BABY in existence. and every mother is the
happy possessor OF it.
The sraarsest little craft afloat in homes
| delightful bay.
A mite of humanity that will cry no
| harder If a pin is stuck into him than he
| will II the cat won't let him pull her tail.
A little stranger. with free pass to the
hearts best affections
labor
The pulp from which the leaves of Iife's
| book are made
A paddock on the chain Of love.
A soft bundle ofiove and trouble which
we cannot do without.
It's q sweet and tiny treasure.
| a torment ana q tease.
It's an autocrat, an anarchist.
Two awful things to please.
lisa rest and peace disturber,
With little laughing ways.
It's a wailing human night alarm.
AND terror of your days.
A necessity-in order to keep I'D the sup-
| ply OF Record readers of the future
A rose with all its sweetest leaves vet
folded. '''
The sweetest thing God ever made and
| forgot to give wings to.
That which increases the mothers toll.
| decreases the fathers cash, and serves as
an alarm clock to the neighbors.
| A pleasure to two, q nuisance to everv
other body and a necessity to the world.
An inhabitant Of Lapland.
A king who, though his sinews are only
velvet, rules with rod of iron, making
strong men quail before him, and women
to answer and attend to every CALL
A key that opens the hearts of all classes
rich aud poor, in all countries.
That which makes home hammer love
stronger patience greater, hands buster.
nights longer, days shorter, purses lighter,
clothes shaobier, the past forgotten, the
future brighter.
| The Prince of Walls
The delightful tyrant who rules the home.
the mothers darling and fathers pride, the
cause of thousand innocent lows. and the
blest pledge of matrimonial felicisv