St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-12


What did he do?
What didn't he do? During one hour,
by actual count, he climbed up to the
sink, and stopped face and pinafore
from the wash basin twenty times. lie
seized the mop and applied it to the cat.
He grabbed the broom, and with the
bushy end swept the table set for tea.
He broke goblet. He rushed into the
pantry, and, while his mother was OPEN
ing the door, he swallowed the contents
of glass of sweet cider and overturned
another glass to the floor.
He made q round hole in 'hc middle
of newly baked apple pie and ate out
the filling. He threw his shoe into
dolls head into pan of milk. He
seized half squash pie and overturned
it onto a newly scrubbed floor. He
tipped frame full of clothes over on
hot stove. He lifted the cat by the tail
and put her into the NoOdboX. He
opened the screen door and went head
long off the piazza into the mud. He
grabbed handful of butter from the
butter plate and ate it down. He lost
the coal shovel SO effectually that the
united efforts of three women and hired
man could not find it.
Let me say that this is real account
miSdeeds is bona fide.
His mother, slender young woman,
was nearly worn out with running after
the youth. 1t was on washing day that
| saw her.
"Whatever shall do. she exclaimed,
with tears in her eyes. II slap his
hands, but he seems too little baby to
whip, and furnishing only makes him
scream little. 1t has no other effect,
really have had to give up washing
and cooking daytimeS, for he is into
everything so. For two weeks l have
done most of my housework between
o'clock and midnight, and, as baby is
up at in the morning, | am about worn
out. People tell me L ought to have
lots of time with only one baby to look
after; but, when look at those people
with half a dozen little ones, just
groan as think what l would do in
their place."
"Wen," 1 said, "there are few
things which might be done to make
your work less. Why don't you donble
up your chairs? Put them this way
one turned bottom upwards on the seat
of another. That is better than moving
them out of the room, for they are at
hand when you want them,and yet Mas
ter Baby can't climb up to the sink or
the table quite so easy.
Sure enough, ''said she, with laugh,
and following my advice.
"Then, why don't you have hook on
the screen door?"
"Well, we did try it, but [ had to run
and open it every time the men folks
wanted to come in, and it was an awful
bother"
LET me tell you how to fix it. Have
two hooks and staples, one hook to fast
Ell on the inside of the house, the
other outside. Be sure both are high
enough to be out of baby's reach. On
to each hook tie stout string. and pass
these strings through two holes bored
in the wooden part of the door. Now
YOU see if the men want to come in they
pull the string attached to the inside
hook, which Jerks that up out of the
staple. When they go out they can
fosten the door with the outside hook,
and if you want to get out afterwards
you pull the string tied on to that hook,
and find egress easy enough"
"Why, what funny idea! I'll try ii.
though. John shall fix our door that
way tonight"
''Then / should recommend hanging
up everything hangable. The mop, the
broom, the clothes horse, the coal
shovel and the towel can all be hing up
on nails, on the upper part of the walls.
They may not look very pretty, but they
will be out of his way. Then, of course,
when you set the table, he can reach
everything placed on the edge, and off
it comes. Did you ever see the little
miniature fence. which comes with par
lor crOQuet sets, to put on the edge of
tables so that the balls shouldn't roll off
1t is made of strong webbing, nearly
half foot wide, and at intervals there
are little wire springs to be slipped over
the edge of the table to keep it in place.
1t can be put Oh and removed in min-