The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-18
THE BABY'S TOYS.
They Are Discovered in All Kinds Of
Places at Inopportnne Times.

There Is no gainSaylng the fact that toys
are to the baby what bonnets are TO woman
and checkers to German out of employ
ment. Before the baby has reached the
dignity of teeth he is familiar with many
toys and if he is not sufficiently large and
strong TO play with them in a proper and
becoming manner he will derive as much
satisfaction as possible out of them through
the general medium of mastication, with
out evincing the slightest fear of paint. II
the baby has friend in the world outside
his immediate family that friend never
fails to make him a present of some kind
of toy. And after awhile the poor, dis
tracted father signs to be delivered from
his baby's friends, who have been so kind
to the infant as to present him with every
possible kind of toy calculated to drive an
adult TO the very verge of insanity.
If it is an inspiration upon the part of the
baby's friend to make him happy in the
possession of drum or xylophone, upon
which the child may pound with might
and main from morning till night, the ia
Their fails TO understand and appreciate the
true meaning of friendship. The baby's
friend should naturally be the fathers
friend also; but the parent seems to doubt
thA~ " hth tdC AL4IiI llI lpJAH Ci4A
makes the very ceiling throb while he
beats upon the scarlet drum that never
bursts or breaks And then he rattles
upon the xylophone, or losses rubber
ball across the room, and in so doing rude
y knocks a statuette off the mantelpiece
or a globe off the chandelier II the child
falls down stairs with the dram, neither is
hurt or injured in the least. This Is for
the very simplest of reas0ns-namelv. that
it Is impossible for baby TO hurt himself
or for a drum TO break
As rule the baby has very little appre-
citation OF a Toy which is simply beautiful
and yields no noise He would set a very
much higher valuation upon his lead sol
diers if they could only fire their Enusaets.
The sheep on wheels, and platform work
ing upon the accordion principle, Is twice
a dear to him as any mutton Of solid wood
that may be found IN his Noah's ark. For,
when the platform Is pressed, the sheep i
credited with noise that be doesn't utter
himself So long as il Is a noise The baby
likes II. II he has anT fault To find with
il. it Is that the sound produced i greatly
lacking IS regards volume he would ike
the sheep To make a. much noise - rail-
road train
\ gun would suit him best q all; bIIt
fortunately for his father gun Il danger
Gus ard 10 friend would naturally think
regarding such thing in the light II a
proper gift for a baby. The father j. very
thankful for tAis, and only regrets that a
drum AID xylcpaone are not also dsnee-
Gus, and therefore unfit 10 be placed In ;he
dimplel hands Of any specimen CT baby
humanity.
When man arises IN the night and IS
hunting for q match that he may ascertain
the time, and Suddenly steps upoa tn
steamboat that aAtsens under bis weight
ike high IA, he Is filed urith q sense of
mortal pain tAat brings tsgrs 10 his eyes
and many 9Ecogth criticisms 20 his lips.
He cannot understand wky IAs ca.id