New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-02
MOTEL BABY UJIEEP

IL hath been remarked that tho babies which
arr born in this AZ" show greater wisdom than
any ever born in the past, inasmuch as thoy have
selected the golden age OF babies Never before
were known such ornate rattle-boxcs. such sue
ccssfnl tccthing rings slch satisfactory remedies
for small interior pains, snch ambrosia artG-
cial food And now, with il all. comes the in
vcnton Of Mr.. Thomas Phpps. Of Phipsville
Conn.,; though we do not know but this
is more for the parent than for the baby. II
must. however, prove a great boon to both.
II appears that Mr.. Phipps is the father Of
n healthy and vigorous baby This baby. like
many others, delights in nothing so much as walk
ing with his parent through the still hours Of
the long night, the parent, Of course. being the
active party 10 the pedestrianism Three months
ago Mr.. Phpps determined 70 devise some SORT
OF mechanical means for doing this work Irc
fully recognized the many difficulties In the way
Of this. the chief Of which he conceived 70 be- as
his experience proved tho crafty and suspicious
mind OF the infant himself then some three
months old.
Naturally Mr. Phipps's first idea was TO make
n steam man TO take the place Of himself in the
nocturnal pedal exercises After month of hard
work he succeeded in making this sort of
man, and the first trial fairly satisfactory
liz experienced considerable difficulty in getting
lifclikc expression on the wax face. but finally
succeeded. The great difficulty. however. was
in guiding the automaton properly, and after
the second night he insisted on falling over the
furniture 70 such an extent that Mrs Phipps
would no longer allow him 70 bc trusted with
her offspring Accordingly. Mr. Phpps abandoned
this idea and began working slightly dlf-
fcrcnt lines The result is the Phipps Patent
Panoramic Baby Walker.
Mr.. Phipps had become convinced that it was
not 80 much travel as the appearance OF travel
which demanded by the infant mind lie
now erected wire framework, somewhat resembling
the dummies" seen in front Of ready-made cloth
ing stores which sometimes mistaken by near
sighted people for our gilded youth BY ingenious
machinery in the cellar, which connected with
the figure through hole In the floor, Mr. Phpps
succeeded in giving IL the exact motion incident
10 walking. lie then cried Eureka' in loud
voice. and placed the child in the arms OF the
figure. which he had fttingly clothed in white
But it appeared that he had. in his own words
eurekaed too soon," for what was bis surprise
when the child cried and refused TO be comforted
lie soon saw the trouble the intelligent infant
had got his eye on picture OF Washington Cross
ing the Delaware which hung on the wall, and
Nv this told that he was not moving at all
Mr.. Phipps was again baflcd. ITc took the lit
lie treasure and walked with him through the
dark hours: but the Phipps mind was not in
active the while
Mr. Phipps saw that what was lacking was
the moving panorama idea. He accordingly
mounted an endless strip OF scene canvas on up
right rollers. This he painted with the same
pattern the wallpaper. and on it hung the
picture of "Washington Crossing the Delaware
On the other side he placed panorama Of the
opposite wall. with its pictures OF the Boston
State House and the Rock Of Ages. lie then ar
ragged the figure to turn quickly every ten
seconds. adjusted the infant. let on tho steam