Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-20
MCCORMICK * co.
LITTLEsT BABY
In New York aud the Way She Lives
IL . Hospital.


Little Annie Albert. two months old.
fifteen inches long. and weighing two
pounds and thrco-qnartcrs Of an ounce.
h the smallest baby In New York today.
shc lives at Gouvcrncur hospital whom
she came into the world she weighed
only one pound. and those who listened
to her thought that most OF II was
lungs.
In the language Of the convaicsccnt
patient who sweeps out the babies
ward. little Annie IN "up against a."
though she hasn't the HiiEhtcst idea ~
that fact. che will learn II later. Her
mother. Mary Albert. who was g years
old ana homeless, went Ca the inrtitu-
ton shortly before her birth. She said
the babya father was n salvation Army
oiilccr. When Annie was ten days old.
Mrs. Albert went away on "A visit and
never came back. Municipal officials.
who look AZ the worst slide Of things,
fear she deliberately deserted her.
Charitable people, who BRING flowers to
the hospital and think only ~ the bet.
ter side Of human nature. say that per-
hapH some accident happened to the
mother and the she will yet return.
Annie takes ~ very little room In
this world. You could put her and all
hat. She II perfectly proportioned. and
altogether she has only doubled In
weight In sixty days. Dr. u. a. Jones.
who assisted In the ceremony OF bring
Ing her Into the world. says che may
grow M into good sized woman. per-
hapn Ne big Us the pretty nurse who
held h"r In her arms.
THE greatest baby In the wnrd."
said the nurse. "She feels that there H.
some growth coming to her. and she h
trying e. get H. Hut she IL thin.
See her title legs. how half starved
they look"
Annie has the prrternaturally wise
faco % a fonndling. IL Il a pretty face,
too, Her eyes are like black beads and
they look after visitors with n MOURN
ful expression. She seems to realize
that somehow Or other she II suffering
some Injustice though she does mol
know exactly whit II IL. Tor at present
she has no specific Information about
the Inequalities ~ wealth aud station
They have nut her IN n crib just un-
der the big Christmas tree that. laden
with toys and Rllttering things. has
made "a SORT ~ heaven Of the chlidren's
ward. She looks NJ at the Shiny cnl-
ored ornamental globes watching them
by the hour and perhaps wondering n
they arr nv good 10 eat ne they look
The sight OF them Keeps hcr quiet. Her
but they always 40 back Co the tree.
Their" w u special nursery bottle for
the small Annie. Il holds about half
AN ounce, but that makes bis meal for
her. II u IN not ready when she wants
u she ~ heard from. ilor cries drown
even the distant oiang of the bell OF the
ambulance. which " bringing 10 the
hospital some rash mortal who jumped
on the dock only 10 DO nahcd out by
the policeman.
The other children In the ward d.
Vide their time watching Annie. watch
lng tho Christmas tree and listening TO
the constant cackle from tho goose
market across the street. They peep
ont ana see wagons full ~ obatrcpor-
Gus geese who do not want 20 be- Hold
aud make known their objections TO
their surroundings na cmphatlcnily as
littlc. Annie does when things do not
suit her.
The remarkable thing about Annie
~ her luNuriant black hair u thntches
her head completely and grows down
like that ON n Japanese DOH, per-
foctly straight. II must he cut In q few
WoeliH ar u viii reach down Ia hor eyes.
The only wonderful thing about her
~ her wisdom. She ir two pounds on
common fenrc. She could buy nIA nolI
any Fifth anyonue baby ave times her
weight.