Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
W'ashin9ton Standard
MRS. WINSTON'S BABY.

but firm, and She says that her child
is to have all the advantages OF the
new science. The baby has been
bathrd, fed and put to sleep on schcd-
ule time. NJ friends have been al.
lowed to kiss or iondle it and the plan
was working beautifully until Mrs.
Winston's father and mother came to
visit her
The visit was paid primarily to
see the new grandchild. AS soon as
they entered the house, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cudbright demanded the baby. Mrs.
Winston raised her eyebrows. "Baby
is just being fed" she said. "You
must wait until 2 30"
Her father had heard OF her system,
but he laughed and said: "Oh, break
through the rules for once and bring
her down"
"If you don't I'll go over the house
till find her." the grandmother said
firmly. Winston smiled.
So the baby was brought down to
see them, although this was a direct
iniraction OF rule 1G. 1t is beautiful
baby and its grandparents started
toward it with cries OF surprise.
400 little sweet Tootsey-tomc to
DOR grammuvver," said Mrs. Outright.
1--WE don't talk baby talk-it is
against rule o." Mrs. Winston said.
at is irrational to expect child to
learn to speak correctly when you
speak gibberish to it,"
Meanwhile the grandfather had
taken the baby from the reluctant
arms of the nurse. Mrs. Winston
turned to him. Father, 1 don't al
low anybody but the nurse and myself
to hold baby. 1t makes it nervous
and it is against rule g."
She attempted to take the baby
from his hold, but he resisted. "Oh,
see here, Laura, your mother and 1
raised eight children and 1 guess l
know how to hold baby at my time
of life" He tucked the baby into the
crotch Of his arm and walked away,
singing: Rocked in the Cradle of
the Deep"
His daughter followed him. ga
ther, l will not allow you to walk the
floor with the child. We have never
done it. 1t is against rule Z and
singing to it is against rule 13. What
will become of our regimen if you act
this way"
ooh, blank your regimen, Laura"
Mrs. Cudbright interfered. "Now,
don't get mad" she said. Laura has
a right to bring up her own child in
her own way. Now you give me that
child and I'll sit down on the sofa
with it,"
"That's against rule 1885," her hus-
band replied grimly, but he handed
over the baby. Mrs. Cudbright had
hardly closed her arms about it before
she said: "Why, the child is getting
the collie! Father, you 60 to my lit
tie satchel and get the peppermint
bottle and run into the kitchen and
get mite of hot water and sugar."
Her daughter had been talking in
the alcove with her husband, but now
she returned at the word peppermint.
"Why. Mother Cudbright, would
you give that baby peppermint"
"Of course" the grandmother said,
trotting the baby on her knee. "You
drank quarts OF it before you were a
year old"
Mr.. Cudbright was delving in the
small satchel. "Why, here's pare
goric-that's better yet" he said,
bringing out bottle.
"You shan't give the baby that!"
Mrs. Winston cried. "And, mother,
it's against rule 81 to trot her on your
knee. The nurse will take her up
stairs. It's better to have a little
collie than to give her drugs. never
do it,"
Mrs. Cudbright Strengthened up and
Mr.. Cudbrfght set the parogoric bottle
down on marquetry table. Laura
he said, "you're the most inhuman-''
Father! Fatherw Mrs. Cudbright
put in. Mr.. Winston looked expect
ant.
"You are the most inhuman and
unnatural mother ever knew. Your
mother and I raised eight children
and you were one of them-and they
all turned out we'll but you. Now, il
men your mother aren't going to be
allowed to look at the child or. touch
her for fear we'll break rule 1854,
we're going to leave Chicago on the
next train. Even grandparents have
some rights"
Mrs. Winston broke down and
wept. She said that if her father and
mother would only stay she would
suspend the rules until their depart
ure.
Winston gave his father.in.law a
glance of the most poignant gratitude.
Mr.. Cudbright took the baby from
his wife and hung it over his arm in
the old.fashioned way. "Mother," he
said, II guess you'd better show
Laura how to mix peppermint and
paregoric-it's time she learned"
The twenty-6fth anniversary of the
preaching of the first sermon to white
people in Spokane was celebrated in
that city Wednesday. Father S. G..