The age-herald., 1900-02-18

old. I-put him down on the floor, wonder ing If he would try of his own accord oo walk He struck out at once brayelys lift ing hds feet at each step as far as possible from the floor. It looked quite comical. He worked his legs up and down precisely as l had been accustomed to exercising them for him."
 Alonzo, jr., is a first rate pedestrian now at eight and one-hah months but is not allowed to walk oftener than twice week.
 ssIt is not my intention to make freak of the baby" says Professor Stagg, Tor to see just how much muscle he can develop. I want him to be as strong and as healthy as he can be naturally with his physique: avoid pushing him to the limit, just as l would avoid overtraining a grown man"
 Stories of Baby Stagg's training have got out, and the professor receives several letters a week from circus managers and dime museum proprietors, who have flat tering offers to make Mrs. Stagg has learned to keep a very jealous eye on the youngster, and rather resents the notoriety which has been thrust upon him.
 .''What makes up the baby's day?" asked j the reporter. .'f''
 ''His day is nearly ideal, for having a good time, at least" smiled the professor. 'He eats, sleeps and has plenty of exer- else. Or rather, l should say he drinks, for he has been raised quite in the ordinary way on milk, nothing but milk. Now that he is. getting a good size, we are making small acquisitions on the dairyman and occasionally try the baby with bits or bread. Every day he has two hours out of doors in the park or is rolled along the boulevard in his buggy. He takes rather less sleep than most babies, think, proba- bly because he has been taught to find amusemenx and interest in what goes on around him."
 A very noticeable result of Baby Stagg's physical training is his finely developed of 11ush md ioht Ha un reach for things in the aimless and futile way of ordinary bafbyhood He knows just which way to strike for a marble or a card held in front of him, and makes no at tempt to get it when 1t is out of his reach.
 noe day I handed him long stick" said the professor land naturally he want ed to put the end o1 1t in his mouth. He caught 1t midway and every attempt to reach the end to his mouth was a failure. He tried again and again, but the stick was too long, the way he held it. Finally, he fafd 1t down and caught it up by the end triumphantly putting 1t in his mouth.''
 Baby Stagg locates a noise more accu- Ia tely than grown person. He knows in stantly from what direction it comes. "He is very susceptible to noise, as l believe most children are" said Professor Stagg. At two months old l could make him cry by crooning a dismal tune, or laugh at a jolly one. He is afraid of only one person, a German friend of mine with gutteral voice."
 It is probable that loy heridity Alonzo Stagg, jr., takes to athletics. Professor Sltagg is a Yale man, all-around athlete, and has been director of physical culture at the University of Chicago for several years. He is a splendid specimen of a man physically, with the head and neck of an old Roman. Mrs. Stagg has been devoted to gymnasium work and plays basketball, tennis and golf. The baby is growing up like a Greek boy in atmosphere of sports and physical prowess The Stagg library Is a curious museum of sports. Above the door is row of basebals In one corner tennis racquets and on the walls are banners commemorating football battles won on Marshall field. There are boxing gloves, swords for fencing, pho tographs of various ''teams" and plaster casts of the old Greek wrestlers
 ''I have not mapped out a plan yet for the boys physical education,' said the pro lessor One thing is sure-I shall teach him all sorts of manly sports. l want him to get the full enjoyment and good out of life"
 As the reporter left Baby Stagg was pro- ceeding. to put the enjoyment theory into immediate practice He stood on his head rbraced against some sofa pillows, kicking like football champion