Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-07
DIARY OF A BABY.
What He Sees and Hears the First
Week of His Life.
SUNDAY.

SUNDAY.
Well, Pm here, and with some ideas,
too. Principal one is about the nurse
trained, they call her. First thing she
did WAS to wrap me up in woody white
contrivance that stuck like fury. Gee,
but it's hot!
She seems to think she owns me--the
nurse, mean. About forty people have
been in here to look at me and she shows
me off with all the calmness of possession,
She has possession, all right. / can only
grit my gums and own it. She has me
body and soul. What makes these
down into mine, anyway? They don't
hesitate to comment on me, too, to my
face. Red, am l? And wriukled? And
no nose? And all mouth? Well, II / am
to grow up to bare any resemblance to
some people I've seen at close range to-
day, / hope that nurse will succeed in
cooking me.
MONDAY.
Last night tried something / hadn't
caught on to before-yelling. Say, that
was fun.
got introduced to nice-looking wo-
man to-day-my mother. She seems to
have considerable sense, only she in
sisted on kissing me and talking some
lingo that / couldn't understand to save
me; so Pm sure looked like fool
''Itsie" and "wootsie" and "teensie" and
''ickumsi" Great Scott? What in the
name OF my guardian angel do they
mean?
TUESDAY.
There's Just one fellow around these
dggins that I've got any use for. He's a
tall, slim chap who came in on tiptoe this
morning while that trained nurse was
out OF the room fixing up some other
variety Of horrible dope to pour down me.
II / could only get my arms free from
this new-fangled -four sack continuance,
I'd try punch or two at her in pure self
defense. But Pm helpless.
This chap I'm telling you about turrs
out to be my fat her. felt 1t, and shud-
when l saw him come up to me. / hate
all this kissing business and "ickulns".
But, bless you, he just stood there ABOVE
the ridiculous, lace-draped thing they
shove me into, and looked down at me
with his hands in his pockets and sort
OF respectful look on his face that was
highly comforting. He didn't so much as
touch me, and 1 hated to see him sneak
when that nurse came back.
WEDNESDAY.
That slim chap came in to-day and
studied me for while. l seem II bigger
mystery to him than he is to me. The
nurse was out, and all OF a sudden he bent
down and picked me up and carried me
over to the window. That tickled me to
death, for I've been watching the narrow
streak OF shiny stuff that comes in there,
and wanted to see what it was made of.
He put up the window curtain and
began to look at me good and comfort
able, and l stared into the big yellow
thing that hung In the sky outside and
lifted up my head to get good square
look. Just then, while we were enjoying
ourselves, in comes the nurse with yell
1t seems my eyesight was being everlsst-
inly imperiled and my back was probably
strained for life. Say, l made her wild
with my yelling before l stopped. The
slim chap sneaked again and left LIE in
the lurch.
THURSDAY.
Heaven save me from my relatives! My
Aunt Maudie, as they call her, picked me
up this morning and sailed in to give me
my bath. What suffered no mortal can
ever know. She tried the temperature of
the water-on me! Seemingly it was
this way: II it turned me scarlet, 1t was
too hot; If it turned me blue, it was
little too chilly. She never struck med
ium. For once l was glad to see nurse
when she came up from breakfast. Aunt
Maudie shed tears over what nurse said to
her, and yelled bloody murder. 4
FRIDAY.
I've met both my grsndmas to-day, and
I've heard so much on raising kids that