The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23
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.IIE have a baby six months OLD, ana
her birth was never recorded
Does it make any difference? or
can it be done at this late day.
IN r 3"
12scorded v-here2 Your clergyman can
hand YOU a certificate of baptism even
now. He must have one. Whether it VIII
be admitted at the clerks Office OF not
do not know. VIII some one better versed
in the law inform US on this headF
..whv do some Of the gentlest, sweetest
mothers we know, who have the dearest
}HttIe babies, have at times an uncontroHa-
bic impulse to squeeze those babies until
they are hurt, or to bite pieces out OF
them. when in reality they wouldn't harm
{ q hair Of their dear little heads? heard
once of a woman who squeezed her baby
{untn she injured IT, and it died from the
{ effects. It seems a strange contradiction
10 me, ana one L should Ike very much
) to have explained. fear that il viii not
he a particularly interesting subject to the
masculine members Of your constituency,
{but feel confident that. for the sake Of
{satisfving the famous bump of female
}euriosity. they viii be as glad TO make
Groom for this. as they would be to rise
}snd offer me a seat in a street car.
"A d. A.
; As a psychological study the phenomena
}you describe should interest the readers OF
}botb sexes. The idea is novel TO me From
a Iaywoman's point OF view, am inclined
80 diagnose such demonstrations as hys-
{terical affections. \ mother, quite sane
Sin body and in mind. would never squeeze
}her baby until she injured him. She may
}protest that she could eat him up because
Che is so sweet" but teeth and arms would
Zoe gentle in action
s The more I ponder the instances Of the
}savage propensity addueed by you, the
}more inclined am TO consider them as
}evidences Of ul-discipIined natures, will
{ful impulses and unregulated minds. Such
{women. if ill-tempered, would brain a
jbabv with q fire-shOVel, or cut its throat
}vith its fathers razor The whole picture
}is revolving.
Apropos Of counsel just given comes this
}note;
to ache at the age Of years do you thins
Sir advisable TO have them filled or pulled!
80 How soon do the new teeth come?
"a MOTHER"
/ There is something wrong IL a child
3teeth ache at such tender age Take
}bir without delay 10 a judicious dentis'
{and Ter him save them. If possible If he
Understand his business he will not pull
{them unless it IS absolutely necessary.
! The age varies greatly. Some chill
5dren begin to shed their teeth at
wears of age; others not until S. Dom
Sb7lrrv the process. wait until the ole
Stooth is actually falling out before Vol
5draw it.
NV 1o-yesr-old son IS great grief ant
lan,-ietv to me. He minds well and studio
Sweu IS regular al Sabbath school and
GOOD ana loving at home. But he has
}nerfect mania for fighting He IS a regu
}jar little scourge to US all. II he woUl
tu{cix ont opponents smaller and weake
(fban he I would not complain, as Their
v-ould be 10 danger. But he says. VIVA
tle The use OF hitting q fellow who can
hit bac<2 There's no fun in thatr An
he tackles only boys older and bigger tina
he Is I tell him he is q disgrace TO In
1 family. and when he comes home wit
form clothes OF a black eye / almost hat
him I am g heart-broken mother WI
Won or some wise mother OF sons co1ns'
me- need g. heaven only knows. Il
has also saved up his allowance and e
"A crazy thing he says is q punching bal
Ne savs: L don't want 10 be pri7
fighter. but 7 want 20 be able 10 resef
{fSsr.ltsr Did you ever hear such Graz