The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
ON THE BRINGING UP OF CHILDREN

! lave at wanst. In no case mus they kiss
hug or fondle their PROGENY Many dis
eases such as lumbago, pain In tn ehist,
premachoor badness, senile decrepitude,
which are prevalent among adults, can
| be communicated to a child IF m tn par
| ent. Besides 1t is bad FIR tn moral ma
ture iv tn infant. Affection FIR its par
ents is wan " TIL mos dangerous symp-
toms iv ricketts,. TIL parents may not be
worthy ~ tn love " thurly sturlized
child An infants first jooty is to tn
doctor to whom it owes it's bein' an stay
in. Chlldher ar-re initiative an If they
see much " their parents they may
grow up to look like thin. That wud be
great misfortune. If parents see their
childher befure they enther Harvard,
they ARE frbidden to teach thin foolish
wurrnds like "poppa' an "momma." At
two a properly brought up child shud be
able to articulate indstinctly tn wur-
rud "Docthor Bolt on tn Care an Feed
in iv Infants" which is betther thin
sayin 'Momma" an more exact.
,Gr-reat care shud be taken Nv tn in
fant's food Durin' tn first two years,
1t shud have nawthn but milk. At three
a little canary bur-rd seed can be added.
At five an egg ivry other Choosdah. At
siven an orange. At twelve tn child
may ate a shredded biscuit At forty tn
little tot may have stewed prunes. An
so on. At no time, howiver, shud tn
child be stuffed with green cages, pork
an beans, onions. Boston baked brown
bread, saleratus biscuit or other food.
" It's WONDERFUL says Hogan, how
they've got 1t rajooeed to a science. They
can almost make a short baby long or
blonde baby black be addin to or ray
ioocin tn amount Nv protides an caseens
in tn milk he says. Haven't We iver
kissed yeer young? says I. "Wanst in
awhile he says, 'whin I'm thurly disin-
fected l go up an blow a kiss at him
through tn window, he says.
"'Well says l. 1t may be all right
I says, but If I cud have a son an heir
without causin talk | bet We I'd not APP
ply FIR permit firm tn health boord FIR
him an me to come together. Parents
was made befure childher anyhow an
they have a prize claim to be considered.
Sure, 1t may be good thing to bring
thin up on sanitary plan hut 1t seems
to me that they got along all right In
TIL oil days whin number TWO had just
larned to fall down stairs at tn time
number three enthered tn wurruld. May
be they were stronger thin they ARE
now TIL docthor niyer pratinded to see
whether tn milk was properly billed. He
cudden't very well. TIL childher was
allowed to set up at tn table an have
a good cup " tay an pickle at two.
If there was more than enough to go
around, they got what nobody else want
ed. They got plinty " fresh air playin
In alleys an vacant lots an ivry wanst
In awhile they were allowed to go down
an fall into TIL river. No attintion was
paid to their dite. TIL prisint race Nv
hayroes who are now startlin' tn wur-
rud in finance, polytics, tn arts an
sciences, burglary an lithrachoor, was
brought up on wathermillon rinds,
speekled apples, raw onions stolen firm
TIL grocer, an cocoanut pie. Their nur-
sery was tn backyard They larned to
walk as soon as they were able an If
they got bow-legged, ivrybody said they
wud be sthrong men. AS FIR anybody
preventin' a fond parent firm comm
home Saturdah night an wallowin in his
beaucheous child, tn dochthor that sug-
gisted 1t wud have to move. No. sir, says
/, I get as much amusement as We can
out " ye'er infant says |. Teach him
to love We now I says, 'berure he knows
We. Afther awhile he'll get onto ye an
it'll be too late"
Eye know a lot about It," said Mr..
Hennessy.
II do" said Mr. Dooley. mot bein' an
author I'm gr-reat critic