The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

lar in tn ward is that / make a bluff
at adorin' childher. Between you an
me I'd as lave salute a dish rag as
a recent infant, but 1 always do it.
So put on an allurin smile an says
1, Well, little oil goozy goo, will he
give his Dooleyums a kiss? At that
minyit Hogan seized me be tn col
lar an dragged me away firm tn
cradle. Wud We kill me child?' says
he. 'How?' says L. With a kiss
says he. Am 1 that bad?' says L.
Don't We know that there ar-re mick
robes that can be transmitted to an
infant in a kiss?' say he. Well says
l with indignation, I'm not proud iv
mesilf as an antiseptic American L
says, but in an encounter between me
an that there young cannibal,' l says,
I'll lave it to tn boord iv health who
takes tn biggest chance / says, an
we wint out followed be a howl firm
tn projidy. He's singin, says Ho-
gan. He has lost his notes., says 1.
"Whin we got down stairs, Hogan
give me a lecture on tn bringin' up Nv
childher AS though / needed it, me
that's been consulted on bringin' up
half tn childher in Archey road. In
tn oil days. says he, 'childher was
brought up catch as catch cam he
says. But it's different now. They're
as carefully watched as a geeranyum
in a conservatory, he says. Here it
is. TIL first thing that shud be done
FIR child is to deprive it iv it's par
ents. TIL less the infant sees Nv
poppa an momma, tn betther FIR him.
If they ar-re so base as to want to
look at tn little darlin, they shud
first be examined be a competent ply
stefan to see that there is nawthin'
wrong with thin that they cud give
tn baby. They will thin take a bath
iv sulphuric acid an havin' carefully
attired thimsilves in a sturilized rub
Der suit, they will approach within
eight feet iv tn objeck Nv their igno-
BILE affection an lave at wanst. In no
case mus they kiss, hug or fondle
their projeny. Many diseases such as
lumbago, pain in tn chist, premachoor
badness, senile decrepitude, which are
privalent among adults. can be COM
municated to a child firm tn parent
Besides it is bad FIR tn moral nature
Nv tn infant Affection FIR its parents is
wan Nv tn mos dangerous SYMPTOMS iv
ricketts,. TIL parents may not be worthy
Nv tn love Nv a thurly sturlized child.
An infants first jooty is to tn doctor
to whom ii owes its bein' an stayin'.
Childher ar-re initiative an II they
see much Nv their parents they may
grow up to look like thin. That wud
be a great misfortune. II parents see
tnelr Cnlldner Deture tney enther Har-
ward, they ar-re f'rbidden to teach
thin foolish wurrds like 'poppa" an
"momma." At two properly brought
up child shud be able to articulate in
distinctly tn wurrud "Docthor Bolt
on tn Care an Feedin' iv Infants"
which is betther thin sayin' "Momma"
an more exact.
Gr-reat care shud be taken Nv tn
infants food. Durin' tn first two
years. II shud have nawthin' but milk.
At three a little canary bur-rd seed
can be added. At five an egg ivry 9TH
er 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.
Its wonderful says Hogan, how
they've got Il rayiooced TO a science.
They can almost make a short baby