The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-01

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cowder on her babies, but rubbed
them with oil, and the oil made them
fat She thought it was awful for me
to use powder"
The next report that, Mrs. Bernette
made to her husband was that her
aunt had called and stayed to lunch.
"She saw baby bathed," said the baby's
mother. land she thinks that | keep
the room too cold. Miss Lindstrom
said 70, but she says Myrtle had just
the loveliest nurse for her baby, and
when it was bathe6 they always kept
/ the room at IA. Myrtle's baby is GER
tainly a healthy baby, though it isn't
what I'd call an interesting one. Wher
Myrtle's baby has the collie they always
lay him down on his little stomach anc
pat his back. / tried it on baby to-day
and the sweet little lamb stopped cry
ing right away and went to seep. bless
him."
Il thought that ruined babies" said
Bernette.
"Auntie says it won't hurt them a
particle. She says it's no wonder II
cries with catnip."
A day or two later Mrs. Bernette
said: 1T seems as If don't do any
thing right about baby. doD't know
what to Go. Ella Walker tod me to-
day she was never up with her baby 9
single night, and she always put eight
or ten drops of essence of pepsin in
the bottle just before she fed her. And
she says she wouldn't let a baby veal
tight flannel bands on. any account
She always put loose, knit ones on hei
baby, and she thinks l run a risk OF
pricking baby with the needle when J
sew it's little things on. You know ]
never did think of sterilizing the nee-
die, and it might prick the darling and
get germs in him.
Sallie Collins informed Mrs. Bernettt
that she was running a great risk OF
destroying her baby's digestion feed
ing it pepsin and things of that sort
Sallie Collins was unmarried, but her
baby, and it owed its sweet disposition
and general good health to a patented
preparation-entirely vegetable and
harmless-the formula was on the bot
tie. She begged Mrs. Bernette to sus-
pend operations on her son until she,
Sallie, could write to her sister and
get the name of the medicine.
Old Mrs. Carpenter only had had one.
but there was never better or health.
fer baby in the world-a most remark
able child. Everybody said so. Ole
Mrs. Carpenter said that the interval
between feelings was too long and that
all the trouble with the poor little fell
low was that he was hungry. She
didn't care what the doctor said, she
always gave Claude sustenance when
ever he seemed to demand it.
Mrs. Dilworthy, next door, said:
why, my gracious! You don't mean to
say that You aren't putting bands on
him! l kept bands on BERTHE until he
was over year old. BERTHE never cried.
l never saw such contented, happy
baby as he was. And, my dear, don't you
think it is mistake to put him right into
the water to battle him? If you would
take him in your lap you could wash him
so much more thoroughly"
Mrs. Daintree's baby is only two
months old, and 1t is her first, too, but
she had some advice to give Mrs. Ber-
nette. If you will just give him spoon
full or two of cool water when he's fret
full l think you will find it will help him. .
she said. "A little baby gets thirsty
just the same as anybody, you Know
Now, my George"
Mrs. Bernette said: MY dear, by the
time your George gets to the age of MI
baby you will know better than to give
him cool water. Hot water, yes--a
rather warm water-but don't if you
value your little Georges health, give
him cool water"
Il thought it was like her assurance
telling me what to do" said Mrs. Ber-
nette to her husband. Reginald is three
weeks older than her baby and if l had
such thin, puny little thing as that
think would keep STILL"
From which may be seen that Mrs
Bernette was becoming FESTIVE.
Il gather from our experience so ia,
that every woman who ever owned OF
heard of a baby knows exactly how the
other woman's baby should be cared
for" said Bernette. IF her recollections
of the babyhood of her own children
are to be relied on those children were
as babies the quietest and most peacea-
BILE that ever happened and the most re-
sponsive to collie specifics. Has any wo-
man of your acquaintance neglected to
give you pointers?"
Mrs Bernette thought few minutes
and then replied, mo, not one. They all
--Oh, Hilda hasn't
Hilda was the Swedish cook of recent
| importation-a large, stolid woman
whose pies were more nearly perfect
than her English. But the morning fol-
lowing the above conversation, as Mrs
Bernette was endeavoring to soothe
Reginald, Hilda stopped on her way
through the room.
In Sweden" she said; 'in Sweden
dey-dey-" She paused and seemed to
be cropping for an idea.
In Sweden" she resumed. de baby
in Sweden dey gif-I do not know What