The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05

8E7R NANE W DAD (.
's rent Methods Employed by
. : 2 sfs the World over-Cus-
rs of Uncivil;zed Peoples. q,
{ o. Tribune
1ri Coupin, French anthropol
who has been making All ex-
I've gssudy OF the: curiostties OF the
Elan race, has gathered together
&c amount OF entertaining material
|ncerning rhe different ways that the
eople OF savage and civilized nations
Marry and clothe their babies>
He finds that in general the lot Of
tender infancy is anything but envi-
able amAag savages. Often the child
is,,, a prisoner from the time OF his
birth Until he is turned loose at creep
ing or walking age TO look after him
self. For in his early babyhood he is
fastened into a cradle, usually made
OF wood, which is as hard and narrow
as coffin
The inhabitants OF Manchuria and
the American Apaches, for instance,
have the vaguest notions about the
advantage of exercises for young
babies. They crowd the infant into a
narrow cradle with quantities of cloth
and tie it in with cords in such way
that It's wonder it does not become
deformed. Nor is it any better luck
to be born Lapp baby, for this ht-
tie one is bound into cradle made Of
hollowed wood, cut to a point at each
end, and lined with moss. The mother
carries this with her everywhere, when
she stops, She hangs 1t to branch,
or if there are no trees near, she
sticks it UP in the snow.
The savage woman OF Australia al
ways carries her tiny baby i'll bas-
ket. When the child is older he is
placed ON his mothers shoulder,
where he keeps his position by hold
ing on her head Most of the Aus
tra1ian women are fond 'of their chill
dren, sometimes, indeed, they show
their affection by eating them.
Among civilized nations rhe cloth
ing Of the newly Born has preoccu-
pied the people of all times, and from
their reflections upon this subject
have resulted the strangest and most
anti-hygienic garments imaginable.
Except among the Spartans, who left
. their children naked to develop nat
.urally, without restraint, in order that
they might become beautiful Adde'S
cents what seems to have interested
the ancients most was an anxiety to
furnish a guard for the weak limbs
and frail body of infancy. II all chill
dren had been we'll formed, or # all
peoples, like the Spartans, had expos
ed upon Taygetus all the newly born
who were i'll shaped, this idea 'proba-
blv would not have arisen. Un'happ1-
", badly formed infal IS are not a
rarity, and it is almost natural that
our ancestors should have thought OF
r1artyrizing babies in order to give
them straight limbs and deep chests.
If this .orthopedic method had been
appfied to the deformed babies only
il would not have been SO bad. But
this didn't happen. When they saw
the effects Of ricketts, becoming general
during the course of the second year,
,deforrning the thorax. the limbs, and
the vertebral column, NO warning OF
these disasters having occurred at
birth, they became certain that such
defornities were the result OF bad
methods Of treatment. They declared
that the deformity could not have re-
suited if the child had been dressed
from birth in such way that its body
was kept straight.
There was exhibited at the exposi-
ton of 1890 curious statuette OF ter
racotta moulded in the form Of a
sheath, its head being covered with
little hood, wearing about its neck
small disk called f'bulla." This is
precious document, which was found