New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
n SCIENTIFIC BABY.
Brought Up By His Father on
Simple Fare and Exercise.

~saxtsr Freeman Lincoln Neinertz. the scien-
.,.o hsby. gaEed with infantils stolidity at the
.ornnsry awaiting him when he came back from
<,s morning constitutional in the park yester-
sev Four writer's and two photographers
uere roosting on the scientific baby's front
stspx He didn't seem to mind at all. but his
Gather. Captain Soven IHEvar Meinertz, looked
harassed-
ut is toe much" said he in 8 worried way;
-gs is too much fame never intended TO put
nv experiments in the press. A young man
comes In here one night and says he was in
4e-ested IN babies. and wants TO know how I
brought I'D this one. and the next day it was IN
the paper. and we haven't had any peacs since
F1t the worst is that Freeman can't get his
slsep for the people that are here to see him"
A discussion on this point followed with the
two photographers. The artists wished to take
Freeran's picture in various poses. The
CAPTAIN said it was time for Freeman's nap. and
4 was part Of his training to take his nap on
tine. Freeman. meanwhile, the argument
proceeded. calmly dug W portions Of the front
yard on his little shovel and threw them IN at
the basement window.
IT don't know why people are making much
+nzs over this boy" said the captain ST haven't
compared him with others Of his age. I don't
say he's bigger or heavier or stronger than the
average boy Of his age I only know he has
never been sick
HOW old IS hep" asked some
The captain glanced at the clock
@At s o'clock this afternoon he will be thirty
two months DID," said he, in businesshke way.
Freeman weighs thirty-thTee pounds ana IS
SIirty-seven inches high. His hair, which touches
his shoulders. is the color Of ripe wheat he can
handle half-pound Gumbbells and three-pound
handbags in scientific gymnasium style he IS
g very pretty and happy urchin, which speaks
well for his fathers scientific bringing up.
The captain is a yachtsELaIl. and makes enough
in the summer to live on the year around me
first summer OF the baby's life the father was
able 10 have the youngster with MN curing MS
ernployrnenL This summer he was not able 10
make such arrangement. and so ne stayed
~ home. . ,,..,
more and spend the second summer with the
boy After he is three years old nothing VIII
make so much difference a child that grows
and develops spiendId1y for the IlIst three yeaIs
OF its life is not going TO be IN much danger
after that with ordinary good care
Captain Meinertz admits that Freeman had q
main in his stomach once. That was when ne
yvss eleven months old. The event was so IN
usual that they sent for the Doctor right away
Before the doctor came Freeman nao got CONS
crying and gone TO sleep. 49,,
II had experimented by giving him little
Cermsn zweIback TO Try his teeth on" said the
captain. and it was too hard and maze MS
stomach ache 49,,
oatmeal white bread and crackers. me DaFIey
and oatmeal are in a fluid state, about the con
gistency of cream. The bread is stale enough 10
be almost hard. He drinks the barley ana oa5-
meal water on alternate days. For four feed
inEs which make q days nutrtnnent- MI Mem
e-+z tales two heaping tablespoonful Of oat-
meal and two teaspoonfus OF sugar, ana Dolls
them in q quart and q half Of water Tor an
hour and a half. He mixes IN four teaspoon
fuls of condensed milk. and this mixture makes
food enough for Freeman for tyTenty-fouT
hours IN addition to much bread or crackers
ss he wishes to eat. He usually eats four slices
of bread during the day. in addition TO his quart
and q half of barley or oatmeal water.
Now, there isn't anything special in this diet
said Captain Menertz. I've got no rules about
his diet at all. except that he shall not eat meat
before he is twelve years old He might have
eRgs milk fruit or vegetables, II he wanted, but
he won't eat them. He ate five cents worth Of
he never would touch another. Occasionally he
VIII eat q little baked apple or stewed prunes,
T.nere is only one other food he shows a liking
for. and that's potatoes. He would eat than
an the time, but won't give them to him be-
cause they're TOO starchy. He won't take beef
tea unless put II on potatoes.
ANY good, well cooked simple food that the
chEId viii take IS right to bring II up on.
twelve, but If lived farm and killed our
own meat should object TO II less, Here IN
the city we can get fresh fruit and vegetables,
rood bread eggs and cereals but am afraid
AZ the meat and the milk for child 7 have
used condensed milk and no meat at all for
this boy.
my object IN gil my care Of this boy is to
T9revaut his being sick The doctor go by says
that auv child born Of healthy parents need
never be sick II certain rules are followed I
have followed those rules, and the boy has never
been sick II is all nonsense that every child
has got 20 20 through certain children's Diseases
Children can be made immune to al those dis
eases Every sickness retards, dfrninishes and
dwarfs the development Of the human being. 7
made up my mind this child should have no
sickness"
Mr. Mefnertz lays his whole success TO the
exercise and the light, air and sunshine in which
TIE boy lives He has his dunbbeu practice, 20