Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-06
agRocKlNGn TIE BABIES.

Some man with a crouch has coln-
planned to the Charles City lntelll-
rnncer of what he ccils "a specie OF
nuisance. that atficts him and his ilk
OF Saturday night. Hear the dys>
peptic grunbls:
Il refer To the baby carriage woman.
IL there is anything more aggraVatlhg
in a crowd than a woman with baby
carriage and two or three little girls
walking alongside don't know what
1t would be. They are the cause OF
more silent blasphemy from business
man hurrying home to dress for some
occasion, or indeed from anyone who
Us bound for some place. than all the
other nuisances combined On another
night men do not complain of the baby
carriage or go-cart, but on Saturday
evening there are enough hindranees
for the street walker to put up with
when these features are missing"
No baby, nor any specie" OF baby
cab or go-cart. whatever its capacity
for trouble and possibilities of inani-
mate cussadness, can ever compete In
the nuisance business with the man
who would drive them off the street OF
summer evening. Those hurrying
men who SO much forget the rights and
silently when they step around week.
wearied mother and her baby out for
glimpse of the Saturday night crowd
and a breath of fresh air, and an oc-
casional momentary chat with ac-
quaintances, are, it is natural. If not
fair to consider, the kind who would
. be most apt to blaspheme openly at
home There is somewhat Of the spirit
of the wife beaten in the desire to ban
ish the mother, the baby and the go
cart from the streets on Saturday
nights. The one differs from the other
more in specie than in purpose.
No complaint is offered against the
pleasure riders that fill the streets with
an endless procession of horses and car
riages, or of the auto drivers who steer
a devious and horn heralded path in
and out among nervous horses. There
is no good reason why the woman with
horse ard buggy should not drive
carefully where she chooses of Sat-
urday evening. The autoist might
show more consideration. if he would
keep his putting machine off streets
ings until horse education has included
the automobile, but even he has right
there and the Charles City complains
ant has not included him in the indict-
ment drawn against women and babies.
But the tired mother whose household
duties have held her prisoner within
four walls six long hot summer days,
should have right-of-way with baby
cab, go-cart or express wagon over all.
She has no carriage. She can't hire
livery rigs and keep up the payments
on the home she and the baby's father
are trying to pay for. She has worried
all week over the grocery bill, done
her own work" and cared for the
baby. When she comes out Of a Sat-
urday evening let the Crouch" con-
tinue to blaspheme in silence. Some
one, thank the Lord, is always willing
to choke him If he does 1t aloud.
Go to, thou crouch! The nation of
tomorrow is making big eyes, gooing,
crying laughing and kicking and Sleep
ing in those Saturday night cabs and
carts pushed by the tender faced ma
donnas of this generation. Drive them
off the street? Why, we wouldn't trade
a single baby or mother of that multi
tude for enough dyspeptic, sour stom-
ached knockers to cover a continent
sixty feet deep. Not one of those lit
tie girls walking along side but is