The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-21
A CRYING
EvIl..
BY Tom Mas S on.
(Copyrightl

me question as 10 the number o
children We shall have is supremel,
agitating at the present time.
Some ladies claim that where one /.
! changing husbands all the time ever
one baby is superfuous and any more
would be a public nuisance For onf
! thing, babies are always more or less
| in the way They interfere with
| European travel and are hard to hold
! in horse-cars. They are not allowed
/ in baggagc-cars, cannot he sent by
/ freight or express. nor checked at a
hotel, They seem TO be naturally
wicked, are hard to raise, and seldom
repay the trouble they cause.
A baby around the house often in
terferes with the pleasures of the
nurse He is always falling out Of
his carriage or interrupting her IN
the midst of an exciting novel. \
/ nurse ought 10 have as good a time
as anyone else. but the baby often
keep her from the highest enjoyment
1t is hard for her TO run downstairs
and call up her best fellow when the
baby is running loose without collar
or leader Along with other modern
conyeniences, every Well-regujated
house ought to have a telephone
S"l'tu III 'R' nursery "u" S"'e t"
gentle and patient nurse as many
steps as possible.
Babies are generally admitted to
be a poor security. Although a grcs'
deai OF money Is put I'M" mem ~.
paoy """'h ne accepted a. eo'ialei"'
py one o"tcHet OF ui"Aer. i"'.s
uFa" feiauFeS' are hdfa 20 t'i'e' d.'l
Almost Always develop the worst lIatla
OF our ancestors not l" hleu'l'o our
serves.
The number OF babies had by I'M.
intelligent and shortSlSh5ed parents
aoesh [ matter IN KIND o"t IN degree.
II one oaoS Is d EeAetai nv stance. u
stands 10 reason mat Two o. mem
ought 10 oe VICE ~ 'aa' hul 'he
truth 49, y tha 'aV OIL ~ i"a'atloh'
t"o are tbItt 'iA.N7 80 '"' - "H''
anu l"Iee' 9'A l''i>S '9 ''o % wv
\ single my can ~ stowe F! away
in an ateoTe or soap-boN and hiS
cries muiBed by any haTd-hearted a.a
female, but trained nurse and
corps Of faithful assistants Will fan III
the case OF two,
That Is the supreme danger OF nav
ing babies, anyway. Providence has
no head for figures. One OF them can
he decently tolerated and treated by
the phiiosophic mtnd IKE any other
bad investment. bnt When we are
mn against two or three OF them, as
the stork may be when we have 10 el'
bow our way down TO breakfast In me
morning and there is Winfry forest
Of cribs in all the upper stories almost
any kind OF a hereafter is a welcome
change.
II is a common belief that when, In
our youthful days, the sanctity Of our
homes is invaded by babies, it's such
a real good thing, because they will
support rs in our old age. But by the
time the returns are beginning to
come in the chances are about ten to
one that our candidates are going to
be beaten at the polls Most of us by
that time are too old to care What
we need most Of all is someone to sup
port us while We are bringing the
babies up.
us all very well. when You are
about so years old and fun Of rheuma-
tism and "reminiscences. to sit by the +
areside of your wealthy sonin-Iaw .
or dauqhter-inIaw and while you are
spinning some pgosy old yarn to your
delighted audience. to have Your brow I
smoothcd by gentle hands. and a
s20-a.month maid standing over you I.
with ho~ arms fuII of rare cd Madeira
and Canary i'm gold dccaujcrs. Tut I.
hat isn't what happens in real life
What hapupns in real Ilfe is that you
ere rolegated to some dIafty attic /
.aom for about % hours a day TO
tnrse Your troubles and keep them to +
.ourself. are put on a regular allow
Incc of about 80 cents "A week. AMI
hen. whom the word is passed around
hat grandpa" Is coming to join the
amily circle. there is q general STAN
}ede fer the outskirts OF the estate
Your baby boy Of 80 years ago. the
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