The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-29
MOTHERS
NOVEL PLAN
She Tried to Raise Her Baby by
Telephone.

This tot Is the child of a woman
who is widow or the woman who
should be a widow, or the woman who
wants to be widow. Widow or should
| be or would be, she Is the woman who
Is compelled to earn the money which
must clothe and feed and provide a
roof for herself and child, and, not
being able to be in two places at
once, and the question of the where
withal of all things decreeing that she
must spend the greater part Of her
time at her place of business, there is
nothing left to do but leave the baby
in the charge Of some one who may be
competent or may be just the reverse,
and supervise its care by phone.
As rule the home of the woman
with a child is boarding house,
where the baby becomes the pet and
the object of interest to the feminine
| contingency. While the mother Is at
home the women boarders worry not
at all. With the advent OF the nurse
they feel a sudden weight of responsi.
bility descend upon their shoulders
and the nurse is Immediately aware
that her path is marked out as
straight and extremely narrow. She
will be allowed no leeway. Her young
| She must abandon her yellow-covered
novel.
On the day of the nurses arrival the
mother gives instructions.
81 will call you up several times
to-day and see how you are getting
along. Then, II think of anything
want to tell you, can let You know.
II you are In difficulty about anything
! go to Mrs. - or Mrs. - or Mrs
-, and she will tell you what to do
Now, don't take the baby out to-day
| for she has a cold. Be sure that you
cover her up when she takes her nap.
| Give her plenty of water to drink
| Don't tell her about anything that will
| brighten her. See that her bottle Is
good and warm. Don't let her get In
| drafts. Have her face and hands
washed and her hair combed and a
clean dress on when you take her
down to lunch. Don't give her any
candy. That's all can think of now
| I'll call you up"
And the nurse signs, Yes. ma'am!"
At ten o'clock the telephone bell
rings. A tragic voice cries, This is
Mrs. -. Please call Maggie to the
phone at once"
Breathlessly the landlady flies up
the stairs.
Maggie! Maggie! Maggie! Hurray!
Mrs. - is at the telephone. o, I'm
| afraid something dreadful-O, was the
baby asleep? Poor lite sing! Dere
no! She never used to cry that way
when her mother was here. Go on, I'll
watch the baby. Dere now, petty. Did
naughty Maggie make 1t ky. Aw-aw.
Nesser min. Mama pank!"
Maggie at the telephone by this
time gasps "Hello!"
Maggie" cries the voice at the
other end. 20, is that you? forgot
to tell you to put limewater In the
baby's bottle. Has she had It? o,
dear, o, dear! And, Maggie-what is
that hear? Is the baby crying? What!
Why, what do you mean by leaving
her? Go back at once. Maggie-Mag-
gle" But Maggie has gone. The
phone rings madly.
The landlady again answers. Mag.
gle, upstairs rocking the baby, hears:
Yes, Mrs. -. Dreadful! Cried
until her face was purple. She's quiet
| now. o, hardly-think so? Soothing
syrup? I'll see. You hold the wire"
There is a tiptoeing ascent. Then
| just as the baby closes its eyes the
door is opened suddenly to close again
with bang. The landlady says: mo,
| don't think SO; but you never can
tell. She seems awfully quiet. But
wouldn't worry II were you,
| Mrs. -"
Two hours later the bell peals sud.
| denly. The nurse shudders and clutches
the child to her. Bet it's your ma"
she says.
| Maggie? Please bring the baby to
] the phone. Is she there? Now hold
her there till she coughs. Something
tells me she is going to be croupy and
| ! must know about 1t. / am so wor-
ried. Do you think she will cough?"
Il don't know, ma am" replied Mag.
gle. She hasn't coughed all day"
"She hasn't? You haven't been try
ing any medicine on her, have you,
Maggie? All right Don't ever do
that Well, I'll call you up later"
And so 1t goes. When night comes
and the nurse is allowed to go home
there is apt to be wild look in her
eyes and she is not to be blamed II
she is enesided; holding baby on one
arm and hanging on to receiver at
the same time is enough to make any.
one appear tipsy.
After a few days the mother prob
ably relaxes her vigilance II she is in
clined to have confidence in the girl
and II the baby appears to like her
new caretaker. But just the same she
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