The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-19
The Literary
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Mrs. Dunbar-I know this is fore,pn to the topic. but do want to ask while l think of 1t, was 1t you. Mime, President, who advised the use of Dummer's food for anaemic children,
 The President-I think I did, Mrs. Dunbar.
 Mrs. Dunbar-I just wanted to say that l had the best luck with if and wanted to thank you for suggesting 1t. My boy weighs 30 pounds now.
 Mrs. Allen-Why. my boy isn't as old as yours by six months. and he weighs positively not less than 32 pounds.
 Mrs. Dunbar-But your boy isn't as lively as my Jamie. My boy is all motion.
 Mrs. Allen-There isn't anyone live Her than my Georgie.
 Mrs. Jones--I never had any luck with Dummer's food.
 Mrs. Little-My Mamie said the cleverest thing the other day. I wish l could remember how it went but it was something about my spring hat
 
 the way she said 1t.
 Mrs. Phillips-I have made remarks about the spring hats myself!
 The Presidential regard to Maeter linck-
 Mrs. Allen-My little girl calls her father Mister" Just that and noth ing else. Isn't that bright?
 Mrs. Morris-My little girl doesn't talk at all yet, but she has the most intelligent expression!
 Mrs. Dunbar-We had such a dis. cussion about Jamie's looks only yes- terday. His aunt thinks the upper part of his face is like mine and his grandmother declares the lower DOT ton is all mine. The truth is that he looks exactly like me. except for the mouth He has his fathers mouth
 Mrs. Lewis-My boys resemble me and my daughter is the image of her father. His eyes are so blue that they are really very becoming to Adele. Don't you think so, Mrs. Bel lows?
 Mrs. Bellows-Yes, indeed; though was under the impression that her eyes were brown.
 The President-Ladies, if you
 Mrs. Prescott-l have small niece who is really prodigy. Sho 's only four and she can play the piao quite we'll.
 Mrs. Allen-I knew child Uro led doing that. She injured her spine and fell off the stool all in heap cue day. It was terrible.
 Mrs. Little-I have forbidden mJ Mamie to jump the rope for the same reason. l heard of a child who died doing that.
 Miss Phillips-My grandmother used to tell me that tale, but I never heard the childs name
 Mrs. Lewis-I forbid Adele to go roller skating The jar to the spine is terribly dangerous.
 Mrs Morris-I don't have to think of those things yet. but I am worried about teething. My little girl
 Mrs. Little-This Is to be her sec. ond summer, isn't it? You must be so careful of her until cold weather comes!
 Miss Phllips-If l had baby I'd leave out the second summer, even if I had to choke it. When a child has good second summer people shake their heads and say he Is not normal.
 Mrs Allen-Yes, indeed. I forget the statistics, but more babies die in the second summer than at any other time of their lives,
 Mrs Morris-My little one seems well. She Is fat and laughs all the time.
 Mrs. Bellows-Just when you are thrown off your guard by seeming health is the moment when you should be most careful. Wasn't 1t terrible about Mrs. Naylor?
 Mrs Little-It surely was. She was boasting one day about how we'll her baby was and the next day he had scarlet fever.
 Mrs. Prescott-lt was measles.
 Mrs. Bellows-Are you quite sure?
 Mrs. Little-I know 1t was scarlet fever
 Mrs. Prescott-Oh. very well: then 1t was. of course.
 The President-Ladies! Maeter- linck- Mrs Morris-I give my little girl matted milk and barley water and Bonehead's food.
 Miss Phillips-One of them surely ought to be fatal.
 Mrs. Allen--Ill come over and look |