The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25
BEAUTIFUL BABY
SMILES FOR ALL
You've Never Seen Anything
Half SO Lovely as That Wait
at Virginia Hospital.
LIVES IN BUREAU DRAWER
Night on Steam Radiator Brought
Her Around When Doctors
Said She'd Die.
LIVES IN BUREAU DRAWER

Some bright afternoon during the
holiday season when 1t seems as il
everything has gone wrong. Just put On
your top coat and Jog along to the
virginia Hospital and ask any of those
nurses in pink to lot you have a peep
at the baby. If you arc broke and
blue and out OF a Job. perhaps, one
glance at that brat--only you mustn't
call 1t brat unless you expect to DO
thrown out-will make you smile. and
you Will come away swearing that
this is tho most beautiful Christmas
you ever spont. and those loose buttons
from your vest Will rattle in your
trousers pockets with tho Jingle of
real gold. But IL you don't enthusc
over that brat-mcaning beautiful
doll-they win put you down In the
visiting book ns perfectly disgust
ing crouch, without sentiment or
sense. And they'll be right
With these few remarks one may
venture upon the discussion of the
subject with some degree of fear, for
1t 1t isn't properly discussed the man
discussing 1t may DO advised that the
only chance Of saving his life is by
an emergency operation.
None So Lovely ms This.
Simply therefore, to avoid the sur
Eeon's knife. IT Is wise to state that
of all the lovely babies in all the
world there is none so lovely as this
l!ttlo orphan at the Virginia Hospital
That kid is exquisite. She has blue
eyes and dark lashes, and the cutcst
little mouth and the pinkest little
! cheeks and ears and toes that ever
came down the pike And when she
smiies-well, you must see that smile
II You want to belong. You must see
those little lips curve away with tho
smile and those darling teeth-two
tceth-and more on the way
This infant was born siS weeks ago
at the Virginia. Tho next day the
mother died. Then the doctors came
| In. looked wise, and said 1t couldn't
possibly live. but Miss Agnes d. Ras-
| dolph. the superintendent. took charge
of the situation. for she had been at
| tracted by the irresistiblc charm OF
the child. so they got a pair OF scales
and found that the baby weighed only
three and one-half pounds. 1t was
Swathed In cotton, rubbed, handled
tcndcrly, and put to sleep on a steam
radiator. because there wasn't an In
cuhator within reach. Somehow the
steam was quite effective. for the next
morning tho new arrival felt quite
comfortable and readily agreed with
Miss Randolph that the doctors were
wrong when they suggested that II
would soon be tine for one of those
| SIS funerals. with six carriages and
white gloves thrown in on the side.
bureau Drawer Its Crib.
Thus it was that the superintendent
took charge OF the infant. All baby
| baskets in the hospital were In use at
| tho time and SO crib had to be fash
Toned out of something. a bunch II
| medical books were removed from
h,-r Il
drawer the baby spent it's early DAYS.
But she didn't pick up much weight.
They put her on tho scales again yes
terday and the hand or the indicator
or whatever you call II. turned around
TO five and ono half pounds, and re-
fused to bulge. But the doctors ma,Iq
I" careful examination and found th,+
| the pet of the hospital was strong and
healthy and FIT. When the question
of name was suggested all minds
naturally turned to Agnes Virginia, in
honor Of Miss Randolph and the hos
pstal Pretty name? Well. IL YOU want
to sec something more pretty than shat
| you mustn't miss the chance OF see
| Ing the baby.
Many Christmas Gifts.
For the past two days nurses. phy-
sicians and persons who have heard
| n
flood of presents Dainty garments
of blue and pink, blankets, gold pima.
flowers. candy, rubber balls, tho tiniest
little shoes and stockings and bibs and
! fuckers. have been sent there in de-
livery wagons. Gold and silver coins
and paper money, arrived, too. and al
ready MISS Agnes Virginia has n bank
account of more than $780, which is
drawing interest. Everybody who has
seen that child has come across.
| somehow It touches tho heart 10
look at the poor thing IN its bureau
drawer and when the heart is touched
| there Is desire to give. When some
! OF the patients who are now on the
mend were moving about Yesterday
In rolling chairs. looking sad and de-
1ectcd because they could not spend
Christmas at home, n nurse would Give
thcm glimpse Of the baby and home
was forgotten. And little Agnes yir-
Slnia would open her blue eyes, and
smile at the man in the rolling chair.
ana the man In the rolling chair would
/ tap her under the chin and goo-goo.
100. Even suffragctte raved over
hcr: hard hearted bachelors said they
didn't know babies were anything like
| that. No shop over turned out a crib
as comfortable as that bureau drawer
and no occupant of real crib ever
had more chances than the waif.
soon to Go Away.
Agnes VIII remain at the Virginia
Tor eight or nine months and then she
Will be turned over to u Catholic or
phanagc in Baltimore. to he brought
up by the SISTERS. Al the hospital they
say. as Rchccca did of her parasol.
that she's the dearest thing In the
world, but an awful care.
But while she stays there Agnes
Virginia will receive greater atten-
ton than the child Of queen. and
there will he n big lump in many
throats when they take her away.
You've simply got to see that baby If