The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
BABIES RIGHTS ..x sy .sa.,.

babies adorn life. Their simplicity
and sincerity leaven the humbug and
hSpocrisy OF ''grown-up" humanity
Noisy they may be sometimes; nnugh-
they may be often Nevertheless
they are usually fat ana funny ana
fascinating Indeed. they are 100 ndor.
sole for their own happiness Tb.,r
, Denuty proves fatal 10 thcnly When ).
,.aii WITH microbc laden moustachc
u bacllli infested beard insists on
Howcvunnro inc results may be deadly.
No. are usually, greater sinners ! IN
| tnis respect. There arc some niTon -
eiohate souls whose nrst exclnmatior
az seeing baby is,"Oh. tho 1.-THE
she has must KISS H." and whether
Sne ma been properly introduced to tha
liant am or not. she promptly proceeds
II IS pleasing. therefore, TO know thar
paoies rights are at last rccciyIn., M /.
,.flat Men have always had lhei,
rs 6 't 81, women are clamourinG LOUDLY
lor theirs: But no voice has Man
raiseh on behalf OF tho baby, who ha,
1i,,ncrea, though not In silence, for so
ions. Often has 1t made the welkin
r. Ing with It's protestations, hut no on"
PAID any heed. Grown-ups. In thnir
,ran !1,ss, did not understand Baby
teeth Reev ISL, or cross" or cutting itn
oany,s cry came from lis heart@an
essentially modern cry for its ri1,bts
TOT the right TO live it's own life. I'M
- a,,a, ,,,,'. by the superfuous caresses
OF un'ntelligent strangers or the fat
nous endcarments of well-meaninr
friends. or relations ''e.
~ Is slowly penetrating tho brains
or nfarents that baby is moi merely
sturdy little individuality with likes
ana dlslikes of It's own No one seems
&c, nave rave, realized before that n baby
mas private !, feelings If It could speak,
protestations OF Shylock. .Iinth NOT a
nany eyes? Hath not baby hands
organs. dimensions, senses, affections
Babies arc the most fastldlous crea-
lures on earth. They Immediately de-
rect any departure from good taste"
IN inc de, dealings Of grown ups with
-, ii'ciNeS, ana show their resentment
III no uncertain manner 17
furthermore, they have delicious
sense Of humour. One has only TO
n9lice the critical and cool stare with
Hhlch they often greet the egregiow
grown ups attempt to be funny, II
adapt himself or herself 10 the bnby.s
mind At other tines they double
themselves up like crunpled roseIcayer
with sheer amusement, when thc, hear
a staid mntron talking In such barbaric
or see some portly and equity gentle
man trying TO make "goo- goo" eyes
1t IS very amusing to baby when Il IS
not unutternbly boring "lVhy can
not these idiots he natural q" The in
fantile optics seem to he saying. Ann
why DO they think II necessary to muI
tiiate the Kings English on my ac
count?" ~ m
'All this, however, will probably
soon como to an end. An nnti-kissing
campaign has been started on behalf
OF infants in arms. One news York So
ciety woman created quite a mild sem
Ssation because she forbade hor hug-
band TO kiss his own child. and to pro-
tact the infant from such nnwelcomc
attentions she had It. confined in n
sort of wire-scrcen. These measures
are perhaps rather drastic, but they
are an indication of the trend of the
times. III +. II. -,
Queen Victoria Eugenia OF Spain has
also shown her sympathy with the
SORROWS of babies, for even royal In
ffants are not permitted to escape from
tho osculntory attention Of the pop
ulace. On ,hygienic grounds she has
forbidden the kissing OF her own chill
dren by strangers. and her example is
being widely followed. Labels hear
Ing the words, mo me heseo edo not
kiss mel are now on sale throughout
tho country. '44i - "
All this characteristic Of the ago we
live In; an age which puts sense no