Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16
THAT TALKING" BABY
IS DISAPPOINTING
Declines to Talk for the Press or
for Publication.
CAPITAL SENDS REPRESENTATIVE.
The Baby Cries But Does Net Talk
To A 'Newspspsr Person" "


This paper sent represent ativt
yesterday afternoon to the Tyler home
in Acton Lane to see the Talking
Baby" and get q report.
Acton Lane runs Off f.om West
street opposite the W, 3. & a. de-
pot There are many small houses
and about half way up the street on
the left sid is THE little house with
the reported talking baby" On
che door is "sign," written in lead
pencil, announcing that the price
charged to see this loquacious bit of
colored humanity is 10 cents.
The Capital represe ntatiye did not
pay il, but entered on pass,
note from DR.. Milliner, giving per
mission to see the prodigy. The
crowd gathered around the street
opposite the little house was moth
ing TO the number in gide. In
small rc ON, some 8x10, heated by
a cylinder coal stove, the room hav-
ing a temperature Of some 80 de-
grees, stood and sat, on boxes,
chairs, the bed. a collection If some
dozen white and colored citizens,
gazing on the intent which its moth
er Ga negress weighing some 800
(plus) pounds) held
The lookeTs-on hung on the child's
every word, which, however, il fail
ed TO speak during the pre- sence of
The Capital representative. The
child was elaborately gowned in an
all-over embroidered dress, the long
clothes" variety. The dress was
very much Of the open-work, old
fashioned style, probably its chris
tening robe, for the name James
Henrv," had been bestowed upon the
baby a few days previous, the pastor
Of Asbury Church officiating at the
ceremony.
The child was in pain. Evidently
IL had the stomach ache, and no won
der. For, besides the normal food
intended by nature for babies, il is
also fed, and "eats heartily" from
tin cup II bread ard water. Really
it is astonishing to see this five
weeks old baby eat. The child cried
with pain, or pr jbably from seeing
an recognizing newspaper person,
and in the attempt to quiet it, utter
ed sound which those In the room
declared to be "Yes, Yes, but which
The Capital person could not stretch
imagination Far enough to translate as
distinct mOnosyllble, meaning
the affirmative.
After suffering from temperature
Of between 80 and 80 degrees in
crowded, close room, and waiting
anxiOusly for the space Of II minutes
Cactually counttd by a wriet watch
The Capital representative was forced
to make an exit without having heard
the BABY TALK 1t must be said,
however, the infant has re markable
Characteristic, not to be ascribed
normal infants. For baby nearly
six weeks old, il sits up. very erect,
throws its head back, and looks
around almost in a preteInatural
manner It has a wild expression in
its eyes, and does not appear to be
normal for child Of its age
A part Of the time during the visit
a white woman who held the baby
said she had heard it talk distinctly on
tour different occasions, one of which
it said to its father, who was leaning
against the child on the bed get off
Of me. The Capital does not doubt
the veracity Of those who have heard
the infant prodigy talk, but this pa
per seriously regrets that the child
did not speak IN the presence Of its
representative. But there are Others
who decline to talk for the press
and for publication" as well as the
| colored baby.