The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
II, WILLIAM brady. VI. d.

Ii''t WI u mas btfn
y lively established by careful OBJ
i srvations in thousands of cases
vat a brand new baby should
vcich seven and half pounds and
look Dis. his dad. In conversation with
s,mptt GERS or reporters one need not
,e precise about these details. In round
numh.i. from ten to fourteen pounds
will %. and as for the baby's features,
IN time ,'ry will take on human sem
tan,, md IL good strongly favor the
chfs mptmr. The youngsters ex-
,rmr btldness requires no special
treatment. as 1t is well known fact
that ufIutilc badness is the one dis
a.. o. child really can outgrow.
Heat. authorities are Unsuitable In
their demands for vital statistics these
dl,s so one should he punctual about
riminl the baby. The newspapers gen.
orally require the name In full. the
hhIs houncing capacity-this the doc
Tor should test carefully before he gives
out the item-and the assurance that
the usual host Of friends are extending
thc usual concentrations to the happy
parents who should he doing well like
the baby That is, the mother should
be doing well the daddy does we'll
enough if he is prepared to answer up
promptly and without embarrassment
when the doctor pulls out blank and pen
and demands sternly. We'll, sir, what
are YOU going. To- name Il >"
WHY the doctor. of all people should
persist in calling a new baby at" when
everybody else calls II he or she Is a
~ g.. that defes solution. unless II be
a Doctors natural caution in diagnosis
Al any rate 1t is a source of great per-
pleNity to parents. One young father,
rrr,ug himself up for the ordeal hit
upon q happy compromise.
H. selected the name Marion. which
in the event Of disappointment could
be'rendcred into the feminine gender by
The mere change of letter in the Ger
uf.ttc. But luck was against him.
The doctor brought twins. a boy and 6.
cir and both renditlons were urgently
r'gI.r"8. obviously names so similar
as Marion and Marian caused confusion
in the general household affairs.
" soon as the doctors primary in
ter. = in the case declines to the point
n q visit say only about the first of
each monitor a brief letter II he
hasn't the cheek to call personally-the
parents should seize the opportunity to
hold levee for the benefit of neighbors
or friends, who are of course anxious
to see what the little shrimp looks like.
(. This had better be a plain. Informal
aNl.r 50 that the mother may wear
her pale blue negligee with her hair
simply So, attractively arranged in a
g.r.sh braid down her back, or on the
foot If the bed II she doesn't care to
dr'S The father always wears his
hsp summers suit neatly pressed and
polished, with n happy smile upon his
dlunt'css countenance. During the
ceremony h. may console himself. as he
pains III the cigars, with the reflection
that most of the guests, for all their
comfortable appearance, are also back
IN tie rent and bad friends with a
grocer.
All authorities concede that nothing
can compare with a testimonial from
the family doctor himself yet, ii
is only fair to remember, what you tell
The doctor is sacredly confidential with
him p" dare not divulse it to a living
soul whereas what he tells you If fiat
terag will travel all over the neigh
hor.oud IN no time. Therefore, no mat
ter how We'll your baby deserves it, don't
expect too much of the man; be content
Il he agrees the little darling possesses