Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-20
PATERNAL PRIDE.
1t Crops Out in the Subway, Wha
One May Observe 1t as Reveal
Hereafter.

erS relative to the merits OF their
bies are among the things one ov(
hears on subway trains. One mig
think that this would be left to mot
ers, because mothers are the perS0N
looked upon as possessing most Il
formation about babies; but apparent
" mems knowledge of babies h4
reached the point where they can dit
play 1t in public.
It's getting to be a regular thing q
men to hold discussions on the bah
question in subway cars. Baseball
boxing and other topics are put ASH
in favor of that important subject-tl
baby. Here is the way the discussi6
begins:
A man enters a subway car at I
uptown station, unfolds his MorniN
paper and begins to read. When t
train halts at the next station al
other passengers board it a friend
the man reading the paper enters, q {
catching sight Of him pushes his w
to him
Good morning" says the new CONF
Nice morning. hey? Say, hows
baby?" "A
"Oh, very WE'LL" replies the othl
man with alacrity. n
by the way. what Is your baby, %
or girl?" inquiries the newcomer. /
why. it's a boy" responds the fiT1
man.
"A hoy, always thought you had
girl" replied the newcomer. DO "
know that | have an heir? Yes,
rived about nine weeks ago. u
great, big. strong fellow. why,
Won know that / thing ne Is going
be another Samson. There's ho'hl ~
TO il at all. The strength that TN,
habv possesses-and he's only mig
weeks old-is marvellous. My WV
tells me that there isn't another oau
in the neighborhood that can eonpal
with him. He's a wonder, anu 4
doubt of it,"
We'll. he must be a wonder, 1uoa
ing from the way you talk, repis
the first man, who appeared 10
bored still, l don't think that j
has anything on my son. hes |,
greatest baby in the country. II not
the world.
..Pll Just tell you something apo'
NV son that will open your eyes. :
course YOU understand enough apoutl
baby to know that in the hrsl =
,bere are twenty teeth. Well ~
ina CINE this: My wife thinks, IN IL
she is almost certain, that my %
viii, have twenty-five teeth in his ny
set.
Now don't ask me how such TIM.
is possible. It's beyond me 10 'e'
swer Suffice 1t to say that my WI
cows go and she ought to know, y
tboueh | will admit that this is OF
first habv. But she picks up INFORMS
tion relative to babies like uus
takes to water, and you know ho
quick that is.
some credit is cue to me, howeVes
continued the first man, pufflng up
little with self esteem, for after .
I'm the boys father. He was WOO
derfui child right from his pire
Why. Just let me relate some incioeit
about his teeth and they VIII apprr'
Won of his remarkable merits.
Probably you know that the ~
central lower teeth are the first to al
near and come in from the fifth 10 u
ninth month. You know tnat! w
think of this: Pm sure, in 1act /
positive. that my son had them VINE
he was four months old. That's goll
some, isn't it?
while we are speaking OF teeS
here's anothing thing | want to tell ye
about my sons teeth: At a year
child usually has six teeth. Pooh! ~
sons a year old and he mas eis'
teeth. oh, l tell you, that boy Is
wonder and he is going to make 2
mari, in this world He appears to
inst q little more advanced than q
other babies we know of. And II
is advanced when h is only a bao
then figure out how far advanced
will be when he is a man. why u
Thought of it stuns me. / cannot rea
ize it.
"Conceding that you have perIe
wonder for a son, there are SOU
merits about my boy that feel juss
fed in bringing to your attention., r.
nlied the newcomer when an oppol
tunitv presented itself for him to
some bragging. 1.-The average bapy
birth weighs 71s pounds, it's height
201h inches, its chest measurement. I
1917 inches and it's head IA incne
Those are the standard measurement
and babies weighing above those ne
ures are considered abnormal.
well. when my son was born
weighed 10 pounds, he was ~ incht
in height, his chest was IA inches an
his head Is inches. So you see ne ea
eeeded the standard measurements
all respects, and / guess he will be t1
boy who will make your son must
when they grow to be men,
Admitting that your son is out
the ordinary, l wish to enumera'
some of the other merits that my SO
possesses. Children are usually on
year old when they begin to say sing
words like mamma and papa. TT
average child can only say simp
words when he is enc year old, yet m
son said Good morning to me tB
other day, and we have SO nerved our
selves to stand such shocks that W
are not the least bit surprised when \
saluted us. In fact we were expect
ing that we would soon be utterin
words too difficult for other children
his age to enunciate.
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