Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-03
CUTE SAYING BY THE
AUDUBON BABIES

This being Baby Week" all of
our thoughts turn to baby Knowing
that all of them have some cute
| sayings" we submit a few of them
| that have been given us by the
mothers of these little darlings:
I'm as sweaty as a bug"
why has everybody two foots?"
How does that button, with
pins?'
How does the water get in the
wash rag"
In telling the differences between
herself and a doll, II. said: Il am
skin"
On seeing a lame man for the first
| time baby asked: Does he have to
go crooked"
During a rain storm, p exclaimed:
'Lookat the rain making soap suds
on the window"
When pair of half hose was put
of the stocking
To make herself understood when
she had forgotten the word grandma.
d. said: My lady grandpa"
One little tot got the bible and
the Baby Club text book confused as
her mother heard her saying to her
self: Don't kiss on the lips the
bible says
After seeing the babies measured
at the Baby Club, baby took a tape
line, put it around her mammas arm
and asked: Does that choke you
mammal"
Ms mother and father were talk
| al oil w
were newly weds, NJ. interrupted and
said, And you didn't take me-"
And then she cried
When told of friends death. X.
asked whats him been eating,
Him been naughty" We told her he
had gone to heaven. "Oh. him right
close to me now. just up in heaven"
The family was invited out to din
ner Little two year old began to
cry for the second dish of ice cream.
Four year old leaned over and whis-
pered; Keep it up. keep it up, you'll
get it,
child of two years and ten
months old showed the confidence he
had in his mother for protection by
the following: See the COW in the
road him got run over. Where is
| him's mama"
The first time baby ever noticed
mans mustache was when she was
eating dinner at the hotel and called
! out: "Oh, mamma, that mans got
! hair on his mouth" 1t happened
that the man was proud to know the
mustache was noticeable.
One little four year old likes dogs
so well il hurts her if they won't
play with her. Finally a strange
| dog snapped at her. She cried and
went to her mother and through her
tears for doggie's sake said: He'll
be good tomorrow
My sister-in-law was entertaining
company one afternoon and her
! small daughter had a needle and
thread and was sewing. She stuck
| her finger and | presume she told
them but being busy talking they
paid no attention TO her when all at
once she said: stop your talking,
stop your talking | stuck my finger"
Our little boy has a step-grandma.
so one day his mother tried TO ex-
plain that she wasn't his real grand
ma Il presume own" would have
been a better word than "real0.
that his papa's mamma was dead
| After explaining as best she could.
| he said: well mamma. if she isn't
my real grandma" what is she. Is
she stuffed"
One day mamma bought some ba-
nanas TO make fruit salad when her
little boy spied them. She gave him
small dish with cream After eat
ing them he looked up and said: rs
there any more nanas?" Yes. said
his mother. ''Is you going To have
them for company" Thinking to
satisfy him his mother said Yes. "
hut found out she was mistaken for
he said: well, lets have company
now"
William plays with little neigh
Dor boy and his mother had repeat
eddy told him to come home in
little while. or that he might stay
until the whistle blew. but he would
say until his mother would send for
him. so she scolded him. The next
time he came as soon as the whistle
blew and his mother said My what
a good boy you are today" He said
Eyes, you talked so bad yesterday
thought had better come home
today"