The Washington times., 1920-10-06
The Baby That Cried and the
Baby That Didn't
The Mother of the First Baby Had Real Cause for
~ Thanksgiving.

It was on suburban train mother with her family,
Two half grown children and baby, the way, ap
pareny spend day with friends and relatives in the
country.
The baby and fretfuL The motion Of the car
Srated him. the conductor frightened him. the other pas
ssngs jingng keys foolishy to distract his attention.
annoyed him.
+ He was perhaps ten months old, and baby Of ten
months has magnihcently developed voice.
This baby knew what his voice for, and he used it.
From end of the the other he could be heard
bowling indignant protest against taking journey he
did not want take and undergoing prvaons without
being consulted
The mother terribly upset by the indignant rowns Of
the other passengers fused and worried She offered the
baby his bottle but he bated away with tiny pink hand
land yelled louder than
Being careful mother she examined his clothing forI
possible loose pins, but she didn't find any.
The in the seat ahead Of her turned and rude
stared first her and then at the purplefaced baby
9 crusty old in the seat behind said to his com
panion:
"Why in thunder do people travel with babies? III
they cannot afford they ought to stay at home
More sympathetic people stroled past and offered the
mother advice and made faces for the baby to admire But
the baby did not admire them He merely expressed
sloquenty though without arcuate words his contempt
and disgust.
PRESENTLY the mother driven nearly frantic turned to
woman across the aisle and said:
II wish to goodness he wouldn't cry. I'd give any
thing in the world he'd only keep quiet for week. alb
solutely quiet
Now this healthy baby, dressed in frills and
ribbons his little feet in brandnew soft red Shoes and his
distorted face framed in circle of fluffy white fur
And because he healthy and well fed and protected
against disease, his voice Of the lustiest kind
Perhaps is not surprising that his mother wished she
might not hear his voice for another week, but
Recently party Of men went among the tenement
houses of New York distribute small gifts among
the tenants. N
They were poor, squalid tenement houses On every
floor dozens of babies but there no crying
In little mother sat beside little dirty bed
"a mattress placed on two upended cracker boxes.
On the bed baby-also ten months Old but with
no shoes whatever and clothed in few dngy garments
that had served several other babies before him.
The baby very white and very still On each cheek
was red spot showing that pumping his blood
to an abnormal His eyes were large and blue and
wide open.
The mother turned the visitors and tried to smile
Then she looked back at the patient, quiet baby.
T he would only just cry" she said 1T seems to me
would give my life to hear him cry just little !
There is something remember you mothers who lose
your patience when your babies cry Think of those other
babies the tenements who do not cry either because they
have not the strength because they have learned
ing for them when there nothing in the house satisfy
them
Healthy babies MUST cry. Crying not only develops
their lungs, but is their only of telling their
mothers that there is something the matter that they
dissatisfied and unhappy
And no baby is dissatisfied unhappy who is well fed
and well cared for
When he cries you may be that he is sick or tired
Or that he feels that he is being trifled with
Feed him well, keep him clean, clothe him warmly, and
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