The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-04
Texas Race Trouble IS DYING Out
BABY SPEAKS
In Which Mr.. A. BABY
Gives His Side of This
Baby Show Business
Wished on Infants.
(By a. Baby


l am in favor of this movement
known as the revolt of youth. Even
so short time ago as Friday, 1 might
not have joined in such movement.
But after my experience of Saturday,
| am mad enough to do anything.
All my life | have been petted, and
cooed over, and declared to be the fin.
est, prettiest. best, loyeliest and good.
ness-knowswhat.else baby in all the
world. | was at least. even If l do
say II myself, "a modest, manly little
fellow, content TO kick my heels up,
listen to the silly flatter, fellows just
have TO stand for it ! am told from the
cradle on up, and in spite OF my bet.
ter judgment, kinda fall Tor all that
gooey stuff"
But, today, l am thoroughly disil-
lusioned.
Little did | think when mother and
father, grandmother, friends" and all
the various uncles and aunts begun
talking baby shows" and "he will
sure take prize" ad infinitum, etc,
just what baby show" would do TO
me. L had very satisfied feeling,
however, that all that one had to do
was to get dressed up in his best bib
and tucker. leave that to mother smile
few times, yawn occasionally, one
does get dreadfully bored, be passed
around admiring groups of grown.ups
perhaps kissed too many times as usual,
but you know we have TO stand for
all that, no matter how we howl or
sQuirm around, and then walk off with
the grand prize. Perhaps two prizes
since | was 'the wonderful baby"
Today lie Knows.
Today. l know the fickleness and hy-
pocrisy Of people. Even my own mother
seemed actually ashamed of me.
have been shamed beyond expression.
| have been just "one in collection"
where heretofore / have been an en-
tire collection in one, and how | stood
for it | do not know.
First. imagine my shocked surprlsA
that despite the fact that Mary Jane.
you know the sweet little blue-eyed
baby who lives next door and whom
| would willingly relinquish all claims
10 beauty, etc, II my fond parents
would, was occupying the next seat,
that is her mother was holding her,
my mother disrobed mel Let me tell
you that was when a feller needed a
friend. | tried TO be as non.chalant
as possible, but the thing got on my
nerves and horrors-Mary Jane too. was
hatny so tod tlynx
witnessing the procedure. but to no
avail. | could not turn one way or
the other, those clothes had come off
Just to embarrass u fellow before his
best girl? And In the meantime Mary
Jane thoroughly mad. l quite agree
with my mother that she really has a
temper as displayed throughout the
afternoon, was crying TO the top Of
her voice. But she wasn't the only
one. BY that time the entire collection
OF babies were each trying out their
lungs, seemingly thinking that instead
OF show. tests were being made on
loudness and endurance OF voice.
Thumped and Bumped.
Finally, before ! knew IL was taken
peiore man who had some things
stuck in his ears. he held a little black
thing on my back, and listened care.
fuily. then | went TO another one. who
examined my head, and on and on
until every portion OF my quiyering,
revolving body. had been thoroughly
inspected. examined. and all the while
was hearing things. entirely differ.
ent TO what | had been raised on and
what | had expected to find at the baby
show
Vaguely, | heard each OF the men
tell my mother that ! was too this or
TOO that--or too something else. tell
YOU felt like the dickens and at the
end | gave up and led the rest In walls
OF despair and regret that | had ever
heard OF a baby show.
Darn baby show anyway!