The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-07-26

feet, made to turn regular somer-
saults, yet always comes UP smiling.
The astounding thing about the
performance of these feats is the fact
that the child actually loves to do
them. To her they are nothing more
or less than play, and when it comes
time for the doctor to come home,
the little tot crawls to the door,
raises herself up and stands clinging
to the screen, waiting for her foster
mother and her fun. She seems to
have nc fear as far as distance DR.
height are concerned.
The reason must undoubtedly be
the training she has received for DR..
Pitkanen has been a careful and
p~ainstaking teacher. The baby's
first lesson was in deep breathing,
and right from the start the doctor
was confronted with difficulty, as the
child could scarcely breathe through
her nose on account of her poor con-
dition. This overcome, the doctor
started in to give Montana Lily treat
ment that would have Mortified most
mothers, and would have brought in
dignant queries as to whether the
doctor we're in her right mind, and if
so why didn't she realize that the
baby was not a rag doll.
DR.. Pitkanen will stand four or
five feet from a bed and toss Montana
on to it just as unconcernedly as if
she were a pillow. And Montana will
light on her back equally as uncon-
cerned. Then again she will lift the
child up vel her head, holding on
to her legs only and the kiddy will
stiffen and stand as straight as a
birch.
Have you ever picked up any baby
without somebody saying: "Be care
full of its back?"
The child has a ladder which
stands about five feet high and which
was made especially for her with the
rungs closer together than on the
average one. Unaided she will start
at the bottom and climb to the top,
planting each little foot as firmly as
a grown person would, and not climb
ing with her knees as all babies do.
In other words, Montana Lily has
been treated rough, and as a result is
perhaps the healthiest baby alive.
Don't think that because the child
is an acrobat, she lives an unnatural
life. She has a regular schedule for
each and every day just like any
other baby. She gets up at 6, takes
a nap from 10 to 11:30 in the morn
ing and from 2 to 8 in the afternoon,
has three meals and goes to bed at
z. Because of the condition of her
digestive organs due to improper diet
previous to her adoption, Montana
Lily can not eat food that is ordinar-
lily given to a child of her age.
Compared with any baby of her
age she is a prodigy; compared with
any child of a year old she is still a
marvel. Surely Montana Lily is food
for thought, for what training has
done for one child will it not do for
another? At any rate, DR.. Pitkanen
is willing to make another trial. But
not until two years, as her present
youthful charge is more than she can
take are of.
The doctor says of her: "She abso-
lutely refuses to stay still one minute
Of the day. Although unable to walk
she stands up and by clinging to
everything on which she is able to
lay her hands, moves about a room
n this way" DR.. Pitkanen's next
venture in adoptions will be a boy.
Montana Lily is now being filmed.
She is not a particularly pretty baby,
out SO perfectly healthful and normal
one forgets all about whether
The is a beauty n not. Best of all,
a husky little advertisement for
Montana, and has more than repaid ]
he only woman who was willing to
AXE her into her heart and home {
When she vas nothing more than a
ickly infant, whose chances for life I
decidedly slim. ]