The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-15

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"That isn't the point, Helen.
You've got to do what's right"
Helen flushed. II do accord
ing to my light"
I'm surprised Walter is
agreeable to your. you'll par
don my saying So-rather hap
hazard way"
Does Dirk approve of your
scientific ways?"
Certainly" Irene answered
with some asperity. "Oh. I
know Ces has probably been
complaining because I don't per-
NIT the old folks to smother
Wells with kisses when they
come"
ICES has never said a word.
Irene"
"You see lot Of them, don't
you-Dirk too?" Stella added.
you're lucky Irene isn't jeal-
GUS"
irene grinned. Jealous? Come,
come, Stella, Dirk isn't Jerry,
you know"
"You don't have to rub it in,
Irene"
mo, see that. One can be
quite subtle with you these days,
darling. But. Helen, to come
back to our discussion, really
think Oracle shouldn't be al
lowed to crawl around the living
room. If she must crawl, you
ought to keep her in the nursery
where the floor can be kept
sterile. Look at the germs she
is being exposed to-! We must
surely have trekked germs in"
IT don't believe in germs"
Agnes announced suddenly.
"Oh, rot, what do you know?
You have no children - and
never will have" Stella inter-
rupted. Irene is right. The
floor is thick with germs"
"All right, I'll pick her up.
Come to mama, darling. Lit
tie elf! Fredericks," she called,
'you can take GracIe now"
Helen pressed her hoc 1ace into
the child's silken hair. Oracle
cooed with pleasure. You
sweet" Helen murmured.
Miss FHredericks came in and
without a glance at the others
took the baby.
! Come, precious, come to
Fritzie. Time for Gracie's
bath"
The baby greeted the nurse
with broad smile and COOS of
delight.
my precious" the nurse
whispered as she went out with
her.
! What specialist have you got
Oracle under?"
None, Irene. I have her
under no specialist nor do I in.
tend to put her under one, I'M
less, God forbid, she is i'll. DR..
johnson in Bound Brook gave
me a diet for her and use my
own judgment. She is thriving
beautifully. I don't want to
make a hypochondriac of my
! baby"
! There was a little silence.
Agnes, who had preached this
same doctrine on behalf of
Christian Science, now squirmed
to disagree with Helen but
couldn't. Stella's eyebrows shot
up. She tapped her carefully
slipper shod foot and MUIR
INJURED, We'll. everyone accord
ing to his lights. I must be
toddling. Coming, Irene?"
eyes want to be back in time
to supervise Wells bath"
A few nights later as Walter
and Helen, arms entwined, hung
over the crib listening to the
deep rhythmic breathing of the
sleeping child, Walter said sud-
denly:
. Don't you think you ought to
take her to a baby doctor every
other week or so to be sure
she's all right?"
you mean a specialist. don't
you?"
! Eyes, that's it, a baby special.
iSt!"
; mo. T. don't, Walter. She's
thriving beautifully. She's we'll
and happy and she laughs all
the time. Don't you think that's
q fair test of health?"
Eyes, but there may be things
you're not doing"
"You mean I ought to keep
charts and graphs?"
J "Why, yes"
Like Irene?"
'Tt's the most modern way"
7 $50 they've already told me,
Walter. Now let me make my.
self clear. This is my baby
and I'm going to raise it in the
old-fashioned. common sense
way. I was at 1rene's yesterday.
She's feeding Wells a raw vege-
! table diet"
! The specialist recommended
It. IT'S a diet rich in vitaminS."