Babyhood . eep forher screams. As for me, I was just a skele-ton, and jerked and shook all over like onehung on wires in a doctors closet. My voicetrembled, my hands were icicles, as I toldhim how from being a plump, healthy babyshe had pined and wasted away to a pongee-colored shadow that couldnt digest anything(although I had changed her food six times), and cried all the time she was awake, andcouldnt be induced to sleep without a goodteaspoonful of Mrs. Losefasts Lullaby. Helooked serious and said he was sorry. That night Thomas came to my room in astate of mind. He is usually good-tempere
Babyhood . eep forher screams. As for me, I was just a skele-ton, and jerked and shook all over like onehung on wires in a doctors closet. My voicetrembled, my hands were icicles, as I toldhim how from being a plump, healthy babyshe had pined and wasted away to a pongee-colored shadow that couldnt digest anything(although I had changed her food six times), and cried all the time she was awake, andcouldnt be induced to sleep without a goodteaspoonful of Mrs. Losefasts Lullaby. Helooked serious and said he was sorry. That night Thomas came to my room in astate of mind. He is usually good-tempered(for a man), but now he did not pick his words. You and your nurse and your doctor(which last was chosen by himself ) are apreciously clever lot, he said. John (theprofessor-brother) has analyzed your in-valuable Lullaby this afternoon. He saysthe base of it is morphine. Between youthree you are killing our baby by slow poison,and making the poor remnant of existenceyour drug has spared continual torture !. NURSERY PROBLEMS. THE BABY IX the Editor of Babyhood : Though a stranger in a far-off land, I would liketo send you a few lines to tell you how we like Baby-hood. Everything in it is good. Mrs. Howlandand I are the only American ladies in this city whohave little babies, and we are always glad whenBabyhood comes. Together we read and discuss,especially the Mothers Parliament and Nur-sery Problems. The Mexican mothers have no such help, and thepoor babies suffer sadly for lack of just the kindcare and training that Babyhood advocates. Wehave organized a mothers meeting, and are try-ing to teach them on points much unknown andneglected ; but you know this is a strong Catholiccity, and few care to learn from the despised Pro-testant missionaries. I wonder whether you would not like to hearsomething about little Mexican babies ? The mo-thers of the upper classes rarely nurse their ownbabies. The children eat, sleep, go out to walk—in short, live with the hired nurse
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