. Life and light for woman. warm sunshineof the sidewalk, are dozens of thelittle creatures with great blackeyes and hair enough to do up,dressed or undressed, laughing orcrying, but always objects of tendersolicitude on the part of the the public gardens, drivingin the family carriage or automo-bile, playing in the lovely flower-decked patios, are other groups of beauti-ful children, elegantly dressed in silks and laces, curled and combed accord-ing to the latest fashion. There is a separate nurse for each child, andsometimes two for one of an especially rich family, where one carri
. Life and light for woman. warm sunshineof the sidewalk, are dozens of thelittle creatures with great blackeyes and hair enough to do up,dressed or undressed, laughing orcrying, but always objects of tendersolicitude on the part of the the public gardens, drivingin the family carriage or automo-bile, playing in the lovely flower-decked patios, are other groups of beauti-ful children, elegantly dressed in silks and laces, curled and combed accord-ing to the latest fashion. There is a separate nurse for each child, andsometimes two for one of an especially rich family, where one carries thechild and the other bears the elaborate bonnet, the bottle of milk and theimmense doll, like that which delighted the heart of Jean Valjeanslittle Cosette. Some of these children are unusually beautiful, with largedark eyes shaded by long lashes, skin of a clear olive or fair and rosy asthe case may be, chubby limbs and flne physical development. The babies are usually very placid in disposition, and it is rare to see. A FOND MOTHER. I9i4\ Child Life in Mexico 385 a screaming child on the street, for the Mexican is most indulgent as aparent, and the nurse is a real child lover and thinks it impossible to doanything against the will of her little charge. He did not wish it isa sufficient excuse for any failure to insist upon sleeping, eating or bath-ing at the expected time. It must be admitted, however, that in someway children are usually made to be obedient and respectful to theirparents, for whom they are trained to have the highest obedient child is always the model in song and story, and train-ing in manners is considered even more important than the art ofreading and writing. A Treatise on Urba7iity was one of the firstschoolbooks we saw upon entering the country, and these lessons formeda part of the daily exercises in every primary school. Indeed, it used tobe our despair to see these tiny morsels of children rise and stand beforethe guest to del
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