Life — March 22, 1900 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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and the Right Honorable adstone, wud of the re. pea nation and repudiation of such power by the present Secretary of the Colonies How can anyone disinterested in this controversy but feel that this ta a war of oppression on the part of England, and & patriotic, heroic struggie Upon the partion the ‘Roers, a brave, honest, Gud- fearing people? Should we not at least ask these nations to submit thelr dirferences to ar- Litration? (Applauxe.] They cannot withstand the unlimited resources and innumerable men, which Great Britain can uxe in this war, And unless some of the powers, bound by the Provisions of the treaty of The Hague, cometo the rescue, you will find that hi the end there will be a total annihilation Of the brave, honest people of that little Reput Sh not the Administration, at least, tise this power to estabilsh perce between these nations, and thereby pre vent the farther deatructtye results of & bloody war? (Applause. On the Care of Babies. S° many conflicting rules have been printed about the care of babies, that something ought to be done at once to set. mothers on theright track. Obtain first a normal healthy baby. Go to a first-class department store, if other avenues fail. Diet witha baby is the main thing. For breakfast, say a few griddle cakes with a couple of hard-boiled eggs. Forluncheon, any meat and vege- table with apple dumplings, and a rousing cup of coffve to top off with, For dioner—always give the baby his heaviest meal just before retiring—a thick soup, a fish, an entrée, a roast and a cold bottle, and any good wholesome dessert, say deep dish apple pie. Should the baby be restless in the night, don’t take him up. This is the mistake made so often by erring mothers, who think they know it all, Science knows better. He cannot cry too much, Should he make too much noise and keep the household awake, tie a towel over his face and lock him up in a distantroom. Above all things, never give in. Few people understand how to give the baby his bath—which is really quite simple. Fill the tub with water, and always use a bath thermometer. If after ten min. utes’ immersion, the thermometer registers below zero, you may then know that the water is a trifle too cold. Great care should . “18 THIS TIGER A VERY—AN—SAVAGE ONE?” “AW-YOU'RE ALL RIGHT—HE'S A MAN-EATER,” 229 be taken not to let the baby take cold, so the bath should be given as rapidly as possible. Strip the baby and take bim by the heels and souse him in head first, then swing him back and forth through the water ten or fifteen times, slapping him vigorously to in- sure a good circulation. Lay him on the floor and rub him vigor- ously witha tin nutmeg grater, and then put him to bed in a warm room, with a buffalo robe over him andabout two additional feet of California blankets. When this is done, leave him to rest for twenty-four hours, He will need the rest. Tom Masson. TIE social status of Mrs. Langtry, the aciress, seems to have been a source of recent tribulation both in New York and Philadelphia. In both cities she was lately the moving figure in entertainments to raise funds for the benefit of the Britis. wounded, and in both cities thr question was raised whether she was a suitable person to co-oper- ate with, even for the promotion of good objects. She carried her point and succeeded in her pur- poses in both instances, but not 8o easily as to give her much en- couragement to make public ap- pearances in America except upon the stage. Bernhardt, who has been quite as careless as she of respecting the conventions of morality, might probably have done what she has been doing at much less cost of criticism and clamor; but Bernhardt is a French woman, for one thing, and a greater artist than Mrs, Langtry, for another. Mrs, Langtry is not as good as new; not nearly. It does not seem wise for a woman whose experi- ences of life have been so tragic as hers to test the sentiment of American society towards her, The great Christian principle that sinners are not to cast stones atone another docs not warrant dames of exceptional vulncrabil- ity in going out of their way to make targets of themselves,