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The Baby as She Is Cared For. 



Some strange rules for the care of the 

 baby, gleaned by a Red-Cross nurse 

 from essays by country school-children, 

 are quoted in "The American Red- 

 Cross Magazine." Sound advice mixed 

 with bizarre reasoning is shown in the 

 following excerpts : 



"Don't let the baby suck its thumb, 

 for there might be a fly on it and it 

 would get the disease of the fly." 



"Don't rock the baby, as it will toss 

 its brains." 



"If a baby gets beer every day, it 

 won't grow very large and it won't be 

 good in school." 



"Rocking is not good for it ; it makes 

 them sick and stiff." 



"Bad habits are easily made by the 

 mothers, and the babies get wise to it." 



"If you give the baby alcohol, he will 

 lose one-half pound every year and will 

 become drunk when he is old." 



"Never lift it up by the arms, because 

 it will place them out of place. Never, 

 never, never pick up the baby by the 

 arms whatever." 



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 fresh, free-flowing air at night ; its own 

 private, sufficient covering of fluffy, 

 porous materials, and the chance to be 

 a perfect man or woman." 



How the Fish Can? 



"These little sardines, Elizabeth, 

 are sometimes eaten by the larger fish." 

 Elizabeth gazed at the sardines in 

 wonder and then asked : 



"But, mother, how do the larger fish 

 get the tins open?" 



