A PERIL TO INFANTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 3

A PERIL TO INFANTS.

.At frequent intervals in the correspondence columns of the leading newspaper's (says'; aii American journal) i.appear letters, 6f .'proteat ill regard to tho prnctico'of using .the popular carriages or go-carts for the transportation of infants, and the "Times" has lately given space to several of interest. These miniature carriages are usually so small 'that- 1 tilie'cliil,. ilreii are kept in a sitting times for hours—and frequently are allowed to sleep in them. When tired by "long sitting, and especially during sleep; ■, :'tjie muscles of. the back become 'relaxed,' and' as tho soft yielding bones are left without 1 support, there is, of course, peril of .curvature of tho spino.- Moreover, most o'f-th'e'tnakcs are topless, springloss, and cushionless, • so 'that the constant jarring and jolting%!tho more likely to injure the delicate irierye's of the spiiie. ■ :

These baby carriages are far too popular in Wellington, perhaps because they arfc light and cheap. But tho poor baby I Walking along Wellington shop streets one constantly meets the happy-gb-lucky mother*-who ''saunters along pushing one of these'\'atroc'i'ties, and gazing with interest in thashoplwindows, while her unhappy bahy, looking';m6st:'ftiiserahlo, dangles cold, uncomfortable feet, or sleeps in a tortured attitude. .