THE UNREFORMABLE BABY.
Tho Boston Woman's Journal" quotes tho. following paragraph from an American daily:— ... .■ ''Fr'anlc Arming, a only throb years old); ittractcu erfedt /Sttcriiwn,' at tlie UnloYi Dtipbtto-day .liyl loudly, wailing •. bccatisb his mother would not buy him a cigar whilb tlicy we'ro waiting for their .tram. Tho boy. is a; son of G. C. Anhinoj- a. blacksmith, of Richiiond, and is probably tho'. youngest habitual Smoker iii tho "world. Ho smokes four or fivo". cigars daily, anil enjoys a pipo if ho canriot get thb; cigafs. The. parents are much distressed over tho boy's habit; but their .efforts to ,reform; hini.'have been unavailing. Ho formed tho habit about three months ago,_ arid now ,cries ■ for cigars as tho ordifiairy child would for candy. His father'docs riot tiso .tobacco in. any,, form;'.' •This itom; if triio, is' ah astOiiisliirig illustration of tiio subservience of soirio American parents to their offspring. • If the mother lias not muklo. enough to tako tlid tobacco away from a three-year-old iiifhiit, tlib stalwart arm of tho blackitniith fatlibr might bo invoked.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 10
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