THE ANTISEPTIC BABY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 208, 19 August 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE ANTISEPTIC BABY

i M’e can sterilize his bottle, we can boil nis little mug; i We <an hake ins Hunnel bandages and I disinfect the ri; . That envelops him when he partakes of medicated air, But, there’s one impossibility that leaves I us m despair—- ■ And a not tin justifiable alarm, you’ll | most certainly allow—i To wit, we fear ’twould never do to I sterilize the eow ! | Tims, although we. stri.-e to conquer I every septic circumstance, i A et we greatly fear a ghastly alimen- | fary mischance ; I For albeit we bake and boil his things. | , al !'i scrub and soak and sot.se — i As if it. In’s anatomy for ever cleaning I house—- ; The i ecklessiiess with which he sucks his ! vagrant tiny thumb i Imperils much hi-, precious antiseptic i little turn. 1 Wo are ei’relul of his hours, we are | thoughtful of liis toys; i M’e :<ie n-indfnl of his sorrows, and i judicious of his joys ; M’e are prayerfully lonsiderate of needi ful discipline, i Of my little " Mothers' Handbook’’ and i the nreecpts writ therein ; And we strive to render sterile all de- : signed for mouth or turn ; i But one frightful danger menaces—we cannot boil his thumb !