DONT'S-BY THE BABY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6871, 15 July 1909, Page 2

DONT'S-BY THE BABY

All newly-born babies who desire to have a copy of the following on a card, to hang around their necks, can obtain one free by applying at.this office:— Don’t handle me more than is necessary.

uon’t put into my mouth, to stop me from crying, an old piece of rubber to suck. It is about the worst habit 1 can get into. Don't let any relatives see me. Don’t take mo up, strain me to your bieast, walk the floor with me, dance before me like a wild Indian shading a horrible rattle, or talk gibberish to me when I have a crying spell. There may be something serious tfle matter witn me, but this isn’t going to Help. When I push away my bottle don't force me to feed. 1 know when it is necessary for mo to eat anything. Don’t take me to tfle circus, or the prayer-meeting, or to spend tfle day at tfle seasflore. I’m not so old or so foolproof as you are. Don't kiss me. • Take some one of your own size. Don’t show your anxiety about me when in my presence. 1 haven’t too much confidence in myself. Don’t be too proud of my unnatural brightness. It may be a lorm of degeneracy . Don’t tell anybody that I am only a little animal. Let them guess it for tnemseiyes. Don't take my temperature, or send for the doctor on the slightest provocation. xiou’i let the light strike into my eyes. Don’t rock me to sleep. Remember that the hand that rocks the cradle is ruied by the baby.—"Dippiuoott's Magazine.”