The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1903, Page 14

14 THE FUNDAY CALL. ble rule has yet been discovered for quieting a crying The human family has been experimenting with this fasci- blem throughout all history. The patience exercised d the downright hard work performed in these experi- t beyond relief. Clearly the importance of the problem stimated. Complete and instantaneous success in still- cries under all conditions is, of course, too much to expect, yment of a new scientific method marks an important the old schemes, and makes possible an important econ- e and patience. ousand expedients for stopping the baby’s lamenta- less effective, which one’s natural ingsnuity un- ecessity will suggest. Those who will try to stop the tific methods, however, will find that the work is The general tendency is toward simpler and more di- inistered in a much quieter and less viclent manner. of energy was necessary in the old methods. The zed to walk the flocr rapidly and throughout long peri- . h e ser f the entire family were called into play to provide ent and diversion. In other words, the baby was recognized as nands, though more or less incoherent, must be in- , if unwillingly, obeyed. s as coli s obvious that only med » a ntion of some sort can quict it s n, when the lamentations ar E 1 s as th or too 1i clothes th eas is firs ) make the Despite little the erfectly laic fort 1 its nerves consequently perfect rest, The holding of the baby often has as ch to do with i nity In in taken port for t comfort and conse- nt se or of it as has a ase the baby is being held arried ild be upright of position ¢ to provide The against re first all t g fr for ex ne hand &hen Baby Cries. b sle support to the holding the other hand Do not ert baby’s attention by nst the backbone or by lean- r with it. ing the baby against the arm or body. nce for it. The comfort of the bdby’s attitude re lects directly upon its nervous system ve bright colored things. oy B L “cut up didoes” in the hope sently of irritability, which will defeat of eting th S R : t persistent efforts at quleting it & TR e y Imomet ame general rule applies to putting s PEE VS0 FRRES: 9l the baby to sleep. It is, beside: Do not let the baby see that it wor- possible to the a youngster by placing Ties you. it in a horizontal position and then seek- ing to divert it. s theory is, of course, that the entire body is relapsed when the ba more lies on its back and its nerves are or less quiet and easily managed It should be placed flat on its back at such times, the light subdued and all dis- tressing objects kept from its attention. The secret of success in soothing a ghild is in keeping it as quiet as possibie and as free from any form of unnecessary ex- citement. The almost universal plan fs to create confusion on ail sides In the = OLD WAY OF QUIETI J'HOULD NOT hope of diverting the baby's attention. The house is usually turned upside down to supply diversion. The effect of such confusion, as a matter of scientific fact, is usually to so work upon the baby's delicate nervous system that it becomes more and more difficult to seeth it. The cure-all for the pet's lamentations, in the popular mind at least, is diversion. Let a baby start to cry and instinctively on all sides everybody instantly starts to amuse the baby. The theorles differ widely NG A BABY haps a mispl fact by the o it cries. I entire comp imme and may me a consids the objects q amusement i ba or is true but the char It. Tt is mc a the ¢ Bab agree, except accurate, 1 in th tes ¢ reason it is spoiled, and been brought adv and of diversion ¢ great danger come a matte cries and is which is, of ura secure a mony comjmc baby.” T tre 1 is reaily in which must in larger This is e be controlled ent the e quieting th of diversion, 1 adm:nistered manner. It that the baby its back, its as to how this may best be accomplished. comfortable, The popular idea of the proper thing to do is to dance or jump about, make faces, laugh, shout, whistle, snap the fingers, wave the first object which comes to hand alls or two fective. ny present is commenced. An shown seldom ¢ they r cra a suitable object be held befor used in kindergs The variety of objects ~ By waving the “di- aced pin. It announces the least inrnn\'flrlfln«'ed‘ Ay e nly means at its command— Verter } nearer the feet the eyel likely slightly cl tly the diversion by the osition tends et the nerves to q ount of enmergy is expended. erable amount of ingenulty in the varlety of noises the number and oddl uickly assembled for baby's The cries meanwhile The little chap may, it from his troubl \ces are against suchfa re yre likely to be infuriated at of its compan in r n The is likely to be onfusion. most doctors w in case of pain. To be m rarely cry to any extent ormal condition. When a without apparent that it has been continually afe to say that thi it directl 1 cientific whe ommon among nurses crying may be- uppose a baby diverte excitement, m is that th r of habit successful this v more or ns to cry in ve ave s unnat- order to course, tition of this weird nly known as “dive habit once forme ult to b The exci the nature of a s be repeated as time g« true of the bat i night A remembe the child, ¢ oy el v v by some f;-r simpler > for these outcries. This means. It soon grows to sought whether it be colic, citement of the unusu clothes or the uncom- ge of scene. It will £ the e body, and imperious command und the cause, if the after and keep up the beyed. on the scientific meth baby recognizes the ne ts that it should ba 1 1 int=lig is sugg for ¢ should first be put f clothes loosened and made and then, and not until then, One if you hen Baby Cries. Place a hand gently over its mouth so that it will associate a suffocating sensation with its tears. Hold a bright color before its eyes such ok l'::':f” ‘:;‘""‘r" ‘oh s are after placing the darling on its little practice of grabbing uap a bed. 1 waving them Hold the object above its feet so —anything to create excitement. lently before the baby's ¢ that the child’s eyes are nearly o are should also be take 2 2 Nothing could be more unsclentific. It couraged, Eote S0t @10 b FOCR PAL closed with looking at it. is, in fact, more likely to defeat the end 11mmrd. The baby in gazing at it is Be gentle and deliberate in all in view than to meet it. Let US sUDDOSe, .1y to strain its eyes upward, and this your “diverting” actions, because, for instance, that the baby is suffering, ig in itself more or less disquieting A i however slightly, from some temporary The object should be held below the LK & drug, they need to be strength. ‘ eyes, so that the little dear is not in the ened. disorder, such as a stomach pain or per- A Chance Shot By HENRY WALLACE FHILLIPS. last Sunday March £ a gun wit mies. think 1s disposi that he of all It someth courtesy to very romantic hero. heaves he six- de m for a g look like ts teeth on The Ihe Lost Opportunity By EDWIN LEFEVRE. y founded on fact Thz Wiper’s Story Ey FRANX H. SPEARMAN. Whiskers on the rail caused a train This is the first half of th2 4 to run away, and MeGrath, the wipera H assistant, saved it from wrecking. As splendid list. 2 Teward he is made an engincer. The story is full of thrilling action. Thz King’s iryst By ROBERT BAR! King James V of Scotland, at twenty- two, was susceptible, which fact led him into the Douglas castle among his ene- The Douglas sisters pian to mur- him, but his strategy enables him to unharmed, and his captors” makes him a By FRANK H. SPEARMAN. ullhead, reputation of being the dullest man in the railroau business. resign when one night he distinguished himself by an act of heroism that every one agreed nobody but Bullhead could full of intense interest and action. which may be easily ates the course have done. n two financial Kings and *s @ clear impression of methods of stock manipulation. his gentlemanly N ghtman’s Story the hero, always bore the He was about to The Nightman tells a story Jan, ths Uarepentant By JACK LONDON. (Published to-day.) Jan was supposed to have Kkilled a fel- and the others decided to After a long fight, low-miner, hang the murderer. Jan is tied and just as he is about to be swung up the corpse comes to life and fights the murderous Swede. 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