A few days since there were about two hundred babies in the city
foundling asylum to be had for the asking.
Of all these little ones there remain but two whom nobody seems
to want.
These two forlorn little things are described as "thin and
nervous; inclined to cry, and not taking kindly to those who come
to pick out free babies for adoption."
Hundreds of women anxious for children have gone to the asylum,
have passed by the two little skinny babies, and have asked to be
informed as soon as fat babies should be on hand.
Presently we shall tell childless persons--especially
bachelors--why they should get a baby and bring it up.
But first, learn that the best possible choice would be one of
those two despised "thin" babies.
In all the world's history, the greatest men have begun life as
THIN babies.
You must know from common observation that in babyhood the head
is big out of all proportion to the rest of the body.
A baby one year old has in its brain alone at least one-third of
all the blood in its body.
THE BIGGER AND MORE ACTIVE THE BRAIN the more blood is required
to nourish it, and THE MORE THE REST OF THE BODY SUFFERS.
A baby luckily born may combine a good brain and a fat body. But
such luck is very rare.
Nine times out of ten the best baby MENTALLY is the
poorest-looking baby PHYSICALLY.
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