Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1916 — Only Toy of the Eugenic Baby of Denver Is a Cow [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Only Toy of the Eugenic Baby of Denver Is a Cow

txENVER. —A child lß~hphrg reared In Denver under eugenic Ideas. These \j rules-have-been evolved —

Give him no Bon'r teach him to believe in "'Simla ClauS. Give him a cow to play with. Diet him on cereal, with milk and a tiny hit of sugar and cow’s milk* Teach him perfect table manners. Frederick Fish, eighteen months old, Denver’s eugenic baby, received a newspaper interviewer. Baby Fish wore becoming pink rompers. If the interviewer had saidto Frederick “Is oo boy?” Fred-

erlck only would have stared blankly. He has never heard “baby talk.” His mother doesn’t permit It. “We use the same words In speaking to Frederick as we would in conversing with educated grown-ups,” Mrs. Fish said. Mr. and Mrs. Fish are both eugenists and euthenists. A engenlst emphn.it?e« the Inheritance: a euthenlst the environment. Frederick’s envfroTP~ment la carefully studied for him in advauce, Mrs. Fish being a leader of the Denver eugenista, ■- • ; The eugenlsT "principle hasn’t anything particularly to do with the fact that a cow is Frederick’s chief playmate. It happens the cow is Frederick’s Btaff of life - and has contributed the milk that Ms. given Frederick rosy cheeks, a “lovely” disposition, fat legs and bright blue eyes. The cow will gently rub Its head against the baby’s face. When It is lying down, lazilv chewing a cud, Frederick rolls over it and otherwise enjoys himself at the cow's expense. Cherry, the cow, is Intensely Jealous of the little fellow, manifesting displeasure when anyone pets the child in its pre* pace or attempts to join in the play*