Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1918 — EVEN THE STORK HAS GIVEN UP OLD-FASHIONED IDEAS. [ARTICLE]

EVEN THE STORK HAS GIVEN UP OLD-FASHIONED IDEAS.

Editor Republican:—• I have received a letter from my son, R. M. Vanatta, of Marion, Ind., informing me of the birth of a nine pound girl at his home last week. Both mother and baby are doing nicely and R. M. is handing out the “perfectos” with both hands. Forty-nine years ago it was customary to invite three or four old ladies to a “tea drinking” with the attending physician, following the arrival of a new baby. Nowadays Old Doc Stork'grabs the handle of the basket, containing the fiew-born baby, in his bill and sails about town looking for a modernly equipped hospital and ar trained nurse. What will be the mode of proceedure in the next half century? Who can tell?

JOHN R. VANATTA.