Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — Births in the Family. [ARTICLE]

Births in the Family.

In several towns in Holland a birth is announced by the exposing at the door of a Silk pincushion, coveretTamT edged by plaited lace, the sex of the infant being shown by tlio color--for a boy, red; for a, girl, white. The house which shows iii this manner that the number of inhabitants lm3 been increased enjoys by ancient law and custom various immunities and privileges.