Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — A Novel Idea. [ARTICLE]

A Novel Idea.

To keep babies from crying an ingenious device has been resorted to in India. The moment a child begins to pry its mother places her hand over its mouth and nips its nose, so that it cannot breathe. Then it is allowed to breathe frhely again, but should it make use of the opportunity to again set up a howl, Tt is at once suppressed in the same way. This is repeated till the baby imagines that the painful stoppage of the breath is caused by its own effort to scream, and so is careful to keep quiet.