GOOD NEWS FOR MOTHERS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 169, 18 April 1874, Page 3

GOOD NEWS FOR MOTHERS.

A most useful invention for nursery use, called a *' bn by washer,” is reported from A morics, where ift has beets patented. It is described by the inventor as follows :—" You simply insort the begrimed and molassae-coafed infant in an orifice waioh can bo made any required size by turning for tots minutes a cog wheel with electric attach* meets. The child glides gently down a highly polished inclined plane ; his lips are met at its torminonco by an india-rubber tube, from which the xu&iut* cun dnjw luotoal uoufiuhniont of Ibo purest and most invigorating eh tractor, eei'iimd for the special purpose at groat expanse from a choice breed of Alderney kina, raised on ;»c ©state of her Majesty Queen 'Victoria in the 1 <io of Wight. While in this compartment, which ilined with plate glass mirrors, the pcrtnrh.nl spirits of the inf ut arc soothed by its frantic efforts to demolishJt<* own imago reflected in the glass with » nickel-plated combined tooth cutler, nail knife, a. rattle, and a tack 'hammer, which is thrust into the baby’s hand by an automaton monkey. Fatigued by its destructive efforts the infant falls asleep, while the organ attachment plays softly the ravishing melody of • Put me in rny little bed.’ Then it slips into the third compartment. Hero the baby is washed. Another small tube administers a dose of soothing syrup, and the infant glides from the machine, ita”nails pared, its hair combed (if it has any), ready for the habiliments rendered necessary by the fall our first parents.” With the- addition of a little compartment in which the infant's troubles might bo brought to a speedy close and its body packed in lime ready for deposit in some secluded nook, this machine would be invaluable, and would no doubt be generally adopted.”