3-YEAR-OLD BABY
WALKS ON SKYLIGHT
CHILD STARTS TO EXPLORE THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING WHILE ITS MOTHER IS IN MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT OF POST OFFICE. A baby 3 years of age and as active and mischievous as children of that age go caused many a tremble in the hearts of people on the second floor of the Federal building. This baby's particular stunt of the morning and the one which caused all of the excitement was to toddle out onto the glass roofing over the huge mailing room and there prance about like a wild Indian. The mother, Mrs. Chaplewski of 1500 Marshall street northeast, stood aside trembling in fear lest it might fall through the glass and into the mailing room below. She pranced back and forth and beside the railing that surrounds the open court until she nearly wore out the soles of her shoes and she called for help until hoarse. Mrs. Chaplewski and the baby had come downtown, the mother to transact a little business in the money order department on the second floor. While she was in the money order room the child was left to its own devices. The first thing that it did was to climb over the railing onto the grass roof. The sensation was novel and the pleasure exquisite. The mother returned and saw the predicament in which her child was. Finally a janitor appeared, and he, after trying for five minutes to coax the unwilling one back to mother and safety, walked out on the beams that support the roof. He got within four feet of the youngster. The latter, however, stood in the middle of a large pane of glass which was strong enough to hold the child, but not the man. The latter begged and entreated and finally made a lunge for the wayward little thing. His lunge was a successful one, and baby, dear baby, was taken back to mother screaming, belligerent and generally unhappy. The mother, just to show her authority, administered a few well directed and well meant spanks. That closed the incident.
