New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-08
THE BABY-SHOW AND BABY-LECTUREii

The storm yesterday morning, although 1t seemed t.
have been got up to throw cold water on the baby
show did not succeed in casting n damper upor
il. Again at O'Clock thetcket office was closed and
thous, vainy strove to gain admission to the hope
fuls. The crowd was 10 greater thaa on Wednesday
but as the temperature several degrees higher,
some interesting developments were observed.
If the general appearance of babies, baby show
ers and 1y-seers was moist on wednesday,
Yesterday il wns decidedly oleaginous. Good temper
was not 80 uniformly preserved, and many children
who had come to the babies, when they found
themselves cropping beneath overarching pantaioons
or bopelessly engulphed in volumnous dry goods,
o. beart end sunk beneath the burden OF their woes
Every facility was afforded for learning what Is meant
Nv that oen-repeated phrase-the pressure OF crcum
stances.
The platform which on Wednesday afforded none
too much room for the oneprze baby and Its mother
WAS ALI the room allotted to the four prize babies their
mothers and a son of SAM though by no means
SAMPSON. who oficiated as Snowman. lie held up
the children one after another and expaated to the
audience on the merits of the nfantes, especially on
the browning merit of their being genuine original
American stock. Eloquence il decidedly OF the
catalogue order and it reminds one forcibly OF
Southern auction-room. One Of the prize children,
Frances Turner was selected by Councilman Whd
and q prize was given her by him. The modest
Councilman should be elected candy-man to al Baby
Shows.
Atao,clock Mrs lydia f. Fowler delivered an adj
dss on the Formation of Character in Children, ana
the Good Results which might be expected from the
Babv Show. Long before the hour the ecure'room
WAS crowded to its utmost capacity. Seats were
brought in and the aslcs were filed with iadies. Oar
pa,ience, however, soon began to ind an outlet
through Juvenile whistles and adolescent hecs
continuing for nearly half an hour. Mrs. Fowler
then appeared aud was greeted win great
anpIause. She was dressed ia very broadly striped
sik, which was anything but bloomer. Her HAIR
was done I'D in French twist with curls III front.
Her face is pleasant she has sunny blue eyes ana
sweet mouth She waved On elegantly embroidered
handkerchief as she read her lecture. Quite number
Of the little exhibited wee present and contributed
their full share to the festivities at times almost
drowning her voice, which is scarcely strong enough
for lecturer.
When the applause had subsided, Mrs Fowler SAID
that those cheers were no part of the performance
that they certainly were not down in the programme
end that Lycurgus the lawgiver OF the sptraf'
used to say at their public dinners, pointing 10 the
door, Not one word that is spoken here goes ouI
"tbere;p that in this way be prevented all scandal
and SANDER, and that size should like 1t If Mr.. Barnum
would say the same thing to those cheers she "sheu
also that some benevolenty disposed person "ou'u
invite the reporter who had said in her hearing 'na'
lie intended to cut up her lecture, upstairs TO Vs inc
Happy Family SO that he might come back ana give
good-natured report. She then proceeded to denver
her lecture which has been already pubisheh ene
uss bas,d with the most breathless attention though
her Greek derivatops could scarcely have oeen sen-
orally interesting. The fat girl appeared q, '"'
scenes, bat she did not seem to relish s'ne'As
about the undesrablity Of superabundance oi "'''
pose deposits and went away. -o
Tie premiums awarded yesterday were one 0, ~
to w. Totien Leach of Jamaica, Long Island, one :.
SIS to Miss Tway, and one of clio to Chas' "iimo'
shannon. Discretionary premiums were awaraed "