The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-07
THE BARNUM BABY SHOW.

THE BARNUM BABY SHOW.
Grand Display OF Infantse Humanls, y -Oas
Hundred ChSrubsms that Contia uniiS ~
Cryo-Inssnsr Inter.st or the Female Pepu-
latsoh-Great Rush 20 the Maseum- The
Foreign Element Pretlomanates-An An Anxious
Inquirer after the Bearded Lady fE.cting
SCENE between BarAum, q. w. Clarke, anu
Councilman wild -Aa EsthoticaI Critlcism
ON tho Babies-Can Prize Animal ON has
Thsonc-CnlIant conducs OF Du Sole and
Greenss Oou-WHst II n Baby "A Question
1or she Ladies' -Gleas Rusn Outside of the
bfuss una--lsrosdyvsy Blocked Up by aar-
nnrn's h~bies-rhe Police Force Wet
Nurses ano,ncr cnn.ce for Med Al Pre-
s+ntntion- Scenes, Incidents, &c., sc.
TAere have been terrible times AZ the Of Ann
strees and Broadway urlng the last two days
Bsrnum has appeared at his Museum in new
psrtthe Ulysses Of sbowmen has degenerated far
TO become vet nurse.
In other words, the Grand National Baby Show
that's What he calls It. was opened on Tuesiay, and
has hsen visited by fifteen twenty thousand people,
Tie irfane individuals thus exhibited may truly say
hiac atae Iachrym@.
When Madsme dc stael asked Napoleon, the arst Eu.
perc Of the French who be the greatest woman
in France his Imperial Majesty answered bitterly sshe
who HIS borne the greatest number of children" IF
we believed in the doctrine Of TRANSPORTATION we
might think that the soul Of la Petit Corporal had been
transferred to the Cbsvsier Of ranisan and that the
autbores of Cornns lived again in the person of ons Of
the Smith fauily.
But BaInum cultivate prscreatiou in order to bring
more two fh Hing pieces t, bis treasury aud only snubs
Mrs Smith mildly, while De Stas deserved all she got
and Napoleon showed himself for match for her.
The De stssl Of Twentieth street victorious over
the Corsican Of the Museum.
Barnam has, however, worked on the same general
pril cipe, and has got up baby howths second ever
held in the world, aud the FIRST within seven hundred
miles of New York-and the novelty Of the affair has
trawn good deal of attention.
The following is list of the " motives which have
induced the i" mothers" to expose their children on
view
TEE PRIzss.
The finest baby under Eve years of age 800
The hnest baby uoder one year. 80
Second Aness under one year l5
The finest baby Of from one to three yesrs 50
seconc finest baby, OF from one 10 three years Is
IN 3h,rs finest baby o. from one to three years.. 70
Second 6nest baby Of from three to ave yesrs.. Is
Third 6nest baby Of from thrse to Ave years... 10
The finest twins, OF any age under Eve ........ SO
secono fnsst twins Of any age under dv ...... Is
Third finest twrs of any sge under Eve ........ 10
Second fnelt trplst (or three at birth any age IS
Third finest trplet (or three at BIRTH any age. 20
The hnest quarterp Tor four Of birth any age $50
Second finest Quarern Tor four at any age $50
The latest child under sixteen years of age.... SO
Second fattest child undr sixteen years Of age Is
The appearance Of the Museum yesterday outside and
In, remarkable. The front covered with huge
rapspsrencies in the preAdamte school Of art q. ..
chaos) line Of Gags was across Broadway to the
Astor House, all the banners were hung upon the out
ward walls and the cry still the quarters come from
early to dewy To look at the crowd in front
NJ he Musa In 1wav md al IN tba
doors Of st Pauls church. one would think that the
contents Of half dozen country towns had suddenly
been showered down upon that spot. There were
fathers Of families separated from their broods,
calling wildly for William Francis Augustus
Henry Clay Jones, youths who frauti.
caly clutching the legs Of bachelors. or wipiog
their dgs covered With the debris Of saccharins com
pounds upon the light spring silks of city bellies
mothers torn by ruthless omnbusss aud stupid police
from the arms Of their devoted Offspring -young
ladies' with their bonrets smashed and their genera
arrangements very much discomposed- -strong minded
spinsters, who punched people with their fans and
raped naughty b,ys with their parasolspict pockets
who could not operate he people in the rural districts
read the HERALD now)-verdaat yauths from the
try-Nase boys from the Broadway clubs--delegates
from the beauty and fashion Of Leonard and Mercer
streets-two three officers of the blockading squad
ron in the East river, ashore leave, with
orders to keep sharp eye oa the llibus
ters at the Astor House-Aldermen, Councmen, ssvs.
raj Of the 0Kes.s famy-oDe or two ladies that Mat
sell used to t with, and various other distinguished
persons all making up most turbulent, determined
and polite crowd.
At twelve o'clock the rush was so great that new
exit to the street opened and there was an mme
diate disposition tho part Of the public to make it
entrance. To prevent this stubby looking policeman
here ststioned, and, usual, rather in
the way than anything else he paternally advised
not to 90 to the show-t warn't" In his opinion emo
kind Of uss" and he kept up running Are Of remarks
Of the same character for the bsneAt of the young
women who were struggling for chance to see Bar.
NUNS babies.
Here we step aside for a moment to pay deserved
compliment to Du sole who had the gate "spposite to
Saint Peter, and handed the ladies out With the po.
Htsnsss Of Chesterfield, with the gaIlantry of Ro-
chester, he passed them ont, but, at the Tins,
with the virtue Of Joseph and the austere dignity Of
b1utus ne refused to pass any Of thsm In One lady
5. shs
-, ~ haze rS said she sops long way from the coun
said the Sir Charles Grandson Of the Museum ths s
se way ont We have sold tickets for the past hour
the house IL fun, packed, like Taunton herrings in
friend. bat teach said she, aand don't get out
very often; must 60 In"
Du Sole was softsnsd: He rent up the on an .p.
her 10.
After suBdry difhcuftiss, such ~ always attend
the student In the pursuit Of abstruss knowledge,
achieved the entrance door Of the Museum, where
were struck lmsntay) with the wax ngurs OF child
large life, but not quite natural. Tho unhappy
infant seemed to be suffering under paralysis Of the
and its position WAS rather angular than other
II Was, We told loaned to Mr.. Barnum for
this show. II We were Mr.. Barpum should feel
obliged 70 the owner II he would stake that girl away"
at once.
After stemmipg the Tber outside we crossed the Rubi.
1T the door-the ticket taker was s'such nice
yourg man, brilliant In pearl STUDS curls and
beautifully dyed mustsche "a Ia mossquetairc)-and
found ourselves fairly among the babiesl What n,ise
there was, to be surel What GROWING cackliug,