The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-18
A BABY SHOW.

Bernum's Old sepsaticn Revived Twenty
Memphis has had baby show, which was
a grand success We take the following
account of it from the AodIdnche of the 14th
Instant
After nurses and babies had all been col
lected in rear of the judges stand, the secre-
tary called them into the arena in the order
in which they had been entered, and the
babies belonging to the
TwENTY-sEvEN LADIES
were carried into the ring for the inspection
of the bachelor judges.
Ranged in front of the northern grand stand
stood the nurses with their little charges in their
arms or in petite carriages, and the sight was
peculiar one There were babies of all kinds
and of all ages, that is to say of all months
under twelve, for Wheeler, Pickens & Co., in
presenting the beautiful little perambulator,
had distinctly bargained that it should be pre-
sented ito the finest baby under one year old
on exhibition at this fair" The blue-eyed
blondes were in the majority, although there
were many brunettes, dark-coored and placid.
The boys seemed to be livelier than the girls,
and laughed and ''crowed" in q manner that
was delightful to behold. The mammas tried
every subterfuge to make their babies smile,
laugh, and crow, and sundry comfits aud cakes
were called into requisition. One blue-eyed lad
of about ten months was very attractive, and
his efforts to swallow O scarlet worsted ball four
inches in diameter excited universal admiration.
FINE BABIES,
The task of the judges was no ordinary one, but
they faced the music like men, and gazed the
juveniles nearly out of countenance while exam
ining their "points." Health, strength, theft"
and good looks were all taken into account aud
the Judges moved silently and steadily along
the line, their every motion and every word
being eagerly watched by nurse, papa and
mamma.
SOME OF THE BABIES
stared at the portly figure of Mr. Hamilton as
he marched at the head of his forces, and looked
as if they had a slight glimmering of what it
was all about, and they looked up smilngiy,
in their eyes and mouths all about. 1t was
indeed an interesting sight, and many broke
through the rope guards and eagerly rushed into
the ring as if to look upon baby was not an
every day occurrence.
After the judges had carefully scanned the
groups they retired for consultation, and then
ordered the following babies according to num-
bers as given above to be separated from the
longing respectively to Mrs. j. G. Johnson Mrs.
r. w. Ainslie, Mrs. John Mitchell, Mrs. L..
Mcclure, Mrs. 9. H. Cavan, and Mrs. Joseph
Musso
THE JUDGES TOOK ANOTHER FOND LOOK
of the fortunate half dozen and again retired
for consultation. They seemed to have nearly
all agreed on the same baby, for the consulta-
tion was brief and DR.. Perkins. the superintend-
ent of the arena, came forward, took little
Mary Ainslie in his arms, attached to her right
arm
THE BLUE RIBBON,
placed her in the prize baby carriage, and Col.
j. G. Ballentine, Grand Marshal, gallantly
wheeled the lucky little lady round the arena
amid the huzzas of the assembled multitude,
while
THE UNLUCKY BABIES
were carried sole mnly out of the ring. After the
PRIZE BABY.
had been shown all around it was taken in front
of the grand stand, but the noise around proved
| too much for its nerves, and the Grand Marshal
and his assistant shouted Justify for the narse.
So ended the great baby show of the fair.
AN INCIDENT
is worth relating. A planter from Mississippi,
| rejoicing in the name of Brown, crowded in
among the bevy of anxious mothers surrounding
it, and, after viewing its beauties awhile, re-
marked in jesting sort of way that he would
| bet 800 that his baby would get the prize.
| Now this was calculated to arouse the ire of the
| aforesaid anxious and fond mothers. One of
them came up to the boaster ''like little man,
| and offered to wager 800 that he had no baby,
| which was exactly the truth of the aforesaid
Brown, who suddenly subsidized amid the laugh
ter of his friends and of the bystanders gene
rally,