The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-09
The California Prize Babies.

The San Francisco papers, with full
details of the Baby Show in that city,
are at hand. From the Aba Californian
we extract the following account OF the
interesting event: Pacific Hall yester'
day afternoon and evening, was very
well filed to witness the last OF the
Baby Show. The following were the
prizes bestowed on the contestants in
this interesting exhibition: The prize
for the handsomest baby-a carriage
was awarded to Henry I. Bray, aged
twelve months, a natural blonde. But
this did not 90 to show that there were
not awhole lot more pretty babies. We
are afraid that the judgment OF the COM
mittee was like that OF Psris-ofending
all the unsuccessful. 1t WAS hard to
make choice. Master Bray led in per-
sonal charms, but little Maud Bennett,
8 deni-blonde; Annie Reed, three
months old, with dark blue eyes; Mary
Campbell, a darling little Scotch baby;
Frank Ferguson's olive branch, small
youngster with immense blue eyes and
pretty little Oscar Gilberts, The hand
sonest twins were decided by the CON-
mittee to be Ada Florence and Iva
Edna Stevens, born July Is, 1872. The
prize taken was SO cash. Mile. Com
stantirs Policen was selected as having
the heaviest head OF hair. Alice Gil
bert won the prize for having the small
est feet and hands. The fattest dark.
eyed baby for silver cup, was L. Sher>
man, aged fourteen months, and weigh
ing owes twenty-five pounds. The fat
test blue eyed baby who took the silver
cup, was William Biselow, aged four
months. He nearly lost it by a tie
vote. But the votes being shook up in
a hat the fates were prop'toUs and HE
name was drawn out first He
turned the scale at some-
thing between twenty-eight and
twenty-nine pounds. His rival. Alvord
Rollin, in the evening was presented
with a handsome white carriage.
ELAINE, aged six weeks, aod weighing
two and quarter pounds in full dress,
had no competitor for the $50 cash
prize Tor the smallest baby. In the
evening the attendance though not so
large was equally select. About g quar-
ter to nine o'clock the manager declar-
ed that nominations for the handsom-
est mother were in order. Thereupon
the judges selected four from the hall,
ard they took their places on the stage.
On a vote OF The audience, Mrs Oracle
MestaYer, nee Riddle. wss by lsrge
majority, awarded the prize--a
gold medal. The committee now
made tour Of the hall, and in q short
time selected Mrs. John r. Walsh as
the youngest mother, she being not
quite fifteen years old. Her infant is
two months Old. The prize is q gold
set. The oldest mother was then ae-
lec;el in Mrs. Sinclair, aged fitty-six,
her n'ant ten months old. Prize. q
pair Of jet bracelets. Out o. about six
preltjly dressed babies, George Gu;tterd
was chose1 aa the best dressed. and I'M
mcdia;ely took charge Of his reward-a
large ho6by horse Miss Ann Reid
won large doll, as be,pG the sweetest
s,nIIcr. And the lsst prize, B great big,
hlack-haired doll, was awarded 10
Laura E-tciIa Evans, sLc having got
up the biggest cry oh the shortest nc.
tee. The rest o. the evening was
pleasantly spcat By the ladies' and gen
tIemen present indulgjng in prone
made and dance,