The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-29
FUN AT THE Big BABY SHOW
IjfE MOST IN TERIsTTNG FEIITREs or
JHE NOpEL ENTER TffN1ENE
The iusty therubs and the Trick uuG,mts-
Where Men Display their stupidity-In-
tuition Of the visiiSrs-Uomestic Dramas.


Where Men Display their stupidity-In-
tuition Of the vi.iiors-Domestic dramas.
Tho stalwart chcrub from Pcnns ylvania
attracted much attention at the Baby Show yea
tcrdny. This usty two yoar-olI IL close beside
wcakling thrco and a half years old from
Gr"cnpoint. and he wins every day the prize Of
admiration for endurance He is technically
rated M a bouncer.' AMI. a. was pithily said
by a rather rude visitor could lick any kid in
the collection"
Endurance is most desirable quality in the
exhibition baby. most Of the innocents bctray-
ing every half hour an unmis.akablc contcmp
for the show. and rather pathetic wcarncss
Of being looked at and chuckcd under the chin
Doubtless this fine scorn is one of the most
charming features of the novel entertainment,
A baby. Of oil animate things excepting per-
haps. four months blnck and tan. has the
most princcly contempt for the convcntionali-
ties. Regarded with philosophic eve. he is
humanity minus civilization and the admirable
franhness with which he expresses his scnti-
ments and makes known the wants oi nature
must cndcnr him 10 all who are Il little bored
with the artificiality OF life and at the same
time gives plausihility 10 the sweet notion that
he IL fresh from Paradise. one young lady
yesterday audilly discovered in the dimplcs Of
chubby twin the hammer marks oi angels.
II Is mus that The maternal instinct bears
notllC llult even III thr virgin
Already the competing yOungetnre hnvn de-
N"lop"d strongly contrasting characters. There
II one That Keeps time with the piano. caps its
crows like a young mozart There is another
that eats everything. like n young elephant.
There is another. very red and wrinkly, who
carries itS head on IL shoulder and Is bro.
iounGly ignorant that To bc only five weeks old
II tr"mendous advantage in this sympathetic
world. There are others, of Il mercenary dispo-
stion. who have obviously been bribpd TO stick
II oHi. i"r they have the marks Of Peppermint
rnndy IN their hair. and have rubbed the gin
humor.
Here and therc prccocious modcsty is dis
ccrnrd when liilo bald heads insist tlp6n bor-
ing themselves ont of sight in the motherly
bosom. nnd. having their own way would Leave
nothing tu he exhibited but kicking legs When
these young cstrichcs are pulled 10 light a per
man.nt blush t. seen TO be fixed upon their
count,nanccs. Then there are others who
must bc called trick babies. One Of them has
IN" distinguished reputation of lraping into tho
hrl.s or every gentleman who wears a black
Soht nut alas Tor the rarity OF infant charity IL
y only 70 b9ur stream Of curdlcd milk down
But th" mothers. with proud smiles assured
r. ,hc reporter that he need have no doubts upon
By ali odds the most interesting to the male
visitors are the averilg''-nnd perhaps one m ight
say the typical-iniants; Those giohular. bland
PINK. wnNrn cupls. whose big mild blue eyes
stare nt you with the aggrtssivcnrss and sweet
Naruity oi utter innorsncc. These are the rosy
pour his sent iment. If he can do il tinobserved
These are the chcrubs that he liEss 10 pinch
and tonslc when nobody is looking at him.
The nrst thing the mild blue eye SAYS TO him
as I, looks through him is:
You're fraud. Physically you're my su-
per,or; morally I'm your father
Then the chubby lists are doubled up. and II
ddlm pies weIe orlckbats the baby would have the
opportunity. and when the nurse or mother has
h.r baek turned. seize the tyrannous lump OF
la, anu win many eXclamations Of love and
xlmtation r1sp the bloom OF its cheek with
his whiskers.
gs re 52r Al 4 n tss MsR Rrs na
nnd poems about him. which he sends to his ie-
1t IL observable NJ this show that tho male
nisii"rs "Ntress me most ardent admiration for
hani appear 70 DE most deeply Interested i'm th.
small ones. ono continually hear. IRON, ~ mas so
1uilhe mouths such cJaculntions as Ha. by
cove ihrIs : = b9un'er that : something like"
exchange ghnces indicative dwell indicu,ivo
oi the superior tnstc oi woman. who never mis-
'hk,s quantity Tor quality.
The iart is; man, A. rule. makes nm ass Of
himself al baby show, oven when he gcis up n
limited private exhibition OF his own Al tiis
publlf iniantprium he churks the largest child
he .an hnd under the chin, says it looks Ike lis
mo,her Il, IT, nni saG.y remarks that i has head
Ike Daniel Webster. and will one day hn Prnsi.
dent Of the Unltcd States. Al which ail thr,yo.
men IN the group gisgle family. and the par
tlcular woman to whom he addrrssed in" c"rn
rlim-ni simpcrS. SAYS she 4, only the nurse ma
that before Il can h President women wlll ha'vt"
10 b. made eligible To- the Office
Now, TIA" sinplc-t-mindrd female in the room,
would never have mad" that mistake lly an
instinct altogether b"yond the masculine COM
nr"hrnsiun she would have detected The srN ,f
the chili hy liz hnir, H. shoulder straps or Ike
inc bDrn Cuvi"r hat -h" l.. would h,iv. recon
etru't"i MS gender from on" uf il shoes
TAKE also the fathers. The quest on has hecn
hSkru 10y some nno'srrNaut REPORTER, Where
are Tho fathers - li"Hy"ns. dil he not motto,
nose follows swelling nhout and pretending TO
h' Indifferent. and even superciliOus while
thcir spark ins eyes aud glowing checks hcli.d
thrlr lndlnci'nf"f - inherently mine il n
iath.f ~ amy tlnr when compared wltha moth
err lhut Il" Wal come here ineogniiO and minrl,
WIN The crowd To- hear his ufspr!n4 prai,0d
ANA meyer on" suspect that all the women can
trace hi- paternity IN HIS face and hi. actions
'hr great blond father yesterday stood hv will, |
u group W'ri .nWplu'ntiu- u litflr hrunrlt.
woman VINO n'ld n Mlns,louS Saxon chnrub in |
hrr arms. II" stood there like the colnrai |
shhduW ~ th" hthN. and tri"l tn look ruflar
dlsSustrd hi IN" business. But II wouldn't 10 |
,Abuui twenty thiitr were made yesterday |
Many ~ thr l.uih y were accuulguird hy nlI |
" mon IN shabby black. who were rrrorniznj |
~ I'M traditional Hli inevitable nothors-in- |
law IN" show, therefore. furnishes 10 the knrn |
observer a summary If tho universal domestic !
,irNiia, m VIII h most Of the clements uf thr |
household ar" distinctly tracoahlc By 3 o'clock |
~ tiie afternoon ia" rooms were crowded and |
lh' throng OF iashionlhly y-drcssrd ladies' Ia.
snpk' th" interest which i, felt in all circles in
Critically speak ing tho infants So FAR collected |
are hl ~ Whrkahlr Tor I'M 'arlhly hcuuiy They |
hrr mnlnlN whnl 'Humc. healthy babies IN whom |
IA" continent lines of five or six nntiunalitrs |