The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-01
ONE HOUR ~ TYE RiBY sHOW.
Notes from the Experience OF n suffering Wis
itor In the jam Of Yesterday.

Well nigh fifteen thousand women, and q
comparatively Insignificant number Of men.
went TO the Baby Show yesterday; hut only
small percentage saw what they desired e. SEQ.
The best that most Of them could do WIS to hear
the babies cry. and catch momentary glimpscs
Of hairless heads and pudgy faces. There was
such jam IA people rarely pay to get into.
Being composed almost entirely Of women. Of
course the gathering WIS given 10 ciggles to
exclamations. and to unmanageablenoss The
doortender lost his gruffness. and was even
tmid in his manner Plainly he was cowed 10y
the pushing. crushing multitude Of womankind
that streamed past him. AZ for the fellow whose
duty il was 10 keep the spectators circling all in
one direction round the room. he made weak
motions with his arms once in n WHILE but he
dared not saga word. OF course the women
did not circle. nor follow any other regular
lines. Each tried to 20 her own erratic way
and consequently nobody went anywhere ex-
cept by very slow and painful degrees.
The writer was sent TO see the show. He was
an hour nj the job AT various points he made
s'raWly notes. M man might who desired 10
De sure OF leaving some record Of his eX perience
~ 4, case OF fatal termination Of his venture.
3o'clock-On the stairway going up. Three
STEPS in front ~ me are covered with a velvet
train on which dare not tread. 4 large woman
Is pushing from behind and asking her CONF
panien why. Tor gracious sakes. don't move on.
307.-At the head OF the staircase. within
hearing OF babies. The yell OF ON indicates
that he il Of Cnmanche ancestry. Previous re-
portrrs must have missed this one | Will go
s671 In my effort 70 reach the Comanche
have stepped on womun's dress, and emit get
on unless pull up my feet ami depend for sup
pot on the lateral pressure OF my n"ighhors.
Fire flashes from the woman's eyes. and know
not what Will become of me.
3.l3.-Ah | see baby at last. II is two-year
old or So and Is IN the arms 81 handsomely
ddrsssnd Mcman Tno S,s IN char ASK S con
teredY" l have made a mistake. The woman
withers me with q frown. and scorniullv turns
away, She and the child are spectators. | in
stanty feel so smallIhat-that am not so badly
crowded as / was.
336-Sincr my last memorandum have been
making n partial circuit Of the room. | haven't
seen "A baby yet-not one that belonged to the
show. ! have seen placards Of Twins" and
able TO penetrate the layers of spectators that
are between me and the platform The air IL
log Kept closed tight 30 that the tootsy pootsys
49, sGio,i1 The s same me Place and prey to fore,
store strong enough To sustain the enormous
weight don't care on my own account, but
too, In iiatten the Mdgets. who are ON exhibit
ton in the lower story.
3:52.-A sudden parting Of the mass and a
| boost from some power behind, places me close
10 the platform. ! see haby lying in ts
mothers lap It's face is round, but not pil.
| pinkish but not lot siery. liz EYES are big and
| blue. II smiles, without SOLDERING. Really /
il'N'I iiliit ttl'S litih' - ll'NN ~
| this one. This Is n little cheruh and no mis-
! take. chuck II under the chin in "a way that is
| meant To- be playful. and grin at It IN n way that
! IL menut to be rcassurlng. pickering string
| is quickly drawn somewhere, the chcrubs face
| is shirred into countless wrinkles. and 1t
! screams with all its might. The mother glarcs
| NJ me. All the other women near 10y glare NJ
me. They draw back from me. and sneak
away.
,S:57--Am working 1ny, way. tediousy toward
The staircase, marked EXiL' Istepo on some
| thing soft. Is il a NUM- Or bahyY | dare
not stop 10 learn. for If il Is the latter. these
! women will mob me.
4.-Arriving mt the bottom of the stairs whore
the pressure Of the multitude ceases abruptly.
am suddenly bulged into the street.