Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-12-07
The New York Baby Show.

The great natio nal baby show was for
mally opened for business to-day at Four
teenth street and Fifth avenue. Nothwith-
standing the bad weather the mothers and
nurses were present in full force with their
loads of little humanity, and by ten O'Clock
there were some $40 children on exhibition.
The halls, for there are two Of them, one
above the other, are handsomely decorated
and full-toned piano browns the melody
from the $50 infantlle threats.
To give complete description of the
LITTLE things would be simply impossible.
There are babies great and babies small,
babies short and babies long, fat babies,
lean, Wizen-loOklng babies, blue, brown,
black, and grey-eyed babies, blinking Bat
bies, and babies that did nothing but keep
efforts to choke themselves with fat little
hands. The triplets had not arrived up to
n.on, but no doubt they will be on hand
Tomorrow if the weather clears Off.
The total entrees are over four hundred,
and the prizes aggregate about 81 900, tie
highest prize being $50. The only mon
strosity in the whole collection is double
jointed child, as the managers have dis
couraged the sending of monStrositieS. The
baby Shat barils like a dog and the OAR
wiDian baby were not present, bnt there
were very many babies that much resem-
bled young monkeys. The fat babies de-
cidedly rtp0nderated,
They wadded and tossed and rolled
around the benches, kicked at the visitors
and when they laughed their eyes end hoses
were completely lost sight of, and their
faces appeared all mouths. The nurses or
mothers with the children are ranged all
around the hall on raised cushioned bench
es, while the centre of the hall is occupied
similarly, leaving good open space for
visitors to promenade around.
Most of the morning was consumed in
making the babies acquainted with the
neighbors. They glared at each others
hair. Some laughed, some cried, some
slept, some eat Or drank, and nearly all APP
peared to treat the visitors with the great
est indifference, as if not the least bit anX-
ious to gain their votes.
Each visitor is entitled to a vote for the
following, and receives coupon with his
ticket accordingly Handsomest mother,
prettiest baby, finest triplets, prettiest
twins, greatest no ,elty, prettiest two year
old, prettiest three year cid, pgettiest four
year old, prettiest five year old. The WISH
tors will mark their preference by numbers
opposite each class and deposit the coupon
in a box provided for that purpose, and
the baby receiving the highest number Of
votes in it's class will receive a prize.
Among the collection are Russian Lap
land, Iceland, German, Swiss, Italian,
Ilish, English, Scotch, American, Canadl-
All and African babies, and there is also q
Chinese baby, one year old, whose name is
All Foo.
He is accompanied by his mother, Mrs.
Chung Ling, and wears an embryo pigtail,
which is source OF the greatest attrac-
ton to Il neighboring Hibernian baby.
There is one baby in the show who was
born ten hours after It's mothers death :;
one baby, month old, and only weighing
three pounds twins weighing five pounds
each, and one baby, two months old, and
weighing fifteen pounds.-N. 7. Neacs.