Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-28
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV'R. Is.
The New York Baby Show.

The great national baby show was formally
opened for business to-day at Fourteenth street
and Fifth avenue Notwithstanding the bad
weather the mothers and nurses were present
10 full force with their loads of little humanity,
and by ten o'clock there wero some $50 chill
dren on exhibition The halls, for there arc
two of them, one above the other, are hand
somely decorated and full.toned piano
browns the melody from the $50 lnlant.e
| thIoats.
To give complete description of the little
things would be simply impossible. There arc
babies great and babies small, babies short
and babies long, fat babies, leau,. wien:
Iookiog babies, blue, brown, black, and
grey eyed babies, blinking babies, and ba.
bic that did nothing but keep their
eyes on the ceiling, and make vain efforts to
choke themselves with fat little hands. The
trplets had not arrived up to noon, but no
doubt they will be on hand tomorrow If the
weather clears OFT.
The total entrees are over four hundred, ana
the prizes aggregate about $ 900, the high
est prize being $3.50. The only monsrosity 10
the whole collection is a doubled ointed child,
ss ths managers have discouraged the sending
of monstrosities. The baby that barks like
dog and the Darwinian baby were not present,
but there were very many babies that much re-
sembled young monkeys. The fat babies de-
cidedly preponderated.
They waddled and tossed and rolled around
the benches, kicked at the visitors, and when
they laughed their eyes and noses were com,
pletely lost sight of, aud their faces appeared
all mouths. The nurses or mothers with the
children are ranged all around the hall 90 raised
cushioned benches, while the centre OF the hall
=. ..,rn;od a. ;1orlo Ioovipo p0o0 SOaCe
for visitors to promenade around
Most of the morning was consumed IN max.
ing the babies acquainted with the nelghDors
They gloWed at each other and showed Keen
desire to get al each others hair. Some laugh
ed, some cried, some slept, some eat or drank,
and nearly all appeared to treat tho visitors
with the greatest indifference, as II not the least
bit anxious to gain their votes. r,
Each visitor is entitled to a vote tor the tol'
lowing, aud receives coupon With his ticket
accordingly: Handsomest mother, prettiest ba'
BY, finest triplets, prettest twins, greatest nov
ety. prettiest two year old, pretiest three year
old, prettiest four year old. pretticst five year
old. The visitors will mark their preference
by numbers opposite each class and deposit the
coupon 10 box provided for that purpose, and
the baby receiving the highest number OF votes
in its class will receive prize. Among the
COLLECTION are russian Laplauu, lceiauu, Noi ioo'
Swiss, Italian, Irisb Eogsh, Scotch, American
Canadian and African babies, and there IS also
Chinese baby. one year old, whose namo Is
All Foo.
He il accompanied by his mother, Mrs.
Chung Ling, and wears an embryo .pigtai'
which is a source Of the greatest attractive to
| neighboripg Hibernian baby. THERE'S one baby
| 10 the show who was born ten hours after ITS
mothers DEATH one baby, a month old, and
| only weighing three pounds; twins weighing
| FIVE pounds each, and one baby, two months
old, and weighing fifteen pounds-N. 7. Ne'os.
REBUILDING LOCOMOTIVES 1t is the Gus
tom on many railroads to rebuild locpmo.
tives, retaining such portions of the boilers and
machinery as are sound and replacing worn
out portions with new. This practice is pro.
life cause of boiler explosions and other acct
dents, and is proved also to be more expensive
iu the end than to supply the place OF old loco
motives With entirely new ones. The Peonsy'-
vania railroad has for several years thrown It's
old engines into the scrap heap, and 10 their
place built new oucs on uniform plans. The
cost of repairs per mile under this system has
decreased from twelve aud twenty one hun
dredths cents, in 1865. to eighth and sixteen
one huuiredths in 1872, and this notwltbstand-
| ing the load of engines has been very much IN,
creased. This is the more remarkable as all
the new engines have been charged to the re-
pair account.
| A CME BLACKINGl ACME BLACH!Nd
| ~ ;nef raoaiuad q large SUNNY of the above