The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-02

Meeting Of the Board q Asnsse"
To.day-A Few suggesttons.

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To.day-A Few suggesiiens.
Al vet there has been no denpite
action taken regarding the proposed
hsbv show, but we understand that tns
Board Of Managers will meet this AFTER
noon to arrange q programme. 20 -.
as can be learned majority Oh parenss
favor the entertainment ana tnere cah
be no doubt that it will be . success a.
though there are some few VINO
are backward because OF doubts
in their minds as to the propriety OF 81
bib,tine their children. To this class we
feel safe In saying tha. their fears OF I'M
propriety are groundless, as similar e1-
hibition have been given in otner Clues
with great selat, and ladies in this CITY
of the highest responsibility and leaders
in social circles have announced them
selves as favorable to the enter
prise. What could be more appro-
nriste for an entertainment tor the
rbi,dren's Home thsR an exhloi.
ton of children, and what "ouio
would be more interesting and universal
" admired than collection o! hand.
some, srrightly, mischievous babies
We can conceive of nothing that would
attract greater attention than . osoy
shows miscellaneous crowd OF boy ana
girl bsbies-and it will have tendency
TO open the heart of bachelor man 70
the fact that his life is IN vain, ana per.
hsps he may profit by the example ano
take unto himself some dear gushing girl
of perhaps twenty-five or thirty years
and make two lives doubly blessed. In
deed, great good can be accomplished ID
| a hundred ways by the exhibition OF the
inr oceuts, the enumeration OF winch
would occupy columns of space. But a.
the show is fixed fact, and as the com
mittee of arrangements will to-day com
pIete the programme therefor, lew sug'
| aestions are in order. In other cities
where such exhibitions have been given
It has been customary to divide the pre-
miums into about four classes, with TIM &c
premiums for each class-one premium
Tor beauty, one for health; and one fol
sprightliness. These classes are gener'
ally arranged in alphabetical order
as for instanc,, the first elias:
for children under one year is called
class A; the second for children over
wear and under class B; the third,
over 2 years and under 8, class U; snc
the fourth, for twins, class u. Wher
tho entries are made for the children
the secretary with whom such entries are
made, records IN book for that purpose
the number OF entry; name OF child
name of parents and residence, and is'
sues to the person entering the child
card containing the number OF entry sno
class. When the judges award the pre-
miums to the children, the card issued BY
the secretary is presented by the exSlbl
tor, and if found to be entry No. ], ella
A., it is compared with the secretary's
book, where the age OF child, name Of
child, name of parents and residence,
with number Of votes cast tor each child
are chronicled. In this manner there
can possibly be no mistakes; the prem
lums awarded are sure to be received BY
the childI On entitled thereto. Of course
some little time and trouble will neces
sarily have to be incurred, but time and
trout ole are necessary essentials to make
anything successful. The following from
report of the the premiums awarded al
the Pittsburgh show will more fully
illustrate the manner of recording the
awards:
mo. 76-Ella Daker, nine months
Mrs. Mary Daker, No. 20, Thirty-eighth
street. One hundred and forty-nine
votes"
With those few suggestions to the
board for their guidance in making the
exhibition success, it is to be hoped that
they will 80 arrange the affair that there
will be no room for complaint, and that
all parties participating will be satisfied
with tina rasulLs