The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-25
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Our Fat Reporter takes In the Loan TX
hIbIIIOn AHd Suceumbs 10 the COneen'
IFRIed InIanllle Sweetness In the Baby
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hIbIII0n and suceumbs 10 the COncen'
IFaIsd InIanIIle Sweetness In the Baby
shOW-OtheF shirt Gun lettings.
You, my friendly reader, may he the
"oldest inhAbitant," and yet you were
once baby, "mswling and puking in
your nurses arms." Everybody was once
q baby, with the exception OF some lew
PEG pie whom the Tat reporter knows, and
! take notice that they were not at the
Belaire Loan Exhibition. II that great
moral show oil antiquities. art, flowers,
stoves, garden seed, portraits, silVerWaTe,
parlor furniture, sewing machines, stencil
instruments, fancy knit work, textile lab
ricg, chromos, medals, coins and feminine
patterns, had not had q baby snow
shouldn't have gone. Not that the oal'
anCe OF the Exhibition isn't worth the Sd'
mission price, for it is, and consldafablss
more, but wanted 10 see the "kids;" had
a hsnkerlug to discover what ! used to
look like myself.
So / did like the balance OIL the
crowd alter paid my qusrter-stuck my
elbows out like forty dollar plow, and
fixing my eye on q given point like pilot
OF a tow boat in low water, Gruntedr
shaved and perspired till got there.
1t was the front OF the baby show. A
nicely allotted space handsomely furnish
ed in the south.by southeast corner OF the
building was allotted to the little ones,
Didn't count the ladies who stood in front,
nut there must have been three or four
hundred. II hoops had been in vogue the
crowd would have extended out near
BarnesviIle fancy. As 1t was had TO
tip.toe 1t to see into the enclosure, and
though two old women, who ought to have
been ashamed Of themselves, Eaid,
"Wouder what that big oyeFgrown man
wants to shove in here for" | stood my
ground until finally got inside the sacred
Failing and Chatted with some Of the
mothers, and also the proud "paps," In
deed the latter seemed more important in
their manners than the mothers, which
was not, | didn't think, in the best Of taste
considering what little trouble in com
parison they had with the infants.
There were fat babies and thin babies
blu eyed and black blondes and brunettes,
straight and curly haired habies, smart
and good babies, babies that laughed and
bsb es that CrowGd, girl and boy babies,
babies that hungered always and ones that
ddn't, babies with dimples and babies
with chubby legs. EVERY baby there
shud have got the prize" emphatically
remarked a generous souled Milesian lady
who stood by my side, aud smiled on
her with 30 much approval that l believe
| in my s1ul II she had been man she
would have set up the beer Tor me.
,.,aa kkn Inak 1au nj tho hahV lhOw
and while l was doing the best "baby
talk" to q crescent Of smiling infants the
Judges were off in another booth trying Ia
determine which was the prettiest baby
was Judge OF a baby show myself once
and | know the difficulties surrounding
the position. On this occasion my sym,
pathies went out TO Frank Hindman and
James +. Anderson, EsQrs,, Misses Maggie
Hamilton and Dora Moore and Mrs
Col. ]. T. Mercer, They were the
Judges, They returned alter three hours
consultation and awarded the prize, gold
loCket and chain, to Willie Robinson
The mother was holding little Billy wher
the announcement was made. She Is
comely, bright, CleSrComplextoned, blue
eyed and plump matron, and when sht
heard the words Of the judges the colol
spread from her cheeks TO her brow and
neck; her eyes sparkled and her lipE
parted In the most gratiied and happies
OF smiles. She was q happy mother, and
William, II you ever do anything to make
that mother unhappy, and the 1. m. hear
Of 1t, he will take the fret opportunity Il
cit down upon you, than which no worse
catastrophe could happen you.
The father, Mr.. Dexter Robinson, was
also adjacent, but was not taking any
stock Whatever In the male species stand
ing around. | suppose all the mothert
present thought their baby should have
taken the prize, and perhaps 1t ought, bu
my dear good souls you must remember
that other people don't know how cute
and smart and beautiful your own little
darings are, so we'll ss you do. know
It, but reporters are poor, which was the
only thing that kept,me from diminishing
out and buying a loCket for every little
sweet'iaCed and cunning youngster In the
whole lot. l had enough curiosity TO asR
their names, and | jotted them down
They are as follows: Ella Saltsgaver, Mag
Gle knight, Maggie Hukill, Arthur D,
| ouIlN6Et WllIlo 4bVplupOuN ANSlhhh SShinu
Guy Lacy, Tracy Wood, CLARA s. Merrill
Charles .. psrrah, Earl EmriCkhouser
Pearl Emrickhouser, Rosa Fleming, Charlie
Little, Bessie Bell, Chester Leviss, Carrie
Ritter, Chas. McGrew, Franklin Lille
May Kaylor, Oral Dickens, Harry Landy,
Jos Sick, Dora Henry, Carl Clinton, lisa.
dors Hepburn, Alfred s. Arp, Walter Nc.
MilIen, William McMillen, Johnny Nc
Surgeons, Daisy Dean Long, Myrtle May
Long, Chag S. Mckinley, Maud Turnbull,
Silas Rose and Chester McLain,
In the corner where the little ones
were, Mr.. j. II. Grafton had furnished
forty. eight little chairs for the babies,
which Kindness Is worthy Of notice and
compliment.
After the beGtowal Of the prize the hon.
ored son Of MIR. and Mrs. Dexter Smith
was held up to the admlrlng gaze Of the
assembled multitude by Mr.. Grafton.
TIE FAT REPORTER.