The evening world., 1889-09-13
Three Awards to Be Made for u.
Three Best. Looking Infants.
They Must Be Under Two Year.
Old to Compete.
A Golden Double Eagle to the Best
Looking, o Golden Eagle to the
Next Best-Looking and q Five
Dollar Gold Piece to
tie Third.

THE EVENING WORLD found out who WA
the proudest mother in the metropolis In il
own fashion.
1t found that 260 metropolitan mothers re-
joiced in the affection of from eleven to
fifteen children each, and that their Joy and
love was ia just proportion 10 the number Of
their children. ...., .,.. '-.,.
Now The EVENING WORLD wants to find
the sweetest. cutest and most cunning baby
in its bailiwick. and it knows no better way
than to make it worth the while of all the
little loves of the metropolis to come forward
and disclose themselves.
Therefore The EVENING WORLD offers .
prize of q golden double eagle to the p~rettiest
little darling who has not yet passed its
second birthday.
Every mother knows that her baby Is Just
too sweet for anything and is quite sure that
there is no other baby in the land to compare
with her baby, but as there are degrees Of
beauty easily marked in the eyes of calm and
impartial critics a second prize of n gold eagle
will be given to next to the p~rettlest baby and
as a baby that has only two superiors for
beauty in this big metropolis is deserving Of
remembrance. a third prize of o 3 5gold piece
| will be given to the babe who ranks third in
the oder of beauty.
Miss Nell Nelson, whose touchinglY sympa-
thetic stories of the little babes of suffering
in the tenement-house districts have bright
ened the pages of THE EVENING WORLD daily
since the babies free physicians began their
rounds, has consented to act as judge. and
by her decision the prizes will be awarded.
Now, then, mothers of the metropolis Of
New York. Brooklyn, Long Island City,
Jersey City and Hohoken, come forward with
the priceless gems which brighten your
homes.
We must have the photograph of every little
darling who has not yet passed into the third
year of its prattling, bothering babyhood.
Iha ittla oOnh ,,0aaI bit Of hrpnanitv That
only sucks its thumb, and the great-eyed
youngster just learning to steady itself on
its soft. pink and white pincushion feet; the
roly-poly, pudgy baby with an insane desire
beyond "Agoo. aGoo :" and Is just sweetly
lisping Papa " and :" Mama"
Bring them forward, fond mothers
send in their pictures. Pictures as they lie
asleep in mothers arms, or as they stare, big
eyed. in q vain effort to see the birdie az 1t
comes out of the camera; pictures of babies
in costly gowns, and pictures of babies in
no gowns at all; pictures of Just their own
round and dimpled little selves as they come
out of the bath; crying pictures, laughing
pictures, sleeping pictures, waking pictures;
but pictures of sweet babies who ought to
win the prize.
Along with the picture mother should send
baby's name, papa's name and occupation.
mammals muiden name and the age of all
three. their nationality and residence.
Then she may add anything she wishes
like some little story of baby's smart sayings
or doings. Only do not write more than 200
words, because the Judge would get tired
reading them, perhaps.
OF course hi EVENING WORLD expects to
hear from ut least so, 900 babies. There are
about that number of babies who ara not
more than two years old i'll the five cities Of
the metropolis, and any mother who fails to
send in her claim of course admits that her
baby is not pretty enough to count, and what
mother is there SO blind to the charms of her
own baby ms that!
And of course if there are two babies of
equal beauty who excel all the others, the
first prize will go to that one whose claim was
filed at this Office first.
FIRST PR1zE-A Golden Double Eagle $500 to
the prettiest baby under too years in New York,
Brooklyn, Jersey oily, HoOoken or Long Island
City.
SECOND PR1zE-A Golden Eagle ($10) to nert
10 ne prettiest baby in The flee cities of this me-
limp PR1zE-A Fice- Dollar Gold piece to tho
metropolitan baby ,oho has Int t,1o superiors "
point of baby charms.
CONDITIONS.
Babies TO lie eligible for this contest must b
fro years old or less.
Tie picture of any baby entering in this COM
petition must be sent 10 The EVENING WORLD,
together ,oih The am and occupation Of The
father ; the full maiden name of the mother and
their residence the full name of The baby and
the dates of birth Of baby and its father and
mother. Also the name Of some responsible per-
son trhO tciH pouch Jor the truth of the statements.
Letters accompanying an entrance must MOI
side of the paper only.
IT there are tro or more pretty bdotes-So
pretty that the Judge is unable 10 decide betlDeen
Men-hen the prize shall go TO the one Of thesG
babies tchose picture uds first received.
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