Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

tered in the outcome of the baby show,
which was the greatest thing of the kind
ever held in Atlantic City, or any other
place, for that matter. But the reason the
Pittsburg colony is SO enthusiastic over
the outcome is because the prize for
the -nrettiest baby was won by little
Harry Hopkins a son of b. r. W. Hopkins,
OF Pittsburg, and the prize for the fattest
baby was won by Joseph M. Vincent, a
youthful kicker from Allegheny City. As
these were the only prizes offered, except
one for the prettiest pair OF twins, IL is diff
cult to see how the Western end of Pennsyl-
vania could have gotten any more out of it.
There were nearly 200 babies In the big
pavilion on the ocean pier when the COM
petition closed 1t was not catch-penny
affair. Messrs. Young and McShea offered
the silver mugs as prizes merely as COM
pliment to the patrons of the pier, but the
outcome might have been little more satis-
factory II Philadelphia had only captured
one of the prizes.
What in The world appears to be tho mat
ter with style in ana about Pittsburg? l do
not mean that there is anything particularly
wrong about the style OF the average Pitts
burg young lady at the seashore, but she is
certainly making all she possibly can out of
the prevailing craze for red dresses. Now,
do not mean to say that all the red dresses
on the boardwalk are worn by girls from the
Gas City, but ii is a fact, nevertheless, that
they are owners of at least IS per cent Of
ngine for minute that these red dresses are
not the very prettiest that can be worn by a
pretty girl. They are, and the girls ap-
we'll as anybody. Yesterday a bevY
OF six young ladies who are putting in a de-
cidedly pleasant summer at Congress Hall,
homes in Pittsburg. created a decided fiutter
In the male heart by appearing on the
boardwalk, each wearing a red dress and
each carrying lace parasol to match. A
drrNn 10 +lr00 fa,
to get within speaking distance, but the
reouf he met with indicated that the girls
could take care of themselves. The young
ladies are in no way related to one another,
but they have hired chaperon who
thoroughly understands her business. She
keeps in the background discreetly, but
comes to her charges. Under these circum-
stances it is no wonder the pretty girls wear
anything they please.
Pair of Pudsmucks
Probably the oldest spectacle seen on the
boardwalk this season was Philip Finn and
Eddie Martin, of Pittsburg leading along by
a slender chain lively and vicious pair of
pudamucks. The animals were raised by
superintendent Brown, or the Philadelphia
Geological Garden, and are the only pair
known TO exist in America. They were
brought to Atlantic City by Frank A Brown,
hebdominal drummer of Baltimore who
paid large price for them for the purpose
OF presenting to his sister, but Brown be-
came afraid of them after they reached the
ocean. This was because Mr.. Brown
the rare animals. He was both amazed
and frightened when the bowlegged puda-
muck began to slowly change the color of
his coat from somber gray TO lively blue,
The other pudamuck began to change his |
rainbow stripes for a color bearing q close |
resemblance to beach sand. Brown did not |
care to handle them after the change, and |
he gave one each to Finn and Martin. The |
pretty girls made much fuss over the won |
derful little fellows, and fed them handful |
they are very fond Martin intends sending
his as present TO Councilman Hugh Fergu- |
son, while Finn will keep his as Il pet.
There are more drum fish in the vicinity |
OF Atlantic City than in any other stretch |
Of beach along the entire Atlantic Ocean. |
An immense school have been feeding in |
this vicinity for three weeks past, and as |
the CLAIMS are thicker than ever known be-
fore the chances are the fish will not desert 1
this locality until winter sets in. The men
who love the sport of capturing the gamey |
big fellows are having their Oil OF il at pres |
ent 1t is no unusual thing to see a boat |
come into the inlet with half dozen of the |
fish, weighing all the way from 40 to so
pounds each, the result OF two-hour
trip. No bait is used because the contented
fellows do not eat until they are hungry and |
the minute that occurs they all begin to
surface. The drumming noise is made by
peculiarly constructed arrangement in the
throat. The sound is not unlike the drum.
Ing made by pounding on big drum that
has been mufied. A half dozen big hooks
are lashed together, and the boat containing
the fishermen comes close to the school,
azily summing itself or the top OF the water.
The nah all head in the same direction like
1 flock of sheep. The hooks are cast 20 or 30
eet ahead of the fish and rapidly
pulled toward the boat. In nine
Eases out OF ten the hook catches a big fell
ow in the mouth, and he usually makes it
Interesting for those who are in the boat
At the lowest estimate there are fully I00,O0O
Jf these big fish in the school OF here. Half
/ dozen OF them have been captured alive
md are at present swimming in . specially