The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-08
DARLINGS OUT FOR PRIZES.
Baby show Opens with Over Fifty En-
tries of Infants.

The baby show at Masonic Hall opened
Yesterday under favorable circumstances.
The MANAGEMENT feel gratitied at the num-
Der of entries and the attendance, put no
thought is being taken of the result wnlcn
is sure to be felt after the affair is over
The Supreme Court of the United states
backed by the United States army could not
convince the mother of any child entered
that her baby is not the loveliest, dearest,
prettiest, and sweetest young one on the
floor. 1t must be said that a collection OF
remarkably good looking babies have been
gotten togeIner. There are over M
~ entries, anu the babies with their
tond mammals sit along the SldeS OIL the
nall. A rope prevents me little ones from
being annoy Ell by an hqulsltlve pupllc.
Edcn cnlld mas ABOUT its neck a caru upon
Which Is printed the NUMBER OF It's enury.
Inc voting Is by number ana each person
VINO enters is entitled to Two votes. ballots
Will be cast upon cnolce, Tor the dearest,
for the Iovehest eyes, Tor the cutesl, lof
the nolsieSt, Tor the UglleSt, Tor the quiet
est, Tor the J~olliest, tor the preitlest
blonde. for the p%rettest brunette, Ior the
SleepieSt and Tor the most graceful. In the
show there are crying babies, laughing
babies, fat babies, lean babies, wide-awaks
babies sleepy t bapies' hi elack-h naarnl
ing babies, babies with two teeth, bow
legged babies, crawling babies ana all
klnus of babies. Each baby mas at least
OlAN htAO AAAhAh 49, f't
is the finest TINS generation or any other
has ever seen. Little Harold Behrman, who
boards with his parents at No. S Dougher-
~ street, is the wonder of the show. He
is but sixteen months old and weighs
fifty-two pounds and is perfectly healthy.
Last evening at 8 o'clock, when most baby
heads are beginning to nod with sleepiness,
he was on the floor on all fours, leading his
mother a lively chase and making all the
Carbon, Stanley. Gels and Stone have been
chosen TO look after the health of the
children on exhibition. The very young
ladies and gentlemen on exhibition with
their boarding places are as follows: Olive
Pyatt, No. 1881 West Washington street;
Minnie and Lizzie Felt, No; 10 Alyord
street; Fora Mccormick, No. so West Ohio
street; Alfred Klee, No. le North East
street: Clara Dudley, No. 1Si Coburn street;
Bertha Smith, No. SO North East street;
Trask Bremmene, No.. 329 West Second
street; Ruth Cosler, North indianapolis;
Halford Hackley, West indianapolis; RAJ
leigh Butterfeld, No. % Bradshaw street;
Anderson, No. Sg7 East Michigan street;
Frank Metten. No. 13 Arsenal avenue;
Harry Alexander, 173 Dougherty street; Lii
liam Robertson, No. 1s6 Buchanan street;
Merle Rigler. No. 10 Dougherty street; Alice
Ryan. No. 81 Dougherty street: Helen Tom
linson, West Indianapolis; Charles Turst,
No. 49 South New Jersey street; Harold
Sickler. No. 497 South Illinois street; Mabel
Hinsley, Illinois and Twenty-second street;
Maggie Kendall, Miller Block; Katie Baker.
West Indianapolis: Clara Metz. No. 405
Madison avenue; Eddie Greek. No. 342 East
New York street; Belle Ezekiel, No. SS4
East Michigan street: Maggie Harold. No.
SIS Paca street; Hazel Dutton, No. % Downey
street: Lena Smith, No. 81 Lexington ave-
nue.: Clay Vincent, No. go Lexington ave-
nue.; Freddie Faucette, No. 27 North Cali
fornia stresN Maggie Ball, No. So Ellen
street: Frank Wilson, No. SB Fletcher ave-
nue.: Gretchen Wilson. No. 33 Fletcher ave-
nue.; Ellen York. No. 327 Fletcher avenue:
Mable Reifie and Clarence Reihle. No. 57
South East street: Arthur Curmen, No. 1917
Wright street; Hazel Palmer. No. 604 Nir-
ginia avenue; Josie Woodgate. No. 64 East
St. Clair street: Edward Reabold. No. 44
Hanna street; Ralph William. No. 40 Barth
avenue: Velina Clark, No. 1ll9 North Penn
syivania street; Herman Hackien. No. 10
Dunlap street; Louis Uneer. No. 21 West
Washington street. and Edith Sudler, No..
236 West Michigan street.