The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-07-06
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,TnE~FoURTH
Celebrated in Lafayette I'm
Fitting Style.

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- The Fourth Of July celebration in
Lafayette, was success despite the
Excitement weather, AMI it is no ex-
aggeration to say that the towns
people as well as the guests were
pleased with the way the days pro-
gram was carried out. Celebrating
the Fourth was new thing in Lafa-
yette, hence the many expressions
of surprise at the success which has
crowned the efforts of some of our
public-spirited citizens. To the
committee on grounds, headed by
DR.. Felix E. Girard, are due the
thanks of the community for their
prompt and intelligent cooperation
it was--a signal success. With
only a couple of weeks in which to
work, and handicapped by the daily
rains, they succeeded in construct
ing a park, with stand, grounds
and a track, that would do credit
to any town.
Early in the morning hundreds of
people began to arrive in town I'M
til our streets were well nigh filed
with visitors who soon wendell their
way to Falk's Opera House, where
speeches were to be made, after
which the much talked Of baby show
was to take place. The large opera
house was crowded to its utmost
capacity there being only standing
room. In the audience could be
seen an unusually large number of
babies, who behaved we'll at first;
but later the confoundedly sweet
little things grew impatient and gave
the old bachelors present an object
lesson of the dark side of married
life.
At 10 O'Clock Mr.. Chas. O. Mou
ton, president of the Business Mems
Association under whose auspices
the celebration was undertaken and
carried to successful conclusion,
addressed the vast audience in be-
half of that organization. He spoke
briefly and to the point and closed
his address by introducing the ora
tor of the day, Judge Conrad De-
baillon, whose appearance was greet
ed with applause Of a most pronoun
ed description. The judge spoke
with a strong, clear voice, and it. is
we'll that he did, as he had full
accompaniment from the dozen ill.,
natured babies who seemed to take
special delight in making all the
noise they could, Judge Deboillon's
address was not of the spread-eagle
kind; it was patriotic, thoughtful
and concisc and was couched in
pure, strong English. 1t was re-
ceived with marked attention.
At the conclusion of Judge De-
balloons address, Mr.. VIM. Camp
bell announced that the baby show
would take place Immediately. The
stage was soon crowded with proud
parents and their petted offsprings.
Messrs. w. B. Torian, Omer Mar
tin and Will Webb were requested
to serve as judges. They kindly
consented and at once entered upon
the performance of their onerous
duties. After weighing the claims
of all claimants thoroughly and
conscientiously, they decided to
award the medals as follows:
One day to 6 months-Nora
Cottcr, prettiest; Eddie Lacour,
finest.
Six months to year-Corinne
VOORHEES,, prettiest; Ruth Couvii-
Ion, finest.
One to years-Berthum Cayard,
prcttiest; Alpine Broussard, finest.
Two to 3 years-Frank Debail-
Ion, pret:iest; Beverly Earl Clark,
finest.
That the baby show was a sue
cess is putting it mildly. Among
the competitors for the prizes there
were babies from different parts of
the parish, and some hailed from
other parishes-one little fellow,
who came from a distant point in
the Lone Star State, was Brought to
the hall few minutes too late to be