The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-28

ssxsv.sl,rse % the fovsissst babies In the
World. IN the arms Of their proud and
hanov rsanmas. were ranged n tiers ~
,h. rorsheast corner Of ths food sao= AZ
,he trnory yesterday and they cooed aud
<roxea .s6 plunged their chubby fists lnfo
one hundred and sweaty-slx blinking eyes
when sea,tle,s maternal resources ~ers
shssp a. one 81 The most interesting e ail
the Interesting features Of the big expo
sitter
Tq,ers were fossr long rows Of chairs and
benches ppon platform. over which hung
en- America flag. where ths mothers az
ard ksssed and snsEgIed the wee t.ings
wnsla the bouquet o. dimlnnigFs humanity
neasesa gut across fhe bah and mingled
WITH tho steam 81 foods that were saoeu
AZ pari az me system for making babies
healthy ard sfrong
At n'clock esxty-one entities presented
shrrnselxes IN baby cahs Of many shapes.
eone Of whlca were preitllY decorated
~ she oerAsloa Rnd all 81 which were
Hses with the softekt Of pillows and coV.
cred with the t.ai8fiesf lace and ribbons
Tut - these alxiy-one cabs peered the
fIpg faces Of the little men and women
who we're % be held ~ 90 ne ad-iFng
s4zs Of ffse rroxds composed principally
:. won4n and theft a.efits passed up0a
~ = committee supposed % be Gnpra tu-
6sesal ioxarG anythia. except the qualities
to be judged They wsre all babies under
one year on age aud the extremes me-. ia
fwa cases one o. y hich w8a hug weei-s
sia ana the ytaer Il months and q das
EaEi mamma went with hope high IN
her hsatt pushing the wicker cab IN The
fsq
srsasFy, whers She knew that the mie
- sessi ard blood Hestiiag III the raHneis
land silks would Siu a glorious victory So
xh5eh proud father and mother world
lfmrflelIase There were but three Fega-
liar prizes but ~ mother who has ever
iFDnalT6 her habs could believe that 1uaE-
srenf could b. SO harsh as % deny her at
beast cue Of these. Then the field widened
ard there we're seven special prizes Of
fered With ten 10 draw upon certainly
al must win even II there were sixty
enc ensrieE shortly after the doors we're
thrown open two mora cabs were added
~ the many that crowded me entrance "a
the food show ard while they had r.;
heen entered on the books the anxious
mothers showed their entry slips and the
children were admitted 10 The show
Seven others came hut there was no rec
ora OF them and the consequence was
that but sixss-fhree hables We're dance
OH their mothers knees and chncked an
der the chin and Iaughef At. Here aFa
their names. Philip " MeRber Charley
prtchaft Phissn 6sosdbsfe Ira Francis
HIN Eva Mcf.ensEhy. Bessie Robinson
Floyd rmher. haxei BuFch. Emma Grace
Ereldsnzslns. Leo Hanks Adena Lewis
oigfofd Ids MslsaE Baby whitney. Haset
nolan. Rose renslas Nsssen Bryan Viii
son Edna Ifouipsan 8eorer Henry Net
Teton Rebuia }. Thompson. Richard
Abfam tdviaEHten Cinalsten. Francis
Hart Hnnald Campbell Blodwln Jones
Dorothy tfeaves fsofsss Hemphii. Edith
and Eshoi Megasde sim Taylor Hiida
Neplne Clark Edwards. Elma Maddox
Ernest Albert Gesring. Clarence Elliott
Lisie ard Marion Hlddell. calista Grese.
Edward Everett Scott Willie Mathew
Harry Thompson Gertrude Edsnhoim
Waiter Mcfarland. Tom Arthur. olaf
Daihqust Frank q p Head William
Ellis Smith Losesn Swantan. Jcannet'e
ssaasan Hester Elna Peterson Lyle Nor-
man. Herman James Geuther. Marguerifa
Brown fsraee Nlckenspn. Charley Evans.
Louis Kurfz. Ivy Ffisf<e George Haddock
NiikinR. John Alien Archie Bdrsiad.
Prank a.. Bigham. Ethel Reynolds Ruth
ElmeFFretn Bryan nishan, Willie Jaues.
Peel Amelia Newman.
The Judges were Mrs a NJ Alexander.
Miss ~ = Tracey. % San Francisco. and
srs. 4. ~ Davis At 9;s0 o'clock an ia-
spee.ion % the little people was com-
mencee snd ~ , - Il WISE concluded and
The prsxes awarded Ten mothers were
made happy. and fifty-threo disappointed
mothers walked away 20 the rows of
dainty baby cabs and deposited therein
ha hies thai al had agreed were beautiful
hBf not sufficiently strong IN the pAnls
that were calculated 70 win prizes Then
the disappointed mothers thought that it