The herald., 1897-01-27

all the carriages, and some went to the
extreme in covering the royal riders
with flowers. Each carriage was pushed
by a small maid in white cap and apron
and one quaint little figure outdid
all the others in cap trimming, with
| ribbons to her heels. Some of the
youngsters looked about at the gay col
ored booths, enjoyed the music and be-
haved as though home product exhibit
tions and baby shows were an every day
occurrence. Some sat up and munched
crackers with dont-care- whether
school-keeps- or-not air, while others
totally oblivious of the importance of
the occasion-lifted up their voices and
wept big, fat boy baby set the pace
in bowling for all the rest; he began on
his first entrance to the dressing room
and kept it up through the program.
After the procession circled around the
pavilion two or three times. the carriages
were drawn up in front of the stage and
then Manager Gray's troubles began. He
shouted himself hoarse in the vain at
tempt to get the crowd to stand back
far enough to allow the mothers of the
children to get near the stage.
The small policemen who We're to es-
cort the riders were lost in the shuttle
| only two of them being visible on the
march Manager Gray and two police
men being unable to keep the crowd
back the mothers were requested to
bring the babies on the platform, where
| they could be seen by all in the house.
The band played Emmet's lullaby, and
| MI. Gray rushed distractedly around the
stage with the air of a harrassed father,
| trying to line up the twins. A baby or
| two was dropped in the excitement the
| band played on as long as it could find
| standing room, but finally beat an in
glorious retreat. When the missing
| twins We're found the one baby short.
| "a a ocrar LoI H.. i,
| ously searching for, turned up, list
| of the prizes was read and the recipient
held up to View by the ladies of the exec
| utiVe committee.
| Esther Heilman, a little maiden
some two years old, with golden hair,
blue eyes and regular features, was
| awarded the prize as the handsomest
baby, solid silver, gold-lined cup pre-
! sented by the Woman Suffrage league.
Frank Emmet Brown was pronounced
the handsomest boy baby, and was Civ
! en- a pair of white blankets the gift of
| the Vile de Paris. The youngest pair
! of twins, Jessie and Bessie Hill, will
wear a pair Of lovely white satin boots,
and the oldest ones. the Baker twins,
will each have pretty wicker rocking
chair donated by Barker Bros and the
| Los Angeles Furniture company. The
Sheck twins, boy and a girl We're
awarded each a set, knife, fork and
| spoon. from Meyberg Bros. The New
lir twins. as the youngest pair of boy
and girl, each received bread and milk
set, given by Mr. Nolmer. The heaviest
oy under five. Russell Westcott, will
wear pair of tan shoes from Jacoby
Bros. The heaviest boy under two years
received handsome picture from Lich-
tenberger. The heaviest baby under one
year, Carl Brockman will eat crackers
for a long time out of a large box pre-
! sented to him. The Boston store con-
| tributed very pretty cloak to the heav
| lest girl baby under three years. which
| was Elmira Ludlow, and Coulter Bros.
/ presented one to Amy Heck for being
| the heaviest girl under two years. The
heaviest girl baby under one year,
Gladys Pritchard, has pretty pair of
new boots, and the youngest girl, little
baby Faull<, has a pretty white cloak
| given by the Blackstone store. The Peo-
pies store contributed an infant basket,
! which was awarded baby Haag, as the
youngest boy. A large grab bag was pro-
| vided for those who failed to draw prizes,
and each baby was invited to draw gift
from it, The Fiesta baby, Frances Ger
ry, was presented with a gold spoon.
The Los Angeles and Dinsmore Soap
companies and Craig G. Stewart, pre-
sented each child with cake of toilet
| soap. Prizes were awarded to the best
| decorated carriage for boy and girl.
Mrs. Heron was the weigh mistress
who stood at the scales to weigh each
entry as it came in, and Mrs R. L. Prid-
ham checked off the list and bravely re-
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