The record-union., 1897-02-24
The Success Of the Exposition is Vn-
questiOnably Great.
Tie Aninatoscope and Other Attractions Vie
With the Cooking Lectures in
Interest

The great Pure Food and Health EX-
position which is now in progress at
Arnlory Hall is unquestionably an un-
qualified success. Yesterday afternoon
the crowd in attendance was so large
efa,t IT was almost impossible to move
about for some time. There We're more
people IN attendance than have Uaeh
present at the Pavilion in the day tlrne
during any State Fair day tor the
past five years. And the people were
au zveu rIaaesasd The Sacramento Re
tail Grsocerss' Union and Managers
Buckley and Pease, under whose man
agement the Exposition is conducted
had wisely selected the 'Record-O Oh-
ton'' as their chief advertising medium
and the result has proven the value OF
this paper in that respect, as 1T was
evident yesterday that all the peopIe
sof the city had been Well informed as
to the features of the show me EApo-
sition is an exceedingly interesting one
and those who attend find many thllgS
to attract their attention.
A stranger in Sacramento Who might
have been walking on any of the streets
in the vicinity of Armory Hall about l
O'Clock yesterday afternoon would nave
Immediately received the impression
that the city was increasing IN popu-
lation from ~ to 30 per cent year,
for nearly every second woman he met
was either carrying baby or wheeling
one in a baby carriage. All were bound
for a common objective point, the
Alurorv. The answer to a possible
question by him. that they were going
to a Pure Food Exhibit would not
have greatly enlightened him as to the
cause.
But the women knew where they
were going and why they Were going,
and that was enough for them They
knew That there was going to be a
baby show in which over hundred
entries had been made, and they had
either entered their babies or some of
their friends had, Of else thay wanted
40 find out If there was another woman
in the town that had a baby That could
compare with theirs and be able TO say,
well. if | had only entered Johnnie,
/ could easily have taken the prize over
ANYTHING there. There WAS nothing
that could hold a candle to him."
The mothers all wore q confident, ju-
gylant expression. as much as 70 say,
Il am just going to capture the first
prize and shall have no trouble in
walking away with IT." The women
poured into the entrance and soon fill
Cd the hail, seats for over a hundred
were put on the stage, filing it com
pIetely ana driving the orchestra to
take refuge in The gallery, for what
orchestra could hope to hold its own
in competition with a hundred women
talking baby talk 10 a hundred babies
and the latter answering in more OF
less good natured fashion?
still the crowd poured in and filled
ND the unoccupied space on the floor
and surged up into the gallery, filing
that also 1t was too much for the or
chestla. Hemmed in on every side. ii
played one selection ana silently stole
away. leaving the victorious women
masters of the field. over 1000 people
had come 70 see the 2reaC baby show
and let their babies see il too. And
the men, too? on, no. they deemed
discretion the better part of valor and
fled from the field not more than one
r.e.r cent. Of the crowd being of this
masculine persuasion, including the
new women.
There were long women and Shori
women. fat women and lean women
fair women and dark women. all in
extricably mixed up with their babies
and all pressing forward to get as
near als possible 10 the stage aui sair
a closer view IF tne candidates fol
prizes. To be caught in front Of thC
furgfrg wave was TO be imprisoned
for the afternoon. and those who wer,
wise enough to recognize the fact sur
rendered their positions Of advances
in exchange for the prospect of more
freedom to move around.
The proud anI happy mothers sa'
facing the crowd upon the platform
hol3lng their respective darliHgs so a,