The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
BABIES COO
AT THE FAIR
Scores Of Chuckling Year
lings Out at the
Pavilion.
Handsome Babes and Heavy
Babes and Babes Of All
Degrees.
The Youngsters Had It All Their
Way, for Yesterday Was
Babies Day.

Babies by dozens scores and hundreds,
babies of all sizes and ages. ranging all
the way from infants up to "kids," m ade
things lively at the Mechanics Fair yes.
terday afternoon. For it was babies day,
and the tots and toddlers celebrated the
occasion with an unbroken succession oi
crowings and cooings and laughings that
would have made even a colony OF bache-
Tor uncles beam with Joy.
There were four classes of babies who
were to receive prizes: Boys under one
year, boys between one and two, girls over
one and girls between one and two. The
handsomest and heaviest and the second
handsomest and heaviest, sixteen ba bies
all told, received prizes-silver rattles,
coin bs, spoons, whistles, knives and forks,
napkin rings, neck charms and bib
holders.
Several hundred proud mammas
crowded around the weighingstands, car
rying their heavy hopefuIs without a
murmur, each in the hope of having the
honor of exhibiting the bi .gest baby.
The weighers had a busy time tumbling
the youngsters in and out OF the basket
scales. After they were weighed the ba-
bies were taken upstairs, where the
Judges tried to discover who were the
prettlest in the different classes. The
boys were Judged by Miss Lulu Doolan,
Miss Agnes Ahern and Miss Ella Chella,
and the judges of me g:r babies were M iss
Ethel Jory, Miss E. Panarie and Mrs. ].
III. Goldman.
There were a number of amusing in
cidents during the afternoon. beamln g
mother, who had proudly carried her
youngster up to the boys weighing stand,
was told tha. her babv's weight was 231z
pounds. well, don't care" she de-
clared angrily. she weighs 26. These
scales are not right" And she hurried
across the building with the child and
had it weighed at the girls stand.
80, isn't he just too cute" arose a
feminine chorus as a little Chinese baby
was placed, shrieking and struggling, on
the scales.
Master Chu received special prize. as
diu also the Hopf twins, Elwood and
Hilda, who received scarcely less atten.
ton than the precociou little Celestial.
Little Bernice Stuhr, the handsomest
baby girl between and years, attracted
many admi ing glances Her mother
Carrie Pfeiffer of the Tivoli chorus, was
one OF the proudest women in the paviI
ion. Little Miss Bernice posed very
coquettishlv on table III tn secretary's
office while a CALL artist sketched her.
The prizes were distributed by Secretary
Joseph Cumming, who lifted 6loft the
shrie king winners with the skill of pater-
familias. Following is the comp pleIe list
of the prize ba bies:
HEAVIEST BABIES.
BOYS under /, Al entries-Heavie Carleton
Worth. 311a pounds; second, Wallace Smith
3015 pounds
BOYS be tween 1 and years. 4S entries
First, Huutey Cameron, 80 pounds; second
Charles Russell, 36l4 pounds.
nelly, 27 pounds; second, Ruth Blank, 251,
pounds.
Girls between and years, as entries-First
Lottie 1rautvetter, 32A pounds; second
Annie Martin, 31sl pounds.
HANDSoMEsT BABIES
BOYS under First, Clay ton White; second
Holt Wilson.
Boys between l and years-First, Francis
Robinson; second. Charles Bennett
Girls under First, Claire Cane; second
Baby O'Connor.
Girls between and years-First, Bernice
Stuhr; second, Ethel hyden.
Twins-Hilda and E;wood Hopf
Chinese D. sby-Frank Chu.