The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-18
Vast Throng at the Pa
Vilion Last Night.
The Baby Show Was the Chief
Center of Attraction.
A Splendid Programme OF Running
Races for This Afternoon at
the Park.

The State Fair of 1897 vii go out in
q blaze of glory at the Pavilion at
midnight tonight.
1t has been a great success, 50 far
as merit goes, and financial success
during the present week. The patron
age the first week was light, While
the expense of conducting the great
show was just as great. The society
will not have a surplus from the re-
ceipts. but the probability is that the
proceeds win not run behind those of
last year, and they may be somewhat
In excess thereof.
President Chase and the other D1-
rectors have certainly done their
duty faithfully and efficiently. They
have been in constant attendance, at
both Park and Pavilion, and have per-
sonaIly supervised all the departments.
To Edwin F. Smith, the society's eff
cient Secretary. is due much OF the
credit for the successful conduct of the
thousand and one small details that
go so far toward making things move
smoothly and without friction. This is
Mr. Smiths seventeenth year as Sec
rotary of the society, and it is his long
experience and peculiar qualifications
for the arduous duties of the position
that have enabled him to accomplish
so much and 10 do it so well.
The attendance at the Pavilion last
night was far greater than ony any
night since the State Fair opened. The
big building was crowded from base
ment to attic with a perspiring, sway
ing, good-natured mass of humanity,
bent on enjoying themselves.
The thousand and one things to be
seen seemed to stand out brighter and
fresher than ever, and everything
moved along with a snap and flourish
Every corner, aisle and corridor
was packed with people, and the art
of graceful moving was out of the
question, but the attractions were
there to be seen, and the visitors saw
them.
THE BABY SHOW.
Naturally, one of the features of the
evening was the baby show, and for
two hours the Art Gallery was solidly
packed with persons of all sexes and
stations in life, anxious TO get a glimpse
of some of the sixty-five babies entered
in the race.
And there were all kinds Of babies in
it-babes fair and dark, fat and lean.
laughing and crying, but amid it all
the judges Directors Boggs, Chase and
Cox mildly declared there was not an
ugly baby among them all.
1t was hard to determine. so the
judgest said, which baby came under
the Wire first, and there was a differ
ence Of opinion which could only be
settled in the privacy of an anteroom.
but after all points had been discussed
and matters smoothed out, the winners
We're posted as follows:
Prettiest baby over months and
under ! year old. Ethel Bagley, $50.
Second prettiest baby over months
and under l year, Margaret Wright,
$40
Prettiest baby over ] year and under
years of age. Ruth Muddox, S25.
Second prettiest baby over 1 year
and under > years of age, William Nc
Kinley Laughlin, $40
Prettlest pair of twins, Ethel and
Edith Anderson, so.
The mothers of the winners
overlooked with smiles, but from the
mothers of the losers came mutterings
which BODIED i'll for Directors Boggs,
Chase and Cox. who beat a hasty,
though not undignified. retreat, and
We're st en- no more.
Miss Beth Hamilton, the pretty and
graceful danseuse. viii appear in her
French, Polish and Spanish dances
again tonight, and that she is a gen
eral fevorite has already been proven.
MUSICAL FEATURES.
But the baby show was not the only
attraction. Each exhibit had its
thousands of visitors, while the ball
cony was lined with people who wish
ed for nothing better than TO listen to
the excellent music that was being rem
dered for their qualification. The band
was a. its best, and Musical Director c.
A Neale fairly outdid himself in his
effort to please.
After the excellent and varied pro-
grammes that have been rendered dur
ing tho past two weeks, it was difficult
TO understand that so great treat was
in store for lovers of music as that pre-
scented last night Mr. Colverds sole
on the trombone was a gem, and de-
served the prolonged applause with
which it was greeted.
The chorus of 200 voices had i'm
proved with practice. and the anvil
Chorus" was sung with a dash and
vigor seldom heard. The Gloria" from
Mozart's Twelfth Mass" was one OF
the Its Of the evening, and reflected
credit both upon the chorus and the
director
After the fair. when things shall
have settled down to their usual con-
dition, the Choral Society win take up
regular choral work under Mr. Neale's
direction.
The Sousa number by the band. as
sisted by the Capital City Drum Corps
received a well-merited encore, and
every selection met with the hearty
approval of the assembled thousands.