The record-union., 1897-02-11
DISPLAY OF CHERUBS.
The Coming Baby Show Will be De-
cidediy Interesting.

The ultra-swell society of London,
over a baby show 1t was held under
the auspices of Our Mothers Society
and the net proceeds We're utilized to
furnish medicine and nursery supplies
to poor children Every style of infant.
/ from the tawny Italian baby to the
comely infant of the upper circles, was
shown and the ladies came in thousands
/ to witness the exhibition. There were
special infant health talks, lectures on
simple chemistry, cookery for infants,
etc, and valuable prizes offered by mer-
chants who dealt in infant ware, drug
gists, dry goods men, furniture dealers
and manufacturers of baby foods, were
distributed. 1t was immensely popu-
lar and attracted attention all over
Europe. In New York City several very
successful baby shows, but not exactly
on these lines, have been held They
have all lasted for several days. From
a sanitary or health point more than
one day for the infants and no evening
session is best
This was proven by one recently held
from l to 5 p. m. in Los Angeles, in con-
junction with the Exposition there, and
3.l64 adults, mostly women, paid %
cents to see the thirty or forty babies ex-
hibited. There was nothing but babies
and an exhibition of the prizes to look
at, yet every mother and lots that were
not, said Why, it was just too sweet
for anything"
! Managers Buckley and Pease have
determined to make the baby show Of
/ I.vxzb icb
opens at the Armory Hall Saturday.
February 10Th, and continues for one
week, more beneficial and more, if pos
sible, attractive from all points of view.
They Will arrange for few short
| Mothers Talks" a lecture on baby
| foods displays of the handsome prizes
to be awarded and a review down the
main aisle of the cherubic little con-
/ testants for glory and fame. Tuesday
afternoon, February 23d, has been Sc
! lected as the best date, weather per-
mitting. The applications for entries Of
! babies are pouring in at the Food EX-
position office, 214 J street. The first
baby entered was Baby Dottie, from
Oak Park, the last yesterday at 4 p. m,
was dainty Drusilla Gum, whose proud
parents reside on NJ street. The latest
entry is sixteen months old and is said
! to possess an angelic temper. One of
the finest prizes Will be awarded to the
| babe that successfully controls its
froWns, tears and curbs its mite-y tenn
per during the entire baby show session.
or at least to the baby coming nearest
that mark. A prize will be given to the
handsomest baby: to the smallest; to
{ the Ia to twin n tn t1~iy.
to the handsomest boy baby, in fact
about twenty prizes, from a diamond
baby ring, lOcket, baby coach, to a
gold and ivory rattle, or a dozen cabi-
net photographs, viii be importiaIly dis
tributed
There is no entry fee and every at
tention possible will be paid to
the babies. Sterilized milk will be
provided free of cost and ma
irons will assist the mammas to
care for the infants. Entries should be
made at once as only half a hundred
babies can be admitted to the show
Some Of the big local firms are offering
special prizes and there viii be pub
lished list of these articles. The prin-
cipal prize, of course, viii be the cham
piOnship Of Sacramento County Loving
/ Cup, presented engraved with name Of
the prize baby by the Exposition man
agement.