The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-23
BABIES ON PARADE.
Asbury Parks Annual Show
of Tots the Most Sue
CesSful Ever Given.
THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS APPLAUD.
Great Mass of People Line the
Board Walk and Impede the
Pageant-List of Winners.
Especial to .'The Jersey City News."I


ASBURY PARK, Aug. %, 1S9l-The
midsummer baby parade on the Board
Walk Saturday afternoon was perhaps
the most picturesque pageant ever Wit
messed on the Jersey coast. Not that the
parade was a new idea, but because the
striking features We're both numerous and
original. Altogether Csc tots were in line.
They marched from the beach Auditori-
um, led by Grand Marshal Milan Ross
and a long list of ribboned aides under
the supervision of A. r. Parsons, of the
Hotel Brunswick. The crowdN on the
Boardwalk extended the full length of the
parade. 1t was something unprecedented
and at times required the utmost skill
of the aides 70 keep it under control.
Fifteen judges viewed the little ones as
they passed in their carriages and floats,
lat the foot of Fifth avenue. Even the
babes looked at these august p~ersonages
with fear and trembling. The names of
the judges who awarded the prizes were:
Miss Lydia Morgan, Mrs. Alfred c.. At
kins, Mrs. w. Harvey Jones, Mrs. W. E.
Preble, Mrs. j. E. Ralph, Mrs. Wilson
P. Foss, Mrs. Walter Gould, Mrs. E. A.
Maher, Mrs. Fred Biankesee, Mrs. M. E.
Trumpbour, Mrs. w. O.. Conner, Mayor
Tenbroeck, Frank p. O'Brien, Charles
Clark and Secretary of State George
Wurts.
Preceded by a band of twenty pieces
the procession emerged from the Auditor
ium at $3.50 o'clock. The crowd pressed
together and it looked for a time as
though the line could not proceed further
than Fourth avenue. Away was cleared
al last, however, and on went the tots,
their chubby faces aglow. There were
babies in blue and babies in white and
babies in every color Of the rainbow.
There were tots in carriages pushed along
by nurses, who were ever more striking
than the tots. The floats and special
features were really beautiful and reflect
ed great credit on the originators. Little
Fay Ridgely rode in the oldest baby
coach. 1t was built in 1869. Little boy
blue was the name given to a handsome
float drawn by four boys appropriately
dressed. Then there was a Klondike
cart, with Richard Power, the driver,
dressed in blue and holding an uplifted
golden rod. This interesting exhibit was
often applauded on the route.
The most %distantly born child was
Laura Alexander. She was a Russian
tot, seven months DID,. Ronald Robin
son. % months old, was the next, being
a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. About
200 babies were two years old. The rest
ranged up to ten years. Two little Cu-
bans, displaying the colors of Cube Libre,
were frequently cneered.
Amateur photographers piled an active
trade, and candy ad infintum was dis
frib1,tod 70 fhos ohil1ran A. +l,a oJocaAo IF
the parade. Many of the prizes were ex-
ceedingly handsome, and the awards in
the evening were the source of consider
able merriment. The judges and Mr..
Bradley say that today's i~nfantile pageant
was the largest and best equipped event
of the kind ever given in Asbury Park.
1t is estimated that 100, 900 spectators
viewed the procession.
The prize winners in the parade were:-
Best decorated baby carriage-First, Miss
Avilo Fl. Becker; second, MolIie Pride
Gravatt; third, G.. L. Gravatt; fourth,
Dorothy Alexander.
Best decorated carriage in cultivated
howers-First, John A. Roalofe; second,
Miss Spranger; third, Mrs. j. Miller.
Best decorated carriage in wild flowers
First, Mrs. Pinhero; second p. N. Fur
long; third, E. H.. Robbins.
Handsomest carriage in national coll
ors-First, Phillip B. March; second, L.
G. Voorhees,.
Handsomest doll carriage-First, Ruth
F. Cook; second, Dorothy White; third,
Violet Newlin; fourth. Florence Burnett.
Oldest baby carriage-Fay Ridgley,
Ocean Grove.
Best dressed doll carried by little girls
First, Hazel Harris; second, Marion
Sadler; third, Edna Strickland; fourth,
Corine White; fifth. Annie Wakely.
Best decorated girls bicycle-First,
Edna Mccormick; second, Miss Zeiger.
Best decorated boys bicycle-First,
Ralph Summer; second, Harry Gun
Best boys fancy costume-First, Milan
Ross, Jr.; second, Harry f. Buckingham;
third. Jacob j. Guenther; fourth, Kenneth
Ward; fifth, G. A. Moore.
Best girls fancy costume = First,
Blanche Schwersmuck; second, Dorothy
HerskowitZ; third. Madeline Klotz; fourth
Hazel Enness: fifth, Alice e. Griffith.
Best decorated two wheeled cart-FirSt,
Mabel Alexander; second, Mildred Sum-
mers; third, James r. Lewis.
Handsomest f~loats-First. Junior Repub-
lies; second, James Roger Grigg; third,
Myrtle Gilbert; fourth, Stanley Harvey.
Best goat tufnout-Jessie Irma Wolff.
Heaviest babies under one year-First,
William Carpenter; second, Minnie Kill
burn.
Twins-Rena and Reta Patten.
Babies coming greatest distance-First.
Robinson. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Smallest baby-Mabe1 Cramer, 3 years,
II pounds.