The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-16
John NJ. Aliens Attentions 10 ln-
FAINT at Fairgrounds Excited
a Dallas Mother.
SHE HAD GRAVE suspicious.
Feared an Attempt Was Being
Made Ia kidnap Little Ore.
but Soon Learned Bel
tcr-Twrnty Lost.

t'por returning to the Model PLAY
grounds wher" she had ,eft l@r baby.
while sic visited the Fai- ycsterda%. .
| fond mother from Dallas. Tex. becnme
greatly excited to anG her precious infant
| icing rocked 20 sleep by one ~ the Ma
| tioral Commissioners. VITO vas paving q
| visit there in honor cr Chi!dr5ns bay.
I All the members Of til, National Com
mission are Interested in the work Of the
Fairgrounds. Hrd YESTERDAY being the
third chldren's day at tn. Worlds Fair.
they all visited the Fairgrounds in tho aft
c:roon and helped 10 look aftcr the vel
fare and pleasure ~ the tiny guests The
Commissioners represented wer" Frederick
\. Bets. Philip u. Scott. John Vi. Allen
and Lawrercc Grahane. Secr"t7iy.
While there were nearly Twenty-Five ba-
hies and more than 80 children a the
Fairgrounds during the day. the Texas
baby proved the belle OF the assembly.
She was n big. fat. rosy checked baby.
When Private John NJ Allen OF the Ma
tional Commission cspicd the baby sitting
In a Go-cart. his face heamng with good
nature. the attraction wos Irresistible.
John NJ. Allen. who was known as tho wit
of the House for more than twenty years.
was attracted at once to the hrisht-eyed
baby whose big. yosy face reflected such
good hurnor.
ENTEcrAiNS THE BABY.
Mr.. Allen. following the example of the
other Commissioners, started In to do his
share as an entertainer of the tiny guests.
He was making goo-Eoo eyes al the baby
and singing : lullaby when the Dallas
lady called for her child
When she saw n strange man talking to
the baby she declared she thought 1t was
someone who was about to kidnap the lit
tie one. When she learned the identity Of
the distinguished stranger she was pro-
fuse In her apologies.
You know my baby was voted the
handsomest baby In Dallas. and I feel "A
great responsibility in bringing it TO St
Louis. for my friends all urged that
was running great risk in bringing II to
the Worlds Fair.
Then the lady from Dallas shook hands
with the erstwhile chsperon of her baby
and hurried away.
In spite OF the rain Yesterday morning
It is estimated that the third Chidren's
Day at the Fair was the most successful
in point of numbers of any previous day.
The grounds all day were filled with
children, who took advantage OF the In
vitatloh extended to them by the EXPOS
tion Company.
TWENTY CHILDREN LOST.
During the day about twenty children
were received at the Fairgrounds. who
had become. separated from their parents
and friends. Before midnight. however.
all the tiny tots had been restored to the
parents or put on the proper street car
and sent horne by Mrs. Hirschfieid. who
is in charge of the Fairgrounds.
A special party of twenty-five children
from n South Broadway tenement district
visited the Model Fairgrounds in the
morning under the care of Miss A. =.
Tracy, who was in charge Of the party OF
orphans which visited the Fairgrounds
two weeks ago.
The second inStailment OF sl,oC0 OF the
$500 fund voted to the playground work
| by the Board of Lady Managers was re-
| ceived by Mrs. Hirschfcld yesterday.