Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-02
PRETTY BABIES
At CHURCH SHOW
HUNDREDS OF INFANTS ON
EXHIBITION
ALL C0L0RS REPRESENTED
Chinese Youngsters as Much Admired
as Any White chiIdren-The
Anken Twins
Feature
ALL coLoRs REPRESENTED
BY Grace Grundy

BY Grace Grundy
Babies, hundreds of them of all ages,
temperaments. yes and even colors,
known to the happy land of babyhood,
were on exhibition yesterday at the
baby show given by the women Of the
First Congregational church.
In age they ranged from the little
helpless mite of one month, who slept
peacefully through the afternoon, OBJ
livious to the gaity around him, to
the tot of six who fitted about from
one side of the room to another eager
/, to let nothing pass unnoticed. In tent
and when 1 say there were all colors,
the truth has not been stretched one
iota, for side by side with a light
haired fairy of two years was one of
the darkest of dark pickaninnes, and
over in a corner, the center of COM
pany of admiring eyes, were half a
dozen little Chinese babies.
1t was baby show without any
doubt and if you were not a baby or
mother you were decidedly nonenty
really believe those babies knew they
had been brought there to be admired
and petted and generally bowed down
to for each one was on his or her
very best behavior
Only One Cry
Never but once during that whole
afternoon was there a cry, and that
once was more than pardonable, for
somebody's mother happend to be be-
hind a post where somebody couldn't
see her, and who wouldn't cry? When
mother appeared again, unmolested,
the sunshiny smile got the better of
the tears and it was all over.
The social hall of the church had
been fitted up with everything to de-
light the baby heart and there were
tables laden with dainties just made
for small folks.
At table presided over by Mrs
Anden Wheeler there were doll clothes
cut in the very latest fashion and
made of fabrics such as dame fashion
has seldom bequeathed to dolls. At
a table where Mrs. c. j. Jennison was
established there was homemade
candy warranted not to bring on any
of the ills of childhood and at two
other tables in charge of Mrs. Jack
7aonahan and Mrs. George c. Robin
son were big bowls of bright red straw
berries and freezers of ice cream which
were, as one small lad expressed it,
good enough to eat And eat they
did, as only healthy, hearty children
can.
In a room adjoining soft pillows and
couches invited sleep and refreshment
for those who were too tiny to par
take of anything more than their bot
ties, and to the mind that knows moth
ing of Strawberries bottles were quite
as comforting.
Twins Much Admired
One small pair which created more
excitement than perhaps any other
half dozen children, were Joseph and
Charlotte Anken twins, who only made
the acquaintance of the world ten
WtehS dSo' All tiC dllSiIlooii
they exhibited their charms without
a murmur, both dressed just alike ex-
cept for the bows of ribbon that
adorned their caps, one having blue
and the other pink.
said they were quiet, but you never
could guess how it was done.
"Oh, horrors" said one woman, they
are sucking their thumbs" and this
expressed it. "Of course they suck
their thumbs" said the young mother,
81 taught them to and it is very much
better for them than to give soothing
medicine"
Then followed a discussion-thumb
or no thumbs was the question at issue.
Just to demonstrate how she had
taught them the mother opened a sill
yer topped box containing powdered
sugar. She administered some of it
and put the tiny thumbs into equally
tiny mouths. The deed was done and
in spite of the forboding looks and
headshakes of other mothers the babies
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