The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-06
HUNDRED BABES
ON EXHIBITION
Continued From PAGE

| III the advertising pages of ma gdzines.
Everyone seemed 10 have a little fairy
in his home and 10 have brought her
or him out for dress parade.
Eagerly Await Verdict.
When the judges finally came to a
decision they asked bystanders 10 all
. might be heard Then Mr.. Hewlett
took a tiny slip of paper and BEGAN:
THE judges have decid"-
Just about that moment several
scores OF mothers drew long hreaths
and their faces showed where their
thought were.
Mrs. Squires' baby" came the an
nouncement for first prize.
Several score of women minus one
thought, Nov mines next"
Mrs. Husbands baby" came next.
Then there were two happy women.
And Mrs. MathesOn's baby gets third
prize" announced Mr.. Hewlett
Well, where are the prize winners
let's see the babies" exclaimed moth
ers on every side.
If their babes had not won prizes,
they AT least wanted TO see those that
had.
Crowd Sees Babies.
Then Mrs. ]. r. Squires stepped to the
front and proudly gave statistics as to
the age, weight. height and disposition
of her babe: answered questions as to
teeth, digestion, collie, what the baby
ate and II this and that agreed with il.
At least. if she didn't answer all these
questions, the above gives a fair idea
of their nature.
Mrs. n II. Husbands then showed
prize-Winner No. ,. and following her
came Miss Vera Howard, sister Of Mrs.
A. c. Matheson. The latter is the moth
er of the third prize winning babe. but
the infant was in Miss Towards GUS
tody at the time Of award.
None of the mothers was happier
than Mrs. Husbands, who exclaimed
that she intended TO say nothing of her
medal-winning young American until
her husband read OF il in this morning 8
paper. IL developed that Mt. Husbands
[, thought there might be too large a
crowd of babies at the show for one
lone little Second WaTder to stand d
chance. But the little Second warden
was there with the looks and weight
and chubbiness and won second honors.
Prizes Are awarded.
From the exhibit place the babes
were taken to the Office of President ].
G.. Mcdonald, where John c. Cutler. jr.,
awarded the prizes offered by Governor
Cutler. Then and there an informal
! reception was held at which the babes
were the guests of honor. From every
! part OF the building came people who
I strained for a look at the infants The
| latter, tired of the crowd and crush.
straightWay got nervous and either
| cried or went to sleep. This was nee
! essary perhaps 10 convince the public
/ that while they were cherubic they
! were yet of this earth.
/ II was just after the awards had
| been made that The Herald snapshots
were made. The babies didn't appreci-
| ate being taken from the shaded build
/ ing out into the glazing sun. COnse-
| quently their images may not be the
best This forewOrd to ward off any
mothers plant that mines a lot bet
/ ter looking"
| Chairman Hewlett of the baby COM
mittee" said yesterday afternoon that
/ the claims OF every baby had been fully
/ considered and that the decision had
/ only been reached after the hardest
kind Of figuring. In this statement Miss
! DeWOodv and Miss Wmgate cOncurred.
AZ pathetic instance of how much the
hearts of mothers were in the baby show
was related last night. \ woman whose
baby was among those who strived and
failed was incOnsolabe with grief. burst
/ ing into tears on leaving the manufac-
lures building and crying her heart out
on the street car over the infants failure
10 win a prize.