New-York tribune., 1907-08-30
ELDERS CHEER BABIES.
.4SBURY Il F1IRYL1ND.
Little Lads and Lossies WiR Prizes
and PIaudits from Thousands.
GRy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


and narsded before Queen Ttania VII and one
hundred thousand persons who filled the boardwaik
pavilions and every point of vantage on the shofe
front Governor Stokes. with number Of proini-
nent politicians witnessed the Hputian procession
from seats In the great amphitheatre. Vhlch mas
a seating capacity of ten thousand
The occasion was the seventeenth annual BABY
rerade 2 function original with Asbury Park'
started by Founder" James A Bradley TO-DAY
event surpassed all former pageants numeFlcniy
and for spectacular effects In the procession were
seven pairs OF twins and babies from faraway br~h
and Mexico.
The first division Of the parade was mace Wy "a
children propeiling doll coaches The first IN llie
was Nettie V. Woodruff. Of West Orange VINO hau
a foa, entitled THE Dolls Orchestra, on II Were
four coils pretending TO play toy instruments @ .niS
original concert won for Miss Woodruff the olue
ribbon IL her DIVISION ,...
Fxpress wagons made up the second ui'is'O'
The first 4, line was John Wesley Jorolemon, OF
Newark The namesake Of the famous Methoois'
rode IN a make believe automobile dresseo as
chauffeur He received a red RIBBON tor tle SCI
ond prize the Hrst going to Vivian FRANCES fiuni'
ot this city. who reclined in wagon decorated 10
,esen,ble sea shell composed Of purple paper
flowers. .
Baby coaches and go-carts formed the third di-
vision Arnold Parker Hill, of Newark, twenty
months old who covered the parade in manu-
Some coach with a canopy Of pink flowers. re-
ceived the first prize.
Division four was made up of children in fancy
dress. Katherine Asay. Of this city. dressed IN
mink arc white accorded first honors. as she
a.d IN last years parade. In this division was
Helen L. Alberta. OF Jersey City. five weeks oid'
who covered the of the parade in the arms
Of happy mother
Fsovs and girls in college colors marched in the
A,,h division The colleges represented Cor
nell Tale Harvard, the University Of PenD'fi-
vania and Princeton, the latter predominaung.
The blue ribbon captured by representative
of Old Nassau, Miss Janet Barnard, Of this city,
a member
Pr.ncetons champion football team years ago.
The sixth division showed children in burlesque
costumes. These children impersonatng
George Washington. President Roosevelt. Indian
chiefs athletes summer girls, Happy Hoogans.
sailors and negroes. William W White. Robin
son Crusoe won the blue ribbon. and the red went
10 Howard S. Foss, of Jersey City who appeared
as huge lemon
Seven twins made up the seventh division The
first prize was given Lillian and Mildred Harri-
son of The Bronx. who rode IN a cart decorated
with pink and white flowers. Arthur and Andrew
Emnerson. Of Beeville, N Y. received the red
ribbon. The third prize in this division went TO
Katherine and Josephine Monaghan. OF Harrison,
N J. They are seven years old. and were raised
in incubator.
The foats made Up the eighth division The
first honors fell Ardarh S. Potts. OF New York
CITY, who reclined IN coach made TO resemble
q heart. Miss Potts seated in the centre OF
the heart. which bore the caption, My Valentine
This entry assigned TO the baby coach division
al the formation OF the parade.
When Miss Potts's proud maid wheeled her
charge before the Judges In division they
did deem il worthy OF ribbon Of any color.
holding that the entry should have been listed
with the floats The resourcefui maid hurried her
charge TO the float division. and the judges
thereof deemed il worthy of the blue ribbon. TIE
second prize the float division a party
Of girls from Ocean Grove who represented Mrs.
Wiggss Cabbage Patch There were twenty in
the party. Their heads protruded above a make
1.cts1 [t,,a or.- Me- aSoi
them
The winner of the grand prize. Miss Dorothy Bea-
trice Fferzog, of New York City. appeared in the
float division Miss Dorothy. who is twenty months
old. made up canary bird. and. seated upon
perch. she rode in huge golden cage and rep
resented "A Bird il a Gilded Cage" The award
met with approval A Rock Of Ages" float with
Miss Auguste NJ Neisgerber. of New York City,
clingins to the cross the third prize. The
fourth went to Robert Norris of Asbury Park,
who the engineer of q makebelieve arship.
Dorothy H White, of Trenton. a cute Moses
and rode il float built of bullrushes- She received
the fifth prize in the float division Ponies and
pony turnouts shown in the last division. Ar
thur A Eisee. of Newark who drove spirited
pony training cart. got the blue ribbon, as he
did last year in the division The red ribbon
awarded Ruth La Forge Hall, OF East orange.
who rode a pony and masqueraded as a Teddy
bear. Marguerite Schoobred, OF Jamaica, Long ISL
and, as The Belle OF Mayfair captured third
place. Anna Marguerite Xavier, the daughter OF
the Brazilian Minister this country, won a RID
bon In the pony division Dressed as a nveried
coachman. she held the ribbons over spirited
pony In the victoria number OF dolls and
TEDDY bears Other ribbon winners were; Evelyn
Kane. of Asbury Park. whose doll coach repre-
sented snow in which tiny polar bear:
Edith B. Wiedenstein. of Brooklyn. who uundled
a miniature arship made OF white fowersi waiter
and Howard Weber, Of Ocean Grove, VINO Were
made up Indians and rode in miniature tepee
MADE of flowers; Daniel E Strecker, of Phfladel-
phia. whose gocart reseInbled a mammoth sun,
flower; Ward villaverde of BROOKLYN who received
a red ribbon for impersonatilg a man IN evening
clothes: Ruth Irene Wilson. OF Morristown, \. j.
the first entry in the parade representing an Egyp
n. J.. ideal Yale girl in gown and mortar board
Irene Grace White, OF Brooklyn. riding IN toy
Greatest Show on Earth; George NJ Jewesson. OF
Brooklyn. made up as a cupid chauheUr, rooe IN
makebelieye mot car OF white MOVERS me caro- caro-
bearing the caption Cupid Up to Date Edward
V. Warren. of Newark. had a cart shaped TO repre-,
racing shell. and he posed as Cornen
rover; Eleanor NJ Shanger, Of Newark, was the
human petal for paper morning glory: henry
Robert Rieder. of The Bronx. was a Cornell student
and rode in toy rowing shell; Davis Lindsay OF
thought should have received blue ribbon: Daniel
p. strecker. o; Philadelphia had express wagon
,hT Myn 0shong Teh q. Norrstewn. Penn. was Miss
Columbia; she rode in a float which had an Amer
lean flag bs % OF Of Tey C sar the
gneer Of train of cars large enough TO pefInlt
him to ride in the tender of the locomotive: Gnaries
old almost nude, r.,arched over the route sucking
q stick OF candy, which he offered TO share with
his admirers on the gTand star stands ,s -;bhon winner.
were formed into line and paraded through the
an1phitheatre and before the queens party The
was the sudden death of William A: Hines. OF
york Penn. a guest at the Hotel Columbia. who
4he MASQUERADE fete will be held the board
walk tomorrow evening, when II Is expected that