The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-30
BABY PARADE
WINNERS ARE
CHOSEN
toontInucd from First Pase.,

public.
All argument with the judges was of
no avail. The girl was dressed in white
satin, trimmed with gold stars. In her
hand she carried a harp of gold and she
was mounted on a golden pedestal. In
back of her was a sunburst of gold four
feet high. Many thought that little
Miss Meeker was deserving Of a higher
prize.
The grand prize was awarded to Dorothy
Beatrice Herzog, Of New York. This little
child had beautiful golden hair, Just match
Ing the rainent she wore. which was a
dress of golden colored net over golden
silk. representing her as a canary bird
in a gilded cage. Her head was covered
with beautiful yellow canary feathers, and
the hood of this ran down into a cape OF
the same material. The little child sat
swinging in a swing, the only furnishing
of a big cage six feet square and made OF
gilded bars. The exhibit was drawn by e.
A. Wise, of Asbury Park, who built 1t.
Little Miss Herzog was a beautiful baby
girl, 20 months old. Her color and fea-
lures were so perfect that she was gen.
orally considered the most handsome child
In the show.
In the first division the blue ribbon, car
rying with 1t a large Teddy bear, donated
by Lissner & Son, of Newark, went to
Nettie ". Woodruff, Of West Orange. The
prize winner had an orchestra Of little
dolls, seated among which was a Teddy
bear. The coach containing them was
pushed by the prize winner, dressed In
green and white, while a beautiful doll In
front of the coach drove a butterfly, which
was projected before the vehicle by an in
visible wire.
The second prize went to Edith B. Mel
denstein, of Brooklyn. The child was
dressed very becomingly In white and
pushed a cart over which had been puilt
an airship of French paper roses. Appar-
emily the cart was the basket Of the air
ship. The exhibit won a silver set, do
mated by J. F. King, Of Asbury Park.
A solid silver set, donated by the Colon
made Hotel, was given as third prize to
Evelyn Kane, of Asbury Park, a little 29s-
year-old girl representing the North Pole.
She was wound up In a sheet Of white cot
ton. With the cotton was wound cotton
batting, over which there was pink gauze
drapery. She pushed a go-cart before her
in which were placed five Teddy bears.
The bears were gowned as she was.
Eva Barnett Dobbins. of Trenton, 10
years old, got fourth award, carrying with
It a crib mattress. She had a go-cart
trimmed with pink roses, and seated In
the go-cart were three Teddy bears. Three
little girls pushed the vehicle.
The fifth prize went to Dorothy Wood
ruff, Of Newark. In a go-cart over which
were hung pink and white paper roses
were seated five china dolls at a party, ana
the care bore the inscription, "A happy
family In Asbury Park"
A similar present was given the winner
of the sixth prize in this doll coach divi-
sion. She was Mildred Taylor, Of Newark.
Her go-cart was trimmed with pink roses.
There were two committee prizes. OF
these Esther T. White, of Allenhurst, in a
costume of pink and white paper roses
pushing a doll carriage similarly adorned.
got one prize, while another went to Maud
Crafts, of Brooklyn.
The division of express wagons drawn by
children in decorated costume came next,
with Mrs. H. N. Sayre, of Newark, as
captain, in the lead. Assisting her were
Miss Eleanor Sherwood, of Ridgefield, and
others. The first prize was a handsome
silver loving cup, donated by A. w. Cor
nelius, of this city, and 1t went to Vivian
Frances Hunt, 2 years old; Wilson Veneer
able, 5 years old, and Carrie Marshall, 8
years old, all of Asbury Park. Little Miss
Hunt sat in the wagon, which was a mass
of purple and white paper roses, and the
little girl and boy, driven by white satin
ribbons, pulled her. On top Of the car
rage were some white doves. The chill
dren all wore crowns of silver and were
dressed in purple and white.
One of the handsome exhibits of the
parade was made by the winner of the
second prize in this division, John Wesley
J~erolemon, of Newark. He got a silver
loving cup, very handsome and heavy. The
little boy was a chauffeur. His car was
formed of white roses over a framework
the shape of an automobile, and in front
on a card was the inscription Spirit of
the Times The costume was s~trikingly
beautiful. He wore an automobile coat of
white satin, with cap to match, and he
also wore automobile goggles. Dorothy p.
Gresh, 5 years old, and Earl P. Gresh, 10
years old, of Norristown, Pa, won the
silver loving cup donated by the Passaic
Hotel. and were well worthy of this hand
some prize.
Doris Lindsay, of Newark, was given the
fourth award in this division. She is q
pretty little 4-year-old girl and was prettily
dressed in a fancy costume, which left her
dimpled arms and neck and feet exposed.
Over her floated an airship, a long, tubular
shaped affair, composed of solid white
roses and running to a peak at both ends.
A silver cup was the award given. Two
tiny girls from Belmar, each of them 8
years old. and another pretty little 2-year-
old, also from Belmar, captured the fifth
prize Of the division, carrying with it a
carnival cur. The prize-winners were re-
specttvely Norma Seymour, jamie Williams
and Virginia Seymour. All were dressed
alike in red, black and green. George Mont
gomery Jeresson, Of Brooklyn, captured the
sixth prize, a carnival cup. He was an
other of these automobile boys and was
dressed In white and gold.
Lillian Irene Botto, of Memphis, Tenn,
also got a committee prize. She represent
ed a Jersey lily" and was dressed as a
lily In green and white. She stood on a
triangular affair, and lilies grew from about
her fee She also carried lilies In her
hand. S was 4s years old.
Another Nungster who won a committee
prize was Howard Weber. Z years old,
Of Ocean Grove. He sat in an Indian
wIgwam which was formed of white roses.
He was pulled by two little children. They
were dressed as Indians.
The division of baby coaches and go
carts was captained by Mrs. H. Blake
Martin. OF Asbury Park. among her aides
being Miss Helen Kaushold, of Newark.
The first prize was a silver tray and COM
fort. given by Smith, Kline &c French.
Of Philadelphia. The winner was Arnold
Marker Hill. of Newark. He sat in a
Japanese tea house Of pink chrysanthe-
NUNS. A child's coat. donated by L. F.
Plaut & Co.. of Newark. was the second
award and went to Walter Hurley, of
Asbury Park. John Ramsey, jr, Of Hack
ensack. won a gold watch, donated by
Banta q Hilyard, Of the Bristol. The
go-Gart was covered completely with pink
and white roses, so that not even the
spokes of the wheels remained visible.