Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-15
TITLE TOOTSUMS
WORRY JUDGES
TWO HUNDRED BABIES ON
EXHIBITION
Tiny Pets Endear Themselves to Big
Crowd of Spectators-Flve
Are awarded vaIu-
able Prizes
"Da-da-da-da!"
"Goo-goo-goo!" "

OOO-BOO-SOO!
"Ma-ma-ma-ma!"
Chorused two hundred of Southern
California's most priceless products az
miring throng which crowded the Pan.
Drama rink yesterday afternoon.
The supreme hour In the lives of al
least two hundred mothers came an6
went again yesterday afternoon-at
least 1t went for all but few of the
prize winners.
Baby was king of the day. There
just was not anything else to it. The
woman who had not a baby in the
show was a poor creature deserving of
pity and man-mere man-unless he
happened to be appearing in the role of
fond father. was scorned and looked
down upon in a way that was simply
shameful
Every mother had a baby and every
mothers baby was the most beautiful
baby ever seen. There were babies of
almost every kind imaginable.
+. Tiny little blue-eyed girls with beau
tiful golden curls, and tiny little dark
eyed girls with raven locks. Blue-eyed
boys with curls and blue-eyed boys
without curls, and brown-eyed boys
with almost any kind of curl. All of
them were lovely. An exhibition of
which California or any other state in
the union might well be proud.
There was the little girl who had a
little curl right in the middle of her
forehead The one that was good when
she was good and horrid when she's
bad. But even she was not very bad
except when she threw herself on the
floor and spoiled her nice new white
dress and blue sash.
All on Good Behavior
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aware that they were being shown off
and must be upon their very bestest
best behavior. Their fluffy little gowns
were more fluffy than they had ever
been before and their blue and pink
bows were tied as only milliner or
mother could tie them
There were babies to the right and
babies to the left, babies in front of
one and babies behind, and each baby
seemed more beautiful than the others.
Oh, to have had to Judge that con-
test! Think of having to wound the
hearts of 1876 mothers just to give pleas
ure to the other five.
And yet they were not so terribly dis
appointed, or if they were they did not
show it. They had the consolation that
Judges are not infallible and that the
judges did not know nearly as much
about babies as the mothers knew.
"Isn't she a little darling?"
did you ever see such beautiful
eyes?'
Look at that love of a child"
'sSee those cunnin' little dimpled
arms"
"You is the sweetest little sweet sing
ever'
All this and more came from those
poor ones who were not mothers OF
Southern California babies. They were
permitted to adore. They were even
allowed in some special cases to touch
the tiny fingers Of some little darlings.
Youngest Baby Two Weeks
The various booths which have been
claiming so much attention since the
opening of the exhibition could not
even command a word of commenda-
tion yesterday, except, of course, the
Sunbright's booth.
This was headquarters for exhibitors
and the awards were made from there.
The youngest baby in the show was
two weeks old. A little girl was car
rying it around and some stepped up to
ask some questions.
"Is that a Sunbright's baby?" asked
the woman of the child.
mo, it's girl" innocently responded
the youthful nurse.
There were four pairs of twins and
the judges had a merry time trying to
decide which one deserved the first
prize. 1t was finally awarded to Fred
erick and Karl Durheim, two fine lit
tie fellows living at 2425 South Ver-
mont. They were 20 months of age and
both had blue eyes.
Anther pair of beautiful twins were
the children of Mrs. Allan Durand of
1885 Montrose avenue. These children,
Jean and Jeanette, were 81 months of
age and fine babies though they did
not look much like twins. One had
brown eyes and the other gray and
Jean was larger than Jeanette and
more beautiful, but the mother proudly |
announced that Jeanette was the smart |
est even if Jean was the best looking.
Hard Task for Judges
There were forty possible points in
the contest and the babies were judged |
from four different standpoints. Ten |
points were given for health, ten for |
good looks, ten for intelligence and ten |
for disposition. In most contests |
Judges think they have a hard task try
ing to find out which is the most beau
tiful baby in a show, but in this one |
the Judges had four times that amount |
of work.
They were three young women, grad |
uate nurses, and they appeared in their |
white uniforms and caps. Miss Ger
VI TIE CdlIlOTUld nOSDlIdl,
Miss Charolette Barker of the Pacific
hospital and Miss NJ Scott, Hospital of |
the Good Samaritan. were the judges.
Little Margaret Lhoyd, the 9-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy B. |
Lhoyd was the winner of the first prize
She was q tiny blue-eyed golden haired |
girl who cooed at every one who came
near her and seemed bent upon making |
all her slaves. She wore little white |
with hI11n hnxuc nd 6n eIa o1
her dress were caught with blue. Her
mother was the most surprised and |
happy woman in all Los Angeles.
II knew had a pretty baby, but I |
never suspected she would take the
first prize" A diamond ring was babys |
award.
The second prize for girls was
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Massey of 522 |
ToWne avenue. This was a dark haired |