The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-18
THE BABY SHOW

The sweet, appealing faces of beau
tiful babies of all ages, sizes and sex,
and the happy and proud mothers
combined to make the armOry a most
pleasant place on Saturday afternoon.
The only thing that marred the after
noon was the intense heat, which
made some of the children and grown
people, too, fretful before the after
noon was over.
There were babies in carriages, ba-
bies in groups and clusters, babies in
bevies and companies and battalions,
and all were as handsome and lovely
as little tots can be. There were tiny
infants, blush1ngly unassuming, ba-
bies of year of age or more and ba-
bies big and beautiful in the full vigor
of infancy.
The admission price was ten cents
which entitled each person to one
vote for the most popular baby. Mrs.
Standley and Mrs. Packham acted as
doorkeepers.
The judges for the handsomest and
prettiest babies were strangers,
guests at the Ocala House, who left
on the midnight train for their home
Mr.. c. L. Bittinger acted as master of
ceremonies and Mr.. 2. c. ChambIiss
had charge of the balloting for the
most popular baby, and Mr.. Ditto as
sisted them in counting the ballots.
Master Cornelius Winston received
the prize for the most popular baby
This prize was a handsome silver
spoon, presented by Mr.. Allen Bridg-
es.
The prize winning babies were as
follows;
In class No Babies up to the age
of one year-Calvin McGahagin, son
of Mr. and Mrs George McGahagin,
a toilet set, donated by Tydings &
Co.
Second-Mamie Sue Spencer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Spen-
Ger, baby cap, donated by Mr. NJ
Frank.
In class No. 2-Babies from one to
three years of age-Frances Lummus, |
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. |
Lummus, set of gold pins, donated by |
Mr.. A. E. Burnett.
SecOnd-Mary Guerrant, daughter |
of DR.. end Mrs. E. P. Guerrant, silver |
spoon, donated by Rheinauer & Co.
In class No. 3-Babies from three |
to five years-Maybelle McAteer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harris Nc
ateer gold ring, donated by G. S. |
Scott & Son.
Second-William Kenneth Stroman,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Stroman,
silver knife. fork and spoon, donated
by Mr.. Clarence Camp.
The handsome little Meffert twins
were presented with beautiful silver
spoons. donated by the Kings Daugh-
ters. These little twins were tremen-
dOusly admired and had to be brought
TO the stage several times.
Cake and lemonade was sold dur
ing the afternoon, Mrs. McConathy
serving at one lemonade bowl and
Mrs. GOttlieb at the other At the
cake table Mrs. Van Hood, Mrs John
Taylor and Miss Anne Nixon served.
Mrs. c. L. Bittinger, president of
the Kings Daughters. worked very
faithfully for the success of the baby
show, and assisting her during the
afternoon Saturday and all of the
time were Mesdames Van Hood, =. r.
Moorhead. G. s. Scott, George Davis,
Ed Carmichael E. L. Carney and
Of others.
Misses Mary Phillips, Nellie Colt
heb and Sara Davis played number
OF piano selections during the after
noon. which added immensely to the
medley of sounds.
The Times Union sent as a prize
for this baby show a handsome little
ring This was awarded to the moth
er having the most babies in the baby
show. This proved to be Mrs. L.
James knight, who was present with
her thee lovely little boys.
All of the prize winning babies
were placed on the stage, and they
were indeed a wonderfully beautiful
and handsome group of children. |
The baby show was likewise a
splendid financial success.