The San Francisco call., 1910-06-14
JUDGES ARE BUSY
PICKING The BEST
Sixty Infants Go to Prove That
Club Women Are Not Be-
hind the Times

The ioudest feminine yeIls for liberty
and self-rule ever heard under the
suffragette banner in this city filed the
rooms of the Votes for Women club in
Sutter street yesterday afternoon when
the assembled women gathered around
a miniature poll and dropped their votes
into the ballot box in the name of the
ticket they favored. The occasion was
the baby show of the children of suf-
fragettes, and the voting was for the
five most attractive children of the. so
or so rosy, chubby tots entered.
KIDS ARE PLENTIFUL
Before p. m. the youngsters began
to arrive, and by 3 3-oclock it was YER
liable noisy Babyland with tears and
laughter mingled. From months to
years they ranged in age, and in their
stiff1y starched dresses or effective cos
tunes they made a bright and charm
ing picture. There was picturesque
little cowboy present in full equipment
even to the formidable revolver in his
belt, and little maid in Irish costume
who danced Jig or two; there was a
dear little German peasant maid and a
fisher lass with her basket on her back;
there was young America in red, white
and blue, and small Spanish dancer in
vivid red, with tambourine almost as
big as her wee self, and then there
were besides all the babies, big and lit
tie, in just their Sunday best and look
ing their sweetest.
It was a suffragette meeting but the
coming masculine genera ton was pres
ent, too, in full force to lend its sup
port, and so it was that the voting was
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either sex, as the individual taste of the
the chief features of the afternoon.
each grownup present donating one
or more nickels to the cause.
VOTES FOR BABIES
1.-The only votes we sell are baby
votes" Miss Selma Solomons. who pre-
sided over the baby show, explained,
"and this will teach the women how to
vote, as voting is bound to come in
California. Walk UP, to the ballot box
and drop in your vote-five for S
cents
The object of the ballot was for the
obtaining of a popular vote to help the
Judges decide on the prizes to be
awarded before the close of the affair.
wednesday afternoon. There will be
three sets of these prizes. The first,
for the finest and healthiest baby en-
tered not necessarily the prettieSt,
will be a beautiful dress from Schon-
wasser's.
The second viii be a canopy Of lace
and silk for a crib or childis bed. The
first prize for the performers and cos
tunes will be a large, handsome doll,
donated by Magnin's, or some suitable
toy for a boy. and there will be various
minor prizes of toys and sweets and
honorable mention. Just who will win,
of course, it is impossible to tell so far
in advance.
TWO FRoMGUATEMALA
There were two dear little Guate-
malans entered yesterday, George Jo-
seph and Adela Joaquina Rubio, who
sneak Spanish as huently as they do
English There was one set of bright
eyed laughing twins, Lillian and Pauline
Wilson. and babies in arms and on foot,
each deserving of a prize of some kind.
Mildred Jones, Eleanor Santa Cruz and
William Schlitz were among the chill
dren who danced and sang during the
afternoon, and afterward grownups and
young gsters enjoyed tea and cake, crack
ers and milk, before vending their
hon1eyard way. The baby show will
continue this afternoon, and tomorrow
the awarding of the prizes will take
place at o'clock.
The judges are:
DR.. Mary Mlott Mrs. Mary AcHenry