The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1910-11-11

WIRE TME RESULTS
FROM NEW ORLEANS
former Psscssssas cltlzsM May
Have Dssa One M ths
Prospective Victims
Of Mothers.

IN the New Orleans Times Demo
wat OF some days ago appeared edi.
.orIal comment Of the unique efforts
Of Two baby show judges In Breaux
Bridge, La, 10 escape the wrath Of
the disappointed mothers. A former
Pascasouliso, Hon. Jno X O'Dono-
hue, resides In the Louisiana town,
and his proverbiaI good nature tends
to the belief that be may have been
Induced 10 serve a. one OF the unfor.
tunate judges. II such Is the case,
the escape Of the judges Is charsc.
teristic Of bis resOufcefulness and will
prove interesting reading to his many
friends In this vicinity.
The Times. Democrat editorial Is
as follows:
A dispatch from Breaux Bridge,
published In this newspaper yester-
day morning and celebrating the
gratifying success Of the st Martin
parish fair, conveyed q suggestion
that should be welcomed by millions.
One OF the features OF the parish fair,
u appears, was q baby show. Two
prominent citizens Of Breaux Bridge,
10 = moment OF observation-disclosures or
under the promptings Of a well.de-
veloped and imperious sense Of duty,
consented to serve as judges. How
they met and mastered q crisis which
has overwhelmed thousands Of fellow
unfortunates caught 10 similar
soares OF circumstance, was related
BY the correspondent 10 these words:
Their decision will be wired from
New Orleans, where they we're COM
pelled to 20 on other business for .
few days"
At first glance one is tempted In
stantly to hall the device OF these re-
sourceful Louisianians as the complete
solution ofa problem that has trou-
bled the sons Of men since the intro.
duction Of the baby show. In the
past the baby show Judge has rendered
his verdict on the ground aud sought
safety in fight only after the ac-
cumulated wrath OF disappointed
motherhood burst over his head. Not
infrequently he bore with him in his
fight the mental or physical scars to
testify bis folly or his martyrdom. The
Breaux Bridge judges have escaped
scatheless, IL appears, BY seeking
refuge before the announcement OF
the prize infants and wiring home the
news from afar. Whether this new
safety device" Is absolutely efficient.
however, can only be determined BY
subsequent events. It depends upon
their reception when they finally con.
clude that the danger Is past and re-
turn home, and its adoption by the
great army OF American baby show
Judges will depend also upon the
length Of exile required to live down
We memory Of their unhappy ex
perience.
While the brevity OF the public
memory has passed into proverb, nc
zoe is rash enough, we hope, to At
Tempt to set limits to the remember
10y Of mothers whose darIIogs have
eeen declared, BY Implication, leel
oesutiful than the darlings OF othel
mothers. Time may soften the flrs'
poignant sting OF disappointment
~ whether 1t can quench the smold
Fiog resentments that linger In th'
.atefnal mind is yet TO Be proved
these ingenius gentlemen from
nseaux Bridge may fiatter themselve
9at they have robbed the game D
1oy'show Judging OF its terrors. bu
Hesuspect that : feeling Of uneasi
49, and trepidation viii seIse upol
Yen % they near their homes on th
ssaFn trip, however reassufipg hav
= the messages that lure then
~ 2 Their comfortable refuge 10 Ne,
]se'f brothers 10 misfortune. pasi
u Int aud prospective. may join i
nope, However, that the new ds
vii meet the severest tests an
e itself worthy OF geuers
os'cu. The baby show ID ! pel
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