The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-31
BABYLAND

mt Friday was q grand and gloriou
Mrs. Frank Haynes assisted b,
HITS Orme CT New Orleans, who wer,
wtronesses of the affair were in at
Mendance and by their gracious pres
sence lent additional dignity and hon
E TO the occasion. Their presence
wzs appreciated the more because
Hrs Haynes who is a most devoted
mother has been remaining at homt
fnr some time past On account of the
Illness of her young SON AS heI
at the Carnival was evident
Nv an effort for assisting a worthy
cause and effort, it was highly ap'
arRciated by the management.
There we're over two thousand peo-
gle IA attendance in the afternoon
Ard babies as dainty and winsome
=aHE as numerous as the daisies of the
aEEeM DIP to the very last moment and
In TACT after the hour for closing lists
EEua arrived, entries were demanded
ER new arrivals who had just heard
IL the splendid prizes offered and
EESShed to swell the lists of competi-
{ asrs I'm fact after the judges were
| h1asyrMithkIhHir decisions ladies press
( I'd to the foot-o the sage to request
N they might enter their babies,
hR dt0 be refused much to the regret
sE the management. But in this as
I'm all things the management did ex-
ATTY as advertised to- do and made
ma exceptions to the rules laid down
Er ALL The management is to be
highly recommended for the most
-aSsSA Squa1e," just and impair
kEaI management ever given I an al
fair of the kind either here ore else
.Rhere.
zehe Judges were selected from
rxIsests hf the hotels at he last mo-
Sulent ST that no previous KnoWleoge
the children or their parentage
uereuld be had. They were from diner
ant localities themselves. SO mat no
&s4te preference could exist. a So
git. L. A musical artist: a mill
nll-af. All prominent people
when at home. Their position was
cine not to be enVied, but the they &C
{ SHIFTED themselves with honesty non
w-afed di@lity.
The deciding of the prize III
-zs a difficult task for the reason
that not only was every BABY enter
SD deserving and attractive enough
Ear a prize winner but a baby VINO
might take the prize one hour might
mt perhaps the next, because a DaDy
who is tired and sleepy twists its lit
Tie face up into all kinds of Fuckers
that abe MOI as pretty, n a timld
baby. who doesn't know that the
MhOIe world is hanging or the fact
zaf its looking pleasant THAT very
minute sees the, crowds of strang
80 o0,1rCn nI1aRorC nm ifC
EtIe face in fright. Another baby
has just Weakened out of a good a
and feels bright and fresh and dim
pies at the judges and beams upon
akhe world at large. Of course the
xets the prize. In an hour the facts
.EEEght be reversed and the irts baby
.hecome the smiling one and the prize
SE1aAer
ReeI babies of the first unclassifed
Hxntries were all such perfect darlings
Akat il was only after long ~consulta-
xfIoa that the judges could come to
nuhing like a decision and it was
aDJ the fact that they really MUST
&ze so that kept them from being
landing there yet gazing at the array
I Little blossoms. The babies had
been sorted into classes and then re-
+Ehsed till there eemed to be nc end
h1 tn lists or prizes. There were
WE6zes for the blond babies; the bru-
Wa babies; the one with reddest hair,
1F longest, the shortest, the young
ex, IAe heaviest weight, the Eightest
weight; The youngest with teeth the
sz51dest without teeth; the bald headed
baby. Then the twins and triplets.
Nor was the mother forgotten for
ahEre was also a prize for the moth
8sT with the largest family.
This last prizes was given to the
nTEher Of the triplets, as she had
1n Ewins and four children younger
IKE Mhe Ii tie girls who stood up
Three IN a ! w and whose names were
Bessie, Bss:e and Tessfe.
y list of the prize winners is given
BE10zT
Margaret McWhirter, Francis
@~Esna23sby, Frodus Stepp, Dixie GULL,
Virginia TTyford, Keith Hartsford,
pEEIherine Holt Cox, M. B. Byers.
Margaret ,1hnson, Henrietta Flood,
BxsaBgU S+epp, Keith Hartsfield,
SEhar ~ = Ter, Catherine Penland,
law "9ce E*a1, Rea. Kathleen Brooks.
@E1EsS Ha-dl~e en- Brooks two prizes.
EsHsa- IL Youngest and one for the
@&tEOrt L. Ma garet McWhirter anoth-
eGSUi seron l prize for her birthday
GT5mIJS TIE. nearest the date of the
@GSarniral, fEust 25.The judges were
MH- William Hampton Nixon of
EE6T1eSton. T-dwin R. Hart of Wash
R3Toa: D. C., r. H Pinckney of Staun-
o Military School, Va.
The voting contest for Queen and
KING ran fast and furious at the last
and competition proved close. A
gentleman who was a stranger but
said he lived in South Carolina was
called up from the audience to assist
IN counting the votes and when the
announcement was made of the result
this gentleman held the locked box
nm his hands and the announcement
was made that if any one present was
mot fully satisfied as to the result of
the count they could come forward
and count it for themselves as the