The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-29

The feature Of the opening day OF
the Interstate Fair was the Baby
Show which was held at three thirty
yesterday afternoon In the grand stand
at the race track. under the auspices
of the Daughters of Isabella. His Ex-
cellency, Governor Albert w. Gilchrist,
versity OF Florida and Charles H.
Simpson. of Santa Rosa County, act
ing as judges
Following are the Blue Ribbon Ba-
btes:
FIRST CLASS.
Prettiest baby up to six months old,
Daughters OF Isabella" Silver Cup
Ruby Louise Suggs, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joel Suggs, 1903 North Davis
street
Finest Baby UP to six months old,
sulky go-cart, donated by Marston and
Quina-Charles Loxley Ingham, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. s. e. Ingham.
SECOND CLASS.
Prettiest Baby up to one year. sill
yer cup, donated by Pyle's Jewelry
store-Katie Lucille Horne, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Horne, 40 East
Gadsden street.
Finest baby up to one year, shoes,
donated by the Brawner- -Riera Com
pany-John Henry Delmar, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Delmar, 1909 North
Davis street.
THIRD CLASS.
Prettiest baby up to two years. The
Pensacola Journal silver cup-James
Lamar Meek, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Edward Meek. 524 West Gar
den street.
donated by the Boston Shoe Store
Floyd A. Currie. Jr.. 1T North Sixth
avenue.
FOURTH CLASS.
Prettfest baby up to three years,
coat, donated by the Ready to- Wear
Store-Edna Claire Soule, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Soule, Of Camp
Walton, Fla.
Finest baby up to three years. hat,
donated by the John White Store
Charles Herman Villar, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas Villar, 500 North Alcaniz
street.
SPECIAL PRIZE.
For the prettiest and finest pair Of
twins. photos donated by Bells Studio
-Corlyn Julia and Annie Francesca
Johnson, daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. 1. Johnson.
To be Chief Executive of the state
requires wisdom allied to strength,
executive ability, superlative diploma
cy and administrative qualities Of the
highest order-but to be the Judge
at Baby Show!
But the Daughters of Isabella, in
picking their judges, showed the same
rare perception that they have always
displayed in their management OF the
prettiest exhibit at the Inter-S State
Fair-the Baby Show. And when to
His Excellency, Governor Albert w.
Gilchrist, they gave two lieutenants,
Professor c. X. McQuarrie Of the Uni
versity of Florida, and Mr.. Charles Fl.
Simpson, of Santa Rosa County, they
displayed more than tact-they show
ed business acumen. For Mr.. Simp-
son and Professor McQuarrie are
trained to see and to judge. It was
not the first time that any Of these
three gentlemen had appeared In such
a role, and IL all the babies did not
win prizes. it was not their fault-it
was simply because there we're not
enough prizes TO go round.
But there was not one baby sighted
for the Governor had seen to 1t,
with that r-sightedness that has
been such a factor in his political life,
that there was a gift from himself, for
every child at the Baby Show.
Nearly 100 Entered.
There were nearly one hundred ba-
bies entered, in the various classes,
and such babies! There were splen-
did, fine, big babies, and darling little
babies, and every one was a pretty
baby-and not a bad one among them.
And not a baby cried. Not even
when the Governor Of the state forgot
sometimes, absent-mindedly, just how
to hold them, or when Professor Nc
Quarrie, the only married man in the
trio of judges. called lovely girl
pretty boy-not even when Mr.. Simp
son, of the Arcadia Farms, kissed one
Of them. Not a single baby. cried.
Every baby and every mother was
smiling. What IL every baby could
not win a prize? Every baby deserv-
ed prize and Blue Ribbon, too
only there were not enough to go
round.
In explaining why there were two
bachelors and only one married man
in the trio of judges, Governor Gil
christ said: Its this way. A bache-
lor can be perfectly impartial He
will look at the babies from a judi
cial standpoint. But take a married
man, and nine times out of ten he
will say: There See that baby? He
looks just like my Ted And then
nothing will do but the baby that looks
like his Ted gets the Blue Ribbon.
That's the reason" said Governor
Gilchrist. that we have the system We
have-it checkmates McQuarrie. Each