The evening world., 1913-07-23
About 1000 Youngsters
Competing in Six Con-
tests in Manhattan and
Brooklyn, With Entry
Books Not Closed Yet.
Chelsea District Looms
Up Strong, With Green.
vich Village Demand.
ing a CONTEXT for Ns
Osun Babies.

In spits Of unusual heat and other
conditions that would tsnd to prevent
an Increase. there was MARKEDLY larger
registration yesterday at the three new
stations Of the baby contest that started
on the west side between Fourtssnth
and Forty.sscond streets Monday.
singiy and In families youngsters were
brought to the stations In an unendins
stream from the time registration be-
gan, and at the hour Of closing.
o'clock. there were still babies to b
entered at ali three stations.
The total number entered during the
afternoon was lSl. which 10 eleven more
than on the previous. opening. day. and
those In charge united In predicting that
to-day's registration will be larger still
From all parts Of the city there are
coming demands for the opening Of
Better Baby Contests organised BY The
Evening World and the Bat.ss' Welfare
Association. and every day gives In
creasing promise of keen competition
for the cha mpionship title and the money
trophies that will 90 TO the most nearly
perfect babies.
NiNE-pAV-oLp INFANT BARRED
FROM CONTEST.
The banner district Of the west side ID
st,ll that between Thirty-fourth and
Forty-second streets, the registration
station for which Ii the Diet Kitchen.
No. ~ West Forty-lrst street. Yester-
day afternoon sixty-eight babies were
enrolled In the contest In that district
a. against fifty-seven the day before.
While the registration was In progress
the tiny. immaculate ONCE was filled
with proudly beaming mothers and pink
bits Of humanity ranging In age from
three months, tho minimum age ad'
mltted, to five years. One woman. un'
der the impression that all ages were
eligible. brought q baby that was but
nine days old. and was sorely dissp'
pointed when told the babe could not bs
entered. So were the .reg!strstion Of
ncers, for the infant was A. swsst bi'
OF a baby az one would wish to see.
On the day before at thi, station II
was noticed that many proud daddie,
brought babies to the station to be reg
istered. but yesterday only mother. biz
brother or sister appeared. This oc-
casloned some mystihcation. but a solu'
ton was found In the fact that yester'
day was a day Of excursions In the
neiRhborhood. This fact was also used
to explain why q greater Increase II
| registration was not shown.
TOO HOT FOR RUSH OF BABIES
TO Register.
A siiRht decrease In registration wa,
found At the Hudson Guild station. No
&3s West Twenty seventh street. On tn
previous day forty-three babies wer
entered there. but yesterday only thirty
.evsn were brought In. Mrs. A. M. Car
roll. who has chage of this station. At
tributsd this falling on TO the intens
heat.
'rhs mothers OF our neighborhood
YOU know, are becoming very scientin
In the raising Of their babies" said Mri
carroll, "and many Of them don't lik
"a take their babies In the sun At q
on .uch an afternoon as this. There ar
going to be Q lot more entered prett
soon. however. and We expect To sprin
.ome surprises In the way Of chan
pionship babies"
One Of the entertaining Incidents
the afternoon at the Hudson Guild sta
tom was in the form Of a one-act SKI
that might be entitled THE Photograph
ing OF Alice Leonard" Alice is min
months old and she didn't take kindl
} 70 the idea Of being snapshottted. eve
when John Wolf. twenty months ole
} robert Bradon. fourteen months oil