The evening world., 1913-07-21
EUenng Worlds and Babies Welfare Associations
Great City Vide Series Of Better Babies Contests
West Side Enters Prize Baby Contests
With Three Stations for Registration
Sir Races for Gold Awavds
and Championship I'll
tie Nos0 On-Many Sets
Of TUins Entered, and
TripIefs Are Invited.

This 10 Baby Day in New York-Baby
Day on the east side Baby Day on
the west side and Baby Day In Brook
iyn.
The races are on-six Of them. all ct
onoe-for the worth while t1tle Of New
York's finest baby.
Up to date eight hundred Riddles are
in the race. and svsry one Of them is
going strong.
Eight sets Of twins are out for rec
orda each Of the two-tosethers carry
ing . double stock Of hope. Before the
big contest 10 over groups Of tr!plets
may be running well UP In front. And
there's nothing to prevent as many
quadruplets ~ care to have nrst class
prises added TO their other good points.
For In q few weeks the Better Babies
Contests organised by The Evening
World and the Babies Welfare Asso.
citation will be in full blast In every
section Of all the boroushs. The tots
Of every part Of the city will be given
. chance for glory and The Eveninl
Worlds money prizes.
THREE CENTRES START IN RACE
TOGETHER.
To-day at . p. NJ. registration for
| entrants opens at three centres in the
district bounded by Fourteenth and
Forty-second streets. Fifth avenue and
Hudson River. According to the oflicers
of the Chelsea Neighborhood Associa.
ton in direct charge Of tha contests
baby carriages must be given the rish,
OF way to-day In the big district. Tive
weeks ago the association issued Q
notice to mothers to prepare theil
children for the race and they haven
required a second hint. They're out tt
win first prize for the west side.
| Details Of these contests are pub
lished In another part OF this page.
Registrations for the Little Mothers
Aid race at No. 23s Second avenue will
go on to-day. At this centre two hun
dred tots are already in the running.
I'VE are going to keep on Registering
daily. except on Saturdays and Sun
days" said Miss Watkins. the secre
tary. until August Is. and We look 70
half a thousand little beauties to vii
the leading prizes for the east side
Our district extends from Seventh l.
Twenty.eighth street and from FIT
avenue to the East River. and II In
cludes all nationalities."
22o ENrRANTs so FAR u
BROOKLYN CONTESTS.
over at the Playground Associatio
OF School No. Ia. Brooklyn. the cor
test Is booming.
We have two hundred and twsnt
entries so far" said Principal Coz
land by July q. when registratio
closes. we should have a couple of hur
dred more. The best feature OF tn
race 10 the interest OF the mothers.
know my baby is not standard. man
OF them say, but at the end OF 81
months expect It to win an Improve
ment prize That Is where the rei
value of these contests asserts Itself.
In the meantime who won The Eve
ming Worlds prizes?' Is the Questio
being asked In the +06 Brooklyn homo
which entered as many Riddles In tn
first big race. These hopefuls have a
been Judged by the committee OF phys
clans and In q few days the Board I
Health will announce through The Ev'
ming World the list OF winners. hmm,
diatsly afterward another contest wi
start IN this district. Of which Publ