Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-06
BABIES GALORE
At EXPOSITION
Babies Are to Be q Great At.
traction to Be Held in This
City This Fall

All proud parents OF peTleCl DaOloo
and perish the thought that there
are any other in the great state OF
North Dakota-are herewith formally
and publicly notified that there will
be something doing in the baby line
at the Third State Industrial Exppsi-
ton on the afternoon Of Friday, DC
tober 10, 1913, at the Exposition
building.
On that day will be held the great
est congress of iuvenility ever gath
cred together under II roof in this
great commonwealth, when all babies,
from six months to three years OF
age, whose parents are citizens Of tle
state Of North Dakota, will have the
opportunity of c~ontesting in friendly
competition for the handsome cash
prizes offered by the Exposition man
agement. - r, ,I.,.. f,
Everybody has heard Of the North
Dakota baby. He or she has been
praised in prose and lauded in poetry;
recorded by the camera and handed
down for the admiration of noted ar
lists. 1t has even been said that the
vocal manifestations of robust lung
power. which finds expression in the
matutinal call for nourishment, the
midnight alarm for a similar reason,
Or simply spontaneous appreciation
of the mere joy of living, have been
exactly reproduced by means of that
wonderful invention that has helped
make Edison famous.
The fame of our babies has gone
far beyond the limits of the state and
has doubtless aroused the jealousy OF
less favored maternity in the effete
east and hookworm infested south.
We hear OF baby contests in those
benignted regions, and smole as we
realize what those babies might have
been had they been privileged to first
see the world in North Dakota.
Only one little cloud exists that
prevents Jul superiority in babylon
over the rest of the universe, and
that is that we have never yet held
"a statewide elimination contest hay
ing for its object the selection of
the one absolutely and transcendent-
ally perfect infant of all the
magnificent specimens within our Dor
ders. n
Manager Gilbreath has conceived
the idea of settling this question be.
You'd all further cavil. Hence the
great Baby Exhibit, and, inasmuch as
the statewide character Of the state
exposition gives to it a thoroughly
representative character, the winners
in the various classes announced for
competition in the Exposition Premi-
UNI List will be known as the 1913
champions of North Dakota, a title to
cOnjure With-to strive fOr-and TO
be proud OF when won.
Training should commence at once.
But little more than a month has yet
to elapse before the Exposition opens
it's doors, on October 18th. Mothers
should Immediately write for a pre-
MUM list and carefully study the
method of entry and conditions of this
epoch-marking contest. Some have
already commenced active work, and
in many homes the infant substitutes
for the skipping rope, punching bag
and alcohol rub, are prominently in
evidence. Rumors'of two dark horses
to borrow racing phraseology--re-
siding close to each other on upper
Sixth street, and the existence Of in
tense rivalry and weird preparatory
stunts have reached the department
by wireless, and while these reports
may be exaggerated, nevertheless the
remarkable increase in demand for
Mellen's, Borden's Horlick's and 9th
err favorite brands of milk foods GER
tainly lends color to current gossip.
Prizes will be announced from the
Exposition Auditorium platform Sat
urday, October 18th. DO not fail to
be present at that time, when the
names of the new championships
haps your own little One-will be an
nounced.