The evening world., 1913-07-26
FIRST AWARDS ARE MADE
. IN C|Ty.W|DE BABY CONTEST:
+. Z. FOUR GET MONEY PRIZES
Twenty-Five Other Youngsters in
, One of the Brooklyn Districts OBJ
. tain Honorable Mention in the
,.. Evening World Competition.

The nrst o: The Evening Worlds
city.wide baby contests was decided
yesterday in the district Of which
Public School No. 81 Of Brooklyn .
the centre. Money prizes were award.
Cd 10 four Of the babies and ribbons
and honorable mention were given to
TWENTY-FIVE others.
d Not one Of the four frst prize win.
ners fell below 80 per cent. Little Miss
Margaret Coulter. four years old. car
ried away the honors with percentage
Of -,
Even the mothers OF babies whose
percentage did not reach quite as high
~ that Of the most nearly perfect
children examined during the contest
enjoyed the afternoon to the fullest.
After hearing illuminating talks on the
care Of infants all went forth with the
feeling that the contest had been OF
inestimable value In teaching mothers
HIGH STANDARD OF NEW
works. WONDERFUL BABIES.
The examination card of little Miss
Coulter, laughing. faxen-haired yourg-
stee Who evidenced the keenest pride
In her triumph. being the only one OF
thu quartet old enough to realize what
II was all about. showed that Just one
slight defect was apparent. This was
minor defect In the position Of the
eyes. and In introducing little Mrs Coul-
:, ter and awarding the prize-a bank book
with q nest egg deposit Of SIS donated
by The Evening world-Dr. Roger II.
bennett observed that IL he had exam
ined the little girl he doubted whether
he would have charged that small de-
feet against her. With the exception
Of tho position OF the eyes the child
was perfect IN every way-!n health.
dispo sition, formation and the various
other attributes that make up the per-
feet baby.
Two price winners attained Q per-
scentage Of oS.5. one OF these in one
way proved the most Interesting baby
entered In the contest, for she was a
Founding. Her name Is Mary Gladys
Reilly. and she Is now eighteen months
old. She was adopted six months ago
by Miss Catherine Reilly Of No. 672 LIN
x coin road, Brooklyn. after spending the
first year Of her life In the New York
Founding Asylum. She received the
blue ribbon in Glass 3. for babies be-
tween the ages OF eighteen months and
three years. and a bank account OF SIS.
TlNiEsr PRIZE WINNER GETS
... HIGH SCORE.
The other baby reaching the high peg.
centage OF 9s.5 was also the tiniest prize
winner Of the contest. and she displayed
but passing interest In what was going
on. This child was Sarah Allen Cart
lands. the three-months-oldd daughter OF
Nc. and Mrs. Edward Gartlands Of No.
"a: Maple street. Brooklyn. She de-
ci,ned to have anything TO do with the
bank book when 1t was presented to her.
Enthusiastically giving the impression that
she had no desire or use for money.
Even when the blue ribbon emblematic
u first honors was tied about her sleeve
abe looked at it with supreme uncon-
cssn.
The only things that prevented little
Miss Reilly and the Gartlands baby from
receiving a perfect score were, in the
case Of the former. little under stand
ard circumference Of the abdomen. and.
In the case OF the lNter, "ea" s"Sh9y
under standard size.
A head not quite symmetrical and
chsst not quite largo enough prevented
Ne winner of the class for babies be-
tween the age Of nine and eighteen
months from perfect score. This win
nSr was Charles Milton. eleven months
old, son OF Carmlne Milton. Of No. 37
Brooklyn avenue, Brooklyn. His per-
ces,tage was IS.
e GET HONORABLE MENTION
AND RIBBONS.
D, Throuehout the long list OF babies
entered In the contest n high percentage
Of perfection was found. no less than
twenty-five babies between the ages of
three months and five years scoring
more than IS per cent and receiving