The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-01
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Just to prove there 10 an exception to
every rule II you work hard enough to
make the exception. Mrs. Margaret Nc
Cormack Of No. 20 East T,!enty.sixth
street entered a two month"; old baby
yesterday In the contest being con-
Quoted by The Evening World and the
Babies Welfare Association. when the
minimum age limit 10 three months.
Miss Hawkins. the secretary Of the
Little Mothers AID Association. At No.
23s Second avenue. tried to point out
to Mrs. Mccormack that three months
was the minimum age limit. but Mrs.
Mccormack would have none Of the ex-
PLANTATION. She had brought little Leslie
Leslie 10 . girl-and Leslie was going
to enter the contest And Leslie did.
Perhaps the fact that the determined
mother had another baby. Vivian. aged
sixteen months. to enter. helped her
have her way. Anyway. she insisted
that the averag. age Of her two en-
trants. nine months. would let then
qualify. and she won.
BY the same peristency the Green
wlch Village contest. which II not
scheduled to open until Aug. II, when
the mothers Are invited to bring their
babies to Greenwich house. at No. %
Jones street. there to compete for The
Evening Worlds hfty dollars in gold.
got an unofficial opening. The would
be entrant, a healthy. chubby little
black girl. arrived In the arms Of Its
young mother at the headquarters Of
the Little Mothers Aid. The mother
was somewhat disappointed at being
told she would have to wait almost
two weeks to enter her little prise win
ner, but she was happy to know that
she could enter It. And win q prize?
In her mind. and in the minds Of those
only q matter Of time.
hcT DAYS KEEP ENTRIES IN
CONTEST DOWN.
To return to the Little Mothers. Only
fourteen babies were registered In the
contest yesterday. The heat OF the az
ternoon. following two other hot days.
kept the registration down. and those
In charge were glad that only fourteen
mothers had braved the unpleasant
weather to start after the prizes. But
with even this small registration the
total number Of entries was brought up
u 3l6. with the time for registration not
more than half over. Entries close on
Aug. Is.
Among the many interesting things
brought to light In connection with the
contest by Miss Hawkins. secretary Of
the Little Mothers. was the fact that .
pair Of posthumous twins II entered for
the prizes. They are Elizabeth and
Mary Ersing. Ave months old. and as
lusty a pair Of youngsters as one could
wish. They are the children of Mrs.
Rose Erslng OF No. 5l4 East Fourteenth
street. Their father died some time be-
fore their birth. MISS Hawkins Is con-
fident that II one Of the little Ersings
should win . prise It would have to be
q double. for the little girls are ~ much
alike as two peas in q pod.
And here Is good news for the mothers
big and little. On Aug. 8 DR.. Rudolph
d. Moffett. Of No. sSs Park avenue. will
lecture to them at No. 2as Second ave-
another In the series Of talks conducted
by the Little Mothers Aid Association
in connection with The Evening Worlds
and the Babies Welfare Association
| contests.
CONTEST ENTRIES ARE CLEAN
KEPT LOT.
More than anything else the unusual
cleanliness of the babies entered In the