The evening world., 1913-07-24
Red Headed, ToD-Head-
ed and All Other Kinds
Of Happy Pairs Make
Banner Day Of Races
for Purses Of Gold.
First AWards to Most
Nearly Perfect Children
to Be Made at Public
School No. 81, Brook
lyn, To.MorroW.

Twins. Red-headcd twins, tow-headed
twins. twins with raven locks. laughing
twins and eternaily hungry twins.
Twins. twins. twins!
Yesterday was the banner day for
twins In the Better Baby Contests that
are being conducted throughout the
city under the auspices Of The Evening
World and the Babies Welfare Asso-
ciation. At all the registration stations
twins were presented to be entered In
the competition. and In several . num-
bsr offsets made their appearance. In
variabiy the appearance Of twins to be
registered created Joy among the ON
cials. some Of whom were covsrtly In
favor Of sending out scouting parties to
round up all the twins In the neishbor-
hood. There certainly IL something very
engaging about twins.
WEST eide AGAIN LEADS IN
ACTIVITY.
Possibly the centre Of greatest activity
in registration was on the west side be-
tween Fourteenth and Forty-second
streets, where registration for the con-
test, which has been In progress but
three days. passed the +oo mark a-hying.
At all three stations In that district the
registration was UP to the mark set
upon the previous days, and the regis
tration officials. aware Of tho enthusi-
asm that has developed among mothers
In the various neighborhoods. predicted
that registration will continue unabated
until the last day for enrolment. July g.
The prise station OF this district. as
upon the preceding days, was that To-
Gated at the Diet Kitchen. No. 81 West
Forty-nrst street. to which proud NAM
mas. papas. big brothers and sisters
carried. led or wheeled nifty entries
for the judging and the prizes offered
by The Evening World. They ranged In
ages from babies In arms. close to the
minimum iipk OF three months. to kid.
dies five years old. and the registration
oficials were kept on the jump from
opening time until the hour Of closing
recording statistics concerning the en-
trants. There were several pairs Of
twins.
REp.heApEp TWINS SORROW
THE STATION.
At the Hudson Guild station. No. $Ss
West Twenty-seventh street, thirty-five
youngsters. including q pair OF the
cutest red-headed twins one could wish
to see, were registered The twins were
Samuel and Louis Golinski. twenty-three
months old. They liked the guild so
much that they insisted on remaining
throughout the afternoon. romping
about, seeming never to weary. and II
was q question who enjoyed It more.
the twins or the ladies in charge of
the registering. Two other particularly
husky speciments Of babyhood regis
tered here were Philip Thomas New
man. Q Board Of Health milk product
OF No. s23 Tenth avenue. and Michael
John O'Brien OF No. to7 West Twenty
fifth street. who Is but four months old
but tips the scales at the astonishing
weight Of twenty pounds.
Two sets of twins featured the reg
istration at the Board of Health MIX
Station registry place. No. Is Ninth ave.
nus. The total number for the after.
noon. including the twins. was thirty
seven.
A days registration Of eighteen
brought the total for the contest at the
Little Mothers Aid Association. No. 23d
Second avenue, up to 23a. This contest
has been In progress but little over q
week. Three sets Of twins were pre-