The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15
Young Ladies Peeled Down to
Little Pink Hides.
TELL HOW TO RAISE THEM
Of Course Mothers All Know
How to Do It Anyway.
One Perfect Infant Has Been
Found, IT'S Said.

A whole flock of miniature Sep
TENDER Morns'' without the water and
mountainous background. Otherwise.
the second stanza of the better baby
contest as staged at the fair grounds
this morning Everybody got some
entertainment out of the show-that
II, everybody except the babies.
Babies ranging from four to eight
hands high, sound in wind and 1imb.-
particularly wind. and without q spav-
in or bIemish OF any kind, were peeled
down to their little pink hides and put
through some exercises that didn't
please them in the least. No one can
viewing with alarm, under the circum--
stances. Some Of the bowls were
howls OF outraged modesty. No young
lady, no matter how young, enjoys being
frisked of every stitch and then pass
ed to q strange man with two panes
of glass In his face and a handful of
strange and dangerous Instruments
Even the boys prefer to wear clothes
while in tho presence of company, and
file objections when they are thrown
down on pine board and measured
like a yard Of cloth.
dentially told q visitor that she. Did
mt kwy till mans tick he fingy in her
froat." But others didn't wait until
the throat inspection. They opened
up while the peeling process was going
on, and didn't close until after regular
hours.
However. the proud mammas have
a good time, If the kidlets do not And
the card index record of each-infant.
perchance 1t il a satisfactory record
bad with that family for the rest of
his life. will be carefully preserved In
the family album, along with the
photograph taken of baby right after
the show.
Do Yells weigh?
There was some controversy among
detached male spectators this morning.
as to when a baby weighs most. One
man, q tall man with a wart on his
nose, offered to bet that baby weighs
more just before pulling an awful hol-
Ter. That yell weighs about pound
and q half" insisted this person. who
claimed to know all about baby cul-
gets it out of his system he will be
that much lighter" However, the
question is still debatab1e. as most OF
the babies had relieved themselves of
the big war-whoop before they reach
ed the Weighing stage of the proceed
ure.
The favorite wailihg place seemed
to be the measuring board. where
Friend Infant was thrown on his
round side and tho foot and head
O081QS OF 1ne nara COUCH IS1SaCOPCO
to determine his length. None of them
seemed to enjoy that. Another severe
nerve test was when doctor ap-
proached the chee-fld with q pair of
shiny calipers to measure his noble
brow.
Signs Tell Takes.
In the corner where the babyfest IL
being held the walls are covered with
signs and diagrams telling the mothers
how to raise their babies. OF course
each mother knows that anyway, but
the signs are rather artistic, and the
gallery gets some entertainment from
reading them.
Find q Perfect Baby.
The wild endeavor to locate the per-
feet babies Of Topeka which Is being
made at the fair grounds in the arts
building by a half hundred physicians
and surgeons and dentists and almost
as many nurses continues to be one
Of the biggest drawing cards at the
state fair.
And it is whispered about among the
nurses and those in charge Of the con-
test that a perfect baby has been
found. In fact, the women in charge
of the contest say that the Topeka
youngsters are proving far better than
the average In addition to the perfect
baby being found the examination
blanks show that few of the babies
fall below 80 per cent as to being per-
feet A large number OF the babies
THAT have been examined are averaging
above SO per cent
According to those in charge of the
contest the girls are making higher