Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-30

A decade of years in their rapid flight has rolled round since the people
of Wildwood inaugurated a parade devoted exclusively to the interests and
welfare of the children. So popular have proved these juvenile pageants
that the event is looked forward to each year as the leading feature of all of
Wndwood's public demonstrations. Universal satisfaction seems to prevail
this year with the work of the judges in passing on the merits of the entrants
and in awarding the prizes, amounting this season to S4Io, all payable in
gold. The prizes were offered under l. casdfcaions. asf follows:
Glass A-The pretiest baby, not over two years of age.
Class B-The pretheat baby from two to six years of age.
Glass C-The latest baby
Glass D-The ceverest twins.
Glass Fancy costumes, from two to six years of age.
Glass Fancy costume, from seven to twelve years of age.
Glass Comic costumes, from six to twelve years of age.
Glass H-Cnaracter costumes, from five to twelve years of age.
Glass Family groups.
Glass Most artsicany decorated Baby Coach.
Class K-Mos Arisdcany Decorated float.
Glass best patriotic float.
With but one exception, there we're three prizes offered in each class or
group: A first prize of $40; a second prize of $40, and a third of S.; the
total award for each elias being SIS. The exception to this arrangement
was in the last class (class u. Only me prize was awarded in this class,
and the amount offered for the best patriotic float was S25.
Two hundred and eightyone entrance cards we're issued, registering
not less than $50 children, ETC., as competitors for. the various prizes. In
Guiding the members of the band, officials and attendants of the children
fully 600 persons marched in the parade on Thursday afternoon, August "a,
1918. The formation took place in the old Casino arcade, and the line of
march from this point of rendezvous was around to the Cedar avenue ap-
proach to the boardwalk; then east to the angle where the Cedar avenue
part of the great wooden way intesecs with the main section. The pageant
was carried north on the boardwalk to the Ocean Pier, where the process
sion ended. Dense crowds of people were massed all along the route OF the
parade Trolos Crest Pier band furnished the music for the occasion.
President Robert J. Kay, of the Wildwood Board of Trade, and G. H.
Huppert, chairman of the boards committee o entertainment, marched in
the val of the procession in company with Wldwoods City Commissioners
Mrs Roland Corson, the direcress of the carnival, was also in the lead of
the parade. A short distance behind the band appeared the big civic float
bearing the queen of the carnival, S. Marie Huppert, and her two atten-
dants, Natalie Holmes and Caroline Remcke, the former athred in a pari-
otto manner to represent Miss England, and the latter Miss France. The
queen herself vas clad in appropriate garments and decorations to imper-
senate the American Goddess of Liberty. The selection of the queen of
this tenth annual baby carnival and her attendants W as effected in the GUS
tomary way by the casting of ballots There were only four candidates in
the field, the contest for the positions resulting as follows: Miss HuppertI
received 14,4oI votes; Miss Holmes, 1854; Miss Remcke, 5000, and
Helen GeSenberger 7o62. The canvass for votes began on Saturday,
August 10th, and ended on Tuesday evening, the goth inst, at go. The
counting of the ballots took place the same evening in the Bureau of Inor-
nation room on the boardwalk Miss Huppert, having received the high
oct Dumhar f votoc ha~oua+ III 1,aao III to .-=I - A. 49, .--~I
women having the next largest number of votes we're elected to act as atten-
dants to the queen. The browning of the queen occurred on Wednesday