The sun., 1919-08-18
BABY SHOW is HELD
ON ARMY TRANSPORT.
113 Brides, 81 Infants and
2,153 Troops Arrive by
Cap Finisterre.
DANCE HELD EVERY DAY
Calamares and President Grant
Also Bring Soldiers
From France.

In addition to staging the only baby
show ever held on the high seas. the
officsrs' Of the transport Cap Finisterre.
which arrived ut Hoboken yesterday.
organised a cabaret and orchestra viii ch
performed every evening for the benz NJ
of the army and navy brides aboard.
Besides 2.153 officers and men Of shs
American Expeditionary Forces and 100
welfare workers. the Cap Finistorre
brought ninety-five sailors wives. oigh-
teen soldiers wives and twenty one
babies. Twenty other brides were sched-
uled to sail on the vessel but had to be
left behind on account OF the limited
FIRST class accommodations.
Commander II. r.. McCrery. the trans
ports skipper arranged the baby show
and had the contest decided by vote of
all the first class passengers, a master
stroke of ingenuity which distributed
the responsibility and avoided casual
ties.
Prizes of IS for first ana So for sec
ond places were awarded In each of the
classes into which the entries were
divided. The classification was based
years-and prizes were awarded for the
most beautiful and best behaved babies.
COnsul's BABY Wins Prise.
Helen Cox, daughter OF Mrs. Phyllis
Cox and Seaman Oral Edward Cox.
whose home port Is lola, Kan, was a
double winner In the younger class.
while the most beautiful child over 3
years was adjudged to be Eldridge
Hathaway. son of Vice-Consul Charles
Hathaway, Jr.. Of Cleveland. Ohio. on
leave from his post at Queenstown, Ire
land. Three-year-old Nancy Pickering.
daughter of Lieut. Commander and Mrs.
Nelson W. Pickering. won first prize In
the other event In this class
The cabaret was organized the day
after the transport left Brest, on the
petition Of the assembled brides. II. c.
Greene. pharmacists mate. was as
signed to the duty Of organising an or
chestra, and he found two violinists. a
'cellist. a pianist and a banjo -ukelele
player among the army and navy per-
sonnet. A piece OF hardwood board
served as a drum and two German shells
pounded out nat made an excellent pair
81 cymbals, while a six centimetsr shell
did duty as a cowbell.
The centre OF the main saloon was
used for dancing The entertainments
ended with a special programme the last
night out, which began al 3 in the after
noon and lasted until after midnight
Northumberland L. w. John
son. the ships surgeon. had a busy time
on the voyage. He performed ive op-
erations, including two for appendicitis
and only one patient was unable to walk
down the gangpiank when the shiI
locked. He was Cal z. Patterson Of
Phillipsburg. ". j.. one Of the appendiciti.
cases.
Other Transports Arrive.
The A. E F. pistol team and the sec.
ond section of the A. F. r. rife team
both winners at the interallied games
were among the passengers.
The Calamares. which locked yester.
day at the army base In Brooklyn
brought 1.166 officers and men from
Brest. The enlisted men were members
of the. l67th and 16Sth companies
Transportation Corps, and the other pas
sengers included fifteen casual officers
five field clerks, two welfare workers
and eight nurses.
The President Grant locked at Hobo
ken late yesterday afternoon with a,s7t
officers and men, 49 soldiers wives and
four children. Col. George A. Purring.
ton, former cavalry officer. who served
eighteen months with the Motor Trans
port Corps OF the Third Army, was lr
command of the troops on board. He
was accompanied by his wife. Richard
V. Ouiahan. n former Washington cor.
respondent, who has been covering the
peace conference. also was a passenger.
The transport Agamemnon arrived al
Quarantine late last night and will dock
at Hoboken this morning. She has
aboard 2,552 officers and men, SO sol
diers' wives and six children. The
troops include the supply company and
batteries A. B. c. ID and f of the Eigh-
teenth Field Artillery. the Ninth Ma.
chine Gun Battalion complete, the sup.
ply and machine gun companies OF the
Thirty-eighth Infantry and 3O7 casual
officers Also on board are the 396th
Brest convaiescent detachment. is Of
ficers and 100 men, s nurses and 80 well
fare workerA a