The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-14
PAGEANT HELD
 AT BABY SHOW, PRIZES AWARDED
Industrial Band Plays As
 Riddles March At < East Lake

A brilliant pageant and parade was staged by the Birmingham babies Fri day as the principal feature of the pro- gram, Hundreds of little tots marched to the music of the East Lake Indus. trial school band around the fairy play ground of the park to the judges stand. Seventy prizes of all kinds were awarded.
 The prizes given brought the total to 100; there were pearls, bracelets and manicure sets and valuable first prize, which was won by Mrs. Homer c. Jones, 1423 North Second avenue.
 Never were there so many talkative and happy kiddies as there were in the kids carnival in which dozens of fa- nous characters were impersonated. There was George Washington, Captain Kidd, several dancing girls, one of Mex ico and one of Broadway and farmer.
 Many prizes were distributed in one of the most interesting features of the afternoon. %
 James Ashworth, c. A. R., and R. II. McCullum, U. O.. ", led, the parade of the, tots as a guard of honor and were followed by the East Lake Boys band. After the band came all the decorated baby carriages and gocarts and other novelties pulled by the little prize winners-to-be. In the next sec ti,n of the pageant were the girls, all dressed in white and the costume char acters. After the parade about the play ground the tiny people marched to the circle prepared for the judges, who care fully perused the contestants for the winners.
 Judgeh, who were selected from the on-lookers, were Mrs. Frank l.. Me. Kinnon, Mrs. O.'A.; Wood and Dr. Roy G. Hershey.
 Winners Annohuced
 The contest began directly after the pageant and the prizes were given. to the best of the young contestants. First were prizes for the best decorated baby carriage. Mrs. Hopaer 0. Jones won first place, Mrs. S. Ls Nelson sec ond and Mrs. Tom HaFion, third. Prizes for the most attractive and care fully decorated doll cart were given to Pauline Coggins, first: Mildred Belcher, second Bettey Bernard, third, and Susie; Mary Rainey, fourth. Awards for the novelty section were bestowed upon, first, Gloria Hillard; second, Johnston Hawkins, Jr.; third, Billy Petree fourth, Ila Flo Haley. Prizes for the white dress kiddies were in five sets of five prizes in each set. The beginning set was the four years and under. class, winning were Rena Kath- erine Hunt, first; Marie 3Cutliffe( sec ond Alene Landers, third :; Betty Der nard, fourth; Doris Vivian Stanley, fifth. The second set ranging around four and five years were Mari House, first Mildred Belcher, second; Gloria Teresa Arantz, third; Mildred Olive Thomas, fourth; Virginia Vivian John son, fifth. The third set of tots just one year old had John L. Fisher, first; ; Susie Mary Rainey, second; Jeanette Marie Morris, third; Ruth Henderson Currie, fourth; Thelma Alice Brown, fifth. The fourth set had as it's win- ners Francis Louise Gaston who won first :; Lucile Black, second; Margaret Louise Smith, third; Emma Catherine Underwood, fourth; Roberta Keel, fifth The last set of mixed ages had Catherine Whiteside to win first {; Vir- ,ginia Jean Cole, second : Mary Eliza beth Lantrip, third; Jamie Lou Thomp- son, fourth Mary Augusta Wood, fifth.
 The Kiddy Carnival winners were first, Roy Thomas and Mary Gray Standifer. Jerry Ellen Phillips, Eula May Ethelridge, Betty Desbach and June Webb Jaynes all won set of pearls. Manicure sets were given to Edward Durant, Chester Branne, Roy Wagle, Johnston Hawkins and Will Byrd Bernard. Six silver cups were given each to Ruth Fox, Jacqueline Lee White, Bill Lynsky, John Arnold, IT,, Doris Ann Rule and John Edward Bernard, Jr. Prizes were also given to those who had the prettiest doll. They were: Louis Tompert, Pauline Coggins, Mildred Belcher, John Long Fisher and Betty Bernard.
 At o'clock Saturday afternoon the final prizes of the contest will be given and the greatest eTent of all will fol- low, that of choosing the king and oueef1 of hahyland