A DANIEL WANTED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 5

A DANIEL WANTED.

The Crystal Palace has not been free from financial - dillicultics for several years (says an English writer). Many strange devices have been adopted to restore the fortunes of the great; glass houso upon Sydenham Hill. Tho latest is a baby show, in the vast maze of corridors and courts. .More than'a. thousand babies are now being exhibited. ■Prizes arc being offered for the prettiest, babyi ' tho ' heaviest baby, and . "tho. rowdiest baby." . There aro. 'a score of entries in tho. class' for twins.' There are even two sets of triplets; Much amusement has been caused by the letters from fond moth-, ers -which accompany tho entries; In one case, the'.mother of a certain littlo Enid requested, that the judges ..should pay special attention to the, "dimples under her darling's wee. elbows." 'Since no competent man and no unprejudiced woman have been found to accept the position of judges, it has, been decided that the prizes shall bo given in accordance with tho' suffrages of the public. One sories of prizes is offered for, fathers who can, without violence,' ' effectively silence-' p . supremely 'naughty ■ baby within five; minutes.' ' A committee of mothers has promised 'to adjudicate in this competition. Doubtless, the

'supremely,riiughty baby:will have to be imported for the ; occasion; - Thero is no evidence that'- any, naughty'lbaby is; included in.the .'thousand or, more mites now- at-tho' Crystal Palace.'*'.■'■■■■ ', :.,