Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — BABIES IN RACE FOR RECORD [ARTICLE]

BABIES IN RACE FOR RECORD

Little Girls in Minnesota Are Backed by Fond Parents —Both Are Remarkable. Minneapolis.—Mary Louise Chamberlain, daughter of George H. Chamberlain of Marshall, Minn., is a rival of Margaret Terry Hudson Grant, daughter of the director of track athletics at the University of Minnesota, as “the state’s most perfect baby.” Miss Grant, ever since she was a few weeks old, has been in training by means of physical exercises to become the world’s most perfect woman, but Miss Chamberlain, according to her father, has not enjoyed scientific physical training, only a heritage of perfect health and physique. These things, he declares, coupled with careful rearing, have made her what she is. Here are some of the figures of comparison of the two rivals: Mary Louise: Thirty-two pounds; two years two months; biceps, 7 Inches; chest, 21 inches; no fat. Margaret: Twenty-eight pounds; two years; biceps, 5 Inches; chest, 18 inches; no fat