Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-25

NE TOO, 1T.
BEAUTY CONTEST
Who is the Most Beautiful Woman
in Missouri?
And Who is the Most Beautiful
Woman in Monroe City.

the st. Louis Globe-Democrat q re-
quest for the News to aid it in solving
the abovequestions by popular vote.
The G.. ID. says it wishes to find out
who is the most beautiful woman in the
State and to do this wants the people
of the various towns to decide who is
the most beautiful woman in their
town, who, when chosen, shall be en-
tered as a candidate for the Worlds
Fair Beauty. Photographs of the
candidates thus entered are to be turn
ed over to a board of eminent, i'm
partial and fully qualified judges who
shall decide which one of 'the parties
are entitled to the supreme distinction.
The Globe Democrat gives as its
plan that 1t wants us to act on that
ballots shall be published in as many
issues of this paper as we think neces-
sary 'the stipulation being made,
however, that no person shall be en-
titled to more than one vote. The OBJ
ject of this is to make the vote as fair
and as fully representative as possible
and to prevent the rich from having
any advantage over the poor"
A vote taken in the manner prescrib-
ed by the paper that has the matter in
charge would certainly be fair rep
resentative expression of the views of
the people of the town and the News
will probably publish the ballots in
the near future that such fair selections
and representative may be made. -
Monroe City News.
The foregoing is fair samp-
lie of dog in a manger. If the
News had more energy 1T would
fake less stuff and fresher stuff.
1T would not have to use Mon
roe City local news two weeks
old taken from the DEMOCRATS
exchanges. For instance, TT
learned there was Handle
Factory in this city in Febru
ary, the DEMOCRAT handled it
as a news item in December
1900. Through Il Paris paper
1T learned how many widows,
widowers. bachelors and maids
there were in this city TWO
weeks alter the DEMOCRAT bad
pu b | S h d the / S t,
1T earned that here
would be Stock Sales in
the city three weeks after the
the DEMOCRAT had published
1.-THE fact. 1T learned after the
DEMOCRAT had been publishing
its progress for months, that
the farmers were building a
gravel road south of the city.
After the DEMOCRAT had work,
ed for months and the building
of the Salt River bridge was
practically assured, 1T found il
out. Reporters for the daily
and weekly press are not in.
falliable, but what business has
1T to so to a daily paper for
Monroe City local news and
then kick because there Is an
error? 1T is so all along the
line. IT, the Me TOO CUCKOO
is in its dotage and like ;
spoiled child, needs a spanking,
In speaking of an inordinately J
conceited man, Voltaire said ht
would not appreciate being
, hung if it had to be done il
. private. Finally, if 1T haC
more business of IT'S owu II
' would have less time to med
die with IT'S neighbors
E In the attempt to injure an
discredit the DEMOCRAT, just t
that extent has 1T insulted al
5 party's connected III any man
uer with the Beauty Contest
Now read what the Globe Dem
> ocrat says in regard to tn
matter.
t ST. LOUIS, APRIL 18, 1901
;. r. r. HIXsoN,
i Monroe City. Mo.
Dear Sir