The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
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There was an impromptu meeting Of
the Beauty Commission on Kansas aV-
enue one afternoon this week and
when the president raped for order
on a sidewalk show case filed with
new embroidered turnovers she said:
There is a demand, since we have
decided who the prettiest girls in town
are, that we award the prizes to the
blue-ribbon class OF men,"
What blue ribbon clasS2' demand
ed the Sarcastic Girl. ''Pabsts2"
Il mean,' returned the president
with dignity, the handsomest men in
town. Who are they2"
"Billy's one" cried the girl in the
tan rain coat.
Georges another exclaimed the
curly-haired one with the eyeglasses.
Count SAM" said the little blonde
IN the Norfolk jacket.
No, but seriously" the president
urged reprovingly, what are you go
ing to do with the motion?"
Check it UP to the men,, suggested
the Sarcastic Girl Each one will de-
eide in favor of himself, every one
will be satisfied and Wen be saved lois
of unnecessary trouble
But who are they?' unused the crlu-
cal girl. Are there any?"
And then the trouble began. 1t last
ed for an hour and a half ana threat
ened to cause a street brawl. Time
ness and the commission adjourned al
ter the president had appointed COM
mittee to write the decision.
.'One might think the official opinion
reads that it would be difficult mat
ter to get an honest and unbiased
opinion of feminine beauty from the
women but it is twice as hard for them
TO judge fairly and impartially In case
of the men. The fear of being charged
with jealousy will make a girl do JUS
To no in her ODinlOnS OIL
a man she is Influenced solely by her
prejudices. Every member of the COM
mission has one particular man 10
prove whose claims to good looks she is
ready to &C to the stake. and IN her
heart of hearts she thinks all the 9TH
ers mentioned look like deuces
beside the one who just at the present
time is the only face card in the deck
for her. Those who couldn't consist
emily and without fear of being mobbed
assert that the men of their preference
are handsome, disclaim any regard for
masculine good looks. declaring that
the he-beauty is invariably sissy.
They prefer they say, good grooming,
strength of character, brains. or some
other quality which they think may be
safely predicated of many men VINO are
not handsome.
'On the other hand. few girls are
willing to concede the good looks or
men whom for anv reason they don
like. If Phoebus Apollo should come
to earth there would be some women
who would say he wasn't good looking
because he didn't dance with them.
But out of the Babel of discussion
q few names We're to be distinguished of
men to whose claims to good looks
there were no dissenting voices. And
one of the remarkable discoveries OF
the commission considering that 1t IS
composed of unmarried women. is that
most of the handsome men in Topeka
are married. One of them is over fifty
years old and is the father of family
of unusually pretty daughters
Another middle aged man, one of the
wealthiest as well as one OF the best
looking in town, is an amateur golf
champion and the husband of very
beautiful woman.
"A Kansas avenue business man who
IS often said to be the handsOnest man
in town, has a big 16-year-old son who
threatens to rival his father for good
looks and good dressing. The man
brother-in-laW is also in the list Which
makes this one family fairly well repre-
scented The Mellins' Food crowd really
ought to be barred from this cOmpeti-
{ on. but if you are counting youths, the
aforementioned son of his father has
a chum who promises to be winner
He is tall, dark and stunning looking
and his older sister is one of the pref
test girls in her set.
There is a young Benedict, who is a
comparative newcomer to Topeka, tall,
athletic in appearance and tastes VINO
is sometimes called the Apollo Bel
videre on account of the unusual
beauty and regularity of his features.
The other married men are a prominent
railroad man, a favorite cOtillion leader
who was recently nominated by the
Atchison Globe as the handsomest man
in Kansas and man who lives in Cope
land County, tall, broad, well set up,
and one of the best dancers in town.
of the bachelors a prominent politi-
clan and club man. sometimes called the
best catch in Kansas, heads the list.
"A local railroad man who has a rep
utation for wearing good clothes, and
always doing the right thing and whose
leadership after several years shows no
signs Of waning has an unquestioned
right in the Beauty show. A young sur
geon of considerable promise in his pro-
fession and a. well known teacher OF
voice culture would get big votes in a
competition Of this character. The son of
a prominent railroad attorney, a horse
show prize winner and one of the best
whips in the west belongs in this list.
"Of the younger lads the handsomest
by all odds is a Yale man, tall, dark,
distinguished looking, a good shot, an
excellent horseman and a hard stu
dent. The others are: the son of a
local capitalist, who is an amateur