The Washington times., 1907-03-26
SOUTHERN BEAUTY
IN NATIONAL CONTEST
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TIE beauty E<QILOE Office AAtt pictures
Of lovely women
One line OF work has been turned over
to the Beauty Editor by outsiders IN
way that would make him detective
10 achieve what is asked Of him. He
received today three letters from people
telling Of pretty girls they had seen and
giving indefinite locations and clues, In
tended to lead up TO their discovery
The Beauty Editor Is most anxious
for the photograph of every pretty wom-
an in Washington. Unless he gets every
one, The Sunday Times will not have
succeeded fully in searching the city
for its most beautiful woman.
Girl With the Dimples.
But there is d limit to his possibili-
lies, ana he requests that those who see
these beauties will make some effort
to locate them and have their photo
graphs sent in TO the contest
One letter received today said:
If you want TO find a pretty girl. you
had better not overlook the girl with
the dimpIes. Her name IS Kell. and she
lives IN the Iowa apartment house, rms
girl has the pTettiest blue eyes ana
pretuest dimples in Washington. why
sir. her dimples just talk 10 you.
RHODE ISLAND AVENUE"
Another reads as follows:
"iave you a picture of a young lady
VINO resides on Third stTeCt northeast
between + and @ streetsI II not. you
would DO well TO induce her 70 have her
picture taken. She Is beautiful young
lady. perfect in face and form-one VINO
demands a second glance. She Is
brunette.
ONE WHO KNOWS A PRETTY GIRL
WHEN I SEE ONE"
Send In Her Photograph.
The Sunday Times takes advantage Of
these letters 10 appeal 10 the young
women referred 10 in them 10 send in
or have sent in their photographs. and
renews its appeal 10 all who know
lovely women 10 send I'm heir photo
graphs. Many have come. but The Sun
day Times wants them all They are
needed, not only in the weekly So con
tests. but also in the final contest when
500 will be given 10 the sender OF the
Wln7er-thc winner who viii go before
the country as the prize beauty Of this
city
From Chicago come all sorts Of de-
liEhtful stories about Della Carson. the
girl who was declared the most beau
liul girl In that great city. She is
feted and made much Of everywhere
she goes, and from being a steuographer
at 81 a week. she has sprung into uu-
Beauty Won Her Position.
One of the things she does now is 10
conduct a page OF the Chicago Sunday
Tribune. in which she answers the ques-
uoniEg letters of girls. The following
shows one Of the letters she received
and the answer she published:
Dear Miss Carson: ! am a young wom-
an OF twenty three. acting as steno-
grapheT and, 10 some extent. as pri-
Nate secretary 40 a man conducting a
large business. l lave had the train
ing o. a good mother and the infiu-
ence OF a good home In the small CITY
In which ] was reared and from which
came 10 Chicago. my family stands
high in church and social circles. That
am at least attractive TO some extent
1 may say without show OF vanity that
q number Of my acquaintance have re-
marked 20 me since the decision in The
tribune beauty contest" Why.
Della Carson is enough like you 10 be
sister,
Wen, the point Of my query. concerns
the position in which I find myself with
my employer.
He is man Of family, probably forty
I'VE years old, and his wife and other
female friends Of hts family frequently
drOD into his Office In the eleven
months in which I have been In his
oAAAtS la' -4eNt once mas suggested In
PRODUCING me TO one OF these women
callers. Rather. on those occasions
when his VIE or one % her friends calls
ne is short and ugly with me- without
cause. He finds fault with my work.
scoWiS, and Is sarcastic 10 an almost
uncomfortable degree. At any other time
he is one Of the pleasantest and most
cOusiderate of employers.
Considering these circumstances. and
observing these women callers at the
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his wife simply IS insanely Jealous. and
that ne takes tins position Of bully to-
ward me simply for its effect for the
time be ng- Thus. without the slightest
cause for such treatment as he gives
me on these visits. I feel that the in
ferenCe5 drawn from these attitudes at
such times are such as to reflect upon
me IN The eyes OF every other employee
in the house.
want TO keep my place. but I want
my self-respect more. VIVA. should 7
do under the circumstances? What can
90 EMILY c.
Della Carson's Advice.
Tell him that this course puts Won in
an unpleasant position. and that Won
wish he would change his manner at
these times. Have the points which you
wish to make well in your mind, and
try TO give them directly and simply.
Do not show any excitement in your
manner if you can help It. II YOU can't
help il, do the best you can, but make
your points anyway You must not act
afraid. however. or as II YOU fecred
you were in the least in the wrong to
make the request.
This will be better than TO make yOur
dlSdppTOVdl known in any other Wav or
py giving up your position. He might
not know what you went for, and YOU
could not do a0V worse than 20 in the