The Washington times., 1907-03-20
Small Area of District
Yields Surprising
Results.
Offer of More Prizes
StirS the Whole
City.
Weekly Contests Will
Close Fridays at
Midnight.

The offer by The Sunday Times of
S25 for the most beautiful photo
graph submitted each week in the
beauty contest until its close, April
p, in addition TO the final prize of
500 for the most beautiful of all the
photographs sent in, has, apparent
ly, increased the already unprece-
dented interest of the Washington
public in the search for the city's
prize beauty.
Until today the photographs came
into the Beauty Editors office in a
constant stream. Today they have
been arriving ia something like an
avalanche.
Apparently, 'he public accepted this
new offer of prizes as the final and uu-
answerable evidence that The Sunday
Times. disrcgarding trouble and cx-
pense, is determined 10 find the lovcliest
woman I'm the National Capital The
public is right The Sunday Times will
be satisfied with nothing less than the
most beautiful woman in Washington.
Beauty Hunt Never Surpassed.
The response Of the public today to the
announcement yesterday OF tie add
tional weekly prizes shows that great
strides are being made toward achie,-
ing beauty hunt which has never been
surpassed anywhere. and which has
been equalcd in only a few places the
world over. Photographs are the things
The Sunday Times wauts-photOgrauhs
or pretty Women-anu they are the
things that are coming in every minute
The great number of photographs sub
mltted makes certain that the woman
who IS finally declared the city's beauty
viii wiz the title only after the most
thorough competition. once She mas
been invested with the proud title. there
VIII be none 10 come forward and dis
pate her legally holding the prlze-for
the simple reason that when the final
award Is made. the claims Of every
pretty woman ia the District of Colurn-
ola viii have been considered
Names and Addresses Essential
The Sunday Times wishes TO i'm.
press on its allies in the search for
beauty the following facts:
On the back of the photograph
sent in there must be written the
name, address, and occupation of
the subject and the name and ad-
dress of the sender. The name and
address of the sender will not he
published.
The final prize of SlO0 will be
given to the person who sends in
the photograph of the woman de-
clared the most beautiful by a Jury
Of artists.
On each Sunday The Sunday
Times viii announce the name and
print the photograph of the winner
Df the contest of the week precpd-
ing, and this weekly prize of s25
will go to the sender of the lowell.
est photograph each week.
These weekly prizes will total
Sl25. The final prize will be s1OO.
The weekly contests will be decided
BY jury of two men and a woman.
The weekly contests will close Fri
lay nigh5 at midnight.
Washington's Competitors.
That It behooves The Sunday Times
md every citizen of the District &c
make every effort possible to find the
greatest beauty of Washington is evi-
ienced by some OF the contests with
which we have to compete. The District
bt Columbia, with its small area. will
be- pittcd against competitions like that
Jf the Boston Herald which selects
rom all New England. and like that of
4 Denver PAPER. which covered an en-
Ire State. But The Sunday Times is
convinced that. while we may be small
u the number Of acres covered. we are
great IN tie number Of pretty women
% each acre.
II the photograph Of every lovely
woman in the District is sent in. Wash !
HgtOn viii be declared the victor
While. as has been frequently pointed
)ut in these columns. the beauty con-
est is not primarily for the winning of /
money and prizes, IL is pleasant to know
hat the woman who is declared the /
winner Will come into possession of |
some things that Will be material evi-
lenCe Of her being the winner r Har- /
is q Co. viii present her with a gold \
watch, while S Kann, Sons & Co. will I
live her any evening wrap She may Sc 4
ect from their stores.
But the great motive Of This contest 4
& the desire which must be inherent in !
very man and woman to have Wash I
prize beauty really the most 1
beautiful woman IN the city. To this
nd, let the photographs come TO the |
5eauty Editor In as great numbers as |
hey have in the past.