The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
Enter Beauty Lists
to Defend open
Air Dansels

The open-air girl of the south is
now brought forward by her admirers
and claimed as the State beauty From
all parts of Southern California The
Call is receiving photographs of beau
tiful women and with them come letters
written by admirers, who give long
and explicit reasons why this open-air
girl should be awarded the apple of
beauty.
The San Francisco girl is chic and
full of life" writes one, but the cli-
mate of Southern California is so won
derful that the women of this part of
the State cannot help being the most
beautiful In this land of sunshine and
flowers the girls blossom like the rose
and they go out all day in the open air.
where the fresh winds from the noun
tains fan their cheeks and give them q
rich, natural color. A perfect climate
like this makes perfectly developed
women, and that is the finest thing of
all the wonderful things that this un-
equaled climate can produce"
This ardent man is from Los Angeles.
as his letter would suggest. but he
makes good his big talk. with a pho
tograph of a beautiful woman that oc-
casions extravagant comment when
seen.
Here is a letter that appeals strongly,
but not so forcibly as the photograph
enclosed:
Dear Mr. Beauty Editor-Find inclosed a
big ranch and tanned all of grandmas wild
horses to work and drive. She is prettier than
too She is % years old. She is prettier than
shat Chicago girl we think, though that is a
yery pretty lady in Chicago.
The young woman about whom this
letter was written is from Northern
California She is of different type
from the women of Southern California
whose photographs have been received.
She is posed in a very rigid corsage,
while the girls from the south are free
as the open air.
Between the various types of women
of the State there is going to be a
close contest for supremacy. Beauty
is somewhat a matter of choice and
everybody has a different opinion on
the subject Every part of the State
is taking a great interest toi see that
its portion is fully represented.
The line of division is not we'll
marked as yet. though the creates
rivalry is arising between the portion
of California about San Francisco and
tributary to it and all that part which
knows Los Angeles as center.
In this beauty contest all communi
Beauty Editor. The Call.
AS this is a prize contest the name
and address of each contestant must be
plainly marked on the photograph. The
prizes are $50 to the one adjudged
most beautiful: to the one next in
power of beauty, $50: to the third. S25,
and to the next twenty five, $40 each.
The Call is receiving generous sup
port in its search for the most beautiful
woman of the State. The following is
taken from the San Francisco Sunset
Herald:
The young ladies of the Sunset District are
going to support The Call In their beauty con-
test against Chicago
We heard an eminent Judge OF female beauty
in Sunset are thicker than fidders in hades''
strong statement, but 1t is supported by the
evidence
You must not mention Names said a royal
blonde to Herald representative, but have
been instrumental In getting the photographs OF
contest There's Miss-oh. l forgot was
about to call her name She lives on Sixth
avenue near Hugo. We call her Venus Aphro-
dite because she takes to the sea. She rides
the breakers In their most angry mood, and II
old Neptune should show up she would ride him.
Then there's Mss-there go again-of
drous tresses. She would drive St Anthony
wild. More lovely than Andromeda and as
classic as Juno. Still another on street. as
beautiful and lovely as Madonna, who is wor-
SHIPPED by all who know her | might go on, ad
infnitum, and place before your imagination an
array of cherubim and seraphim of the Sunset
District that would require the genius OF the old
masters to reproduce.