Arizona republican., 1908-03-08

| function as a simple prohibition and laws to stop it's being are harmful and
 vain.
 The culmination of the beauty con-
 tests" started at Chicago which final
 ly threw the spotlight upon Miss Mar
 guerite Frey of Denver, as the most
 beautiful woman in the United States.
 has led to similar contest in Sweden with the result that Miss Jane Lund-
 strom of Stockholm has been selected.
 She is 20 years old and a blonde with bluish-gray eyes, rosy complexion and
 superb" figure, and of course is a Idescendent of the ancient Vikings. The contest aroused the greatest interest through the kingdom and pictures were forwarded to the judges from all of the more important cities, and from a large number of the small towns and villages of the country districts. The
 beauty contests started in Chicago. have spread to the nations of the world and everywhere in the civilized coun- tries newspapers are endeavOring to locate the fairest woman in the realm.
 The wave. of interest in the contests has brought out strikingly national conceptions of beauty, the effect of geographical position on popular opin- ion being shown as it has been in no IOther way. Sweden has just selected la blond, Miss Frey, the American beau- ty has as one of her greatest attrac- tions. beautiful copper colored hair. while the central and southern Euro al, knIr h
 pronounced for decided brunettes.
 The passing of the old Union Trac- tion Co., the last step in the reorgani- zation of Chicago's street railway sys- tenn, followed by a phenomenal sale of the bonds which are to provide the funds for the work of rehabilitation. has brought forth for the first time some of the interesting inside history
 of the clearing up of the traction prob lem. It is all due to chance meeting Of two Chicago financiers down in Georgia. However, not until the courts deed to the properties had been signed by Judge Grosscup, the first mortgage trust deed filed, and orders wired in from all parts of the country for blocks of the S25O000O bonds. did Henry A. Blair and those most intimately asso- ciated with him admit more than cur sory interest in their great work. The Turning in the tides toward settlement dates back two years ago. when N. w.
 Harris, president of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank. and Henry A. Blair met at Hampton Terrace. near Angus ta Georgia. It was shortly after the
 United States supreme court had de- cided against the 99 year franchise. and
 Mir. Blair, discouraged, expressed doubt
 of success in getting the conflicting interests to agree to any plan of reor- ganization. Let me take hold and I will undertake to get the interests to-
 gether," said MT. Harris, who was in
 terested on behalf of a group of bond
 holders in the underlying companies.
 But that is not all' said MT. Blair.
 We must know that we will get the money with which to rehabilitate." 'T will see that you get that money too" replied MT. Harris. The matter was discussed further that day, and when
 the men returned to Chicago, Mir. Blair asked for definite assurance that the
 money would be forthcoming should the reorga niZatiol be effected. The
 National City Bank of New York en-
 ters at this point into the story. Its