The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-22

Mobile belle, Miss Ethel May
 ms, has again gone to the front UWJ race for The Advertisers 1000 WWksll runabout automobile. undis-
 i by the Selma spirit or Mont M ry merit, the winsome daughter
 Q Mabile Iurfst, Hon. Price Will R is proceeding to gather In the
 Wg with amazing success. thouga 1t is but one week since made her debut in the contest, Miss
 iamss for the second time, leads
 of her competitors. and will con-
 to lead them a merry race, un-,
 they prove to be more popular and
 getic than the Mobile belle has
 W led to infer from the progress
 have been making up to the pres
 time.
 iss Williams was at the head of the
 ,ession for the first time on Thurs
 morning. She failed ito report any
 t of votes for that day. owing to
 y of the malls, and in consequence
 ped back to third place. By gan
 0, 050, which came to hand yestef-
 she has again gone to the front
 earned the title of queen of the
 k est.
 ss sailie watkins wood, who has
 | the crown more and oftener than w other contestant. has again drop Wback to second place. Miss Sallie's Domi yesterday was just 5000, One nchfe yearly subscription to The Daily hiI; ertiser would have kept, her in the .i.. Had ill-health not confined her s.6oler room, she doubtless would have girls red the extra 5000 votes necessary to h,erpetuate her reign as queen of nasaecontest. sSsoS Miss Smith on the seesaw. encoor the first time since she began A triumphal career, Miss Virginia natl gg Smith has fallen so low as third a,. hsA Nfsa0 n.@A Ia ~o,.e belle made her debut in the con- st. Miss Smith was the only contest cD ats who could vie with Miss Wood for u rst place. The two were engaged in ht, see-saw game for 8 good part of the . me, one being ID one day and down next. A teeter board win not work !. 'ell with three persons on, 1t. Miss Williams of Mobile has come to play With Miss Wood. and for the once. at Least, little Virginia Bragg has to quit see-sawing with her friend. SalIie lWatkins. while Miss led May Will ffiams occupies the other end of the Fteeter board. Everybody is familiar with the old nursery rhyme:
 ] seesaw. teeter-tawter.
 I'm son. you're daughter; I go up. you go down.
 Tumble ofr and crack your crown. If there are any crowns to be cracked, - MISE Wll11dINH lb uSLoItulnSu II Sndll uOL e hers. Miss Wood Is equally detef- hnined to keep hers intact. Miss smith f1nust admit that hers has sustained a ~tIight fracture. It seems odd to see Ser in third place, after having been an st or second so long, but 1t is not for wt4 time that she will have to stay d;Aere, If her friends prove as true to ii er as she has been led to believe they lould
 p Miss Virginia was an honored guest lit a birthday theatre party given yes- t terday afternoon by Miss Beth Tatum 70 twenty-five of her little friends. Af- CT the matinee they went to cafe and lad refresh ments. Little Miss Tatum xlnd all of her twenty-five guests want So see Miss Virginia Smith win the au- bbmobile so that she can take them out Iding. They will al lask their man. Ehas and papas to help Miss Virginia FAN the contest if they have not already \ ,ae so Virginia needs help more In ever now since she has slipped sk to third place.
 A. selma Spirit Not Dimnned.
 Te'he Selma spirit Is not dimmed by fact that Miss Louise Noble has