The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-27

Here are the photographs of the
winners in The Evening Worlds
beauty contest for the selection of
twelve typical American girls for
Charles Frohman, who will give them
tuition in singing, dancing-and act
Ing. free, and afterward employ them
for year In the chorus OF the musical
play THE Dollar Princess" at a salary
Of $25 a week. each.
When The Evening World announced
this contest. It had no idea there were
30 many young women, within the
radius Of Its circulation. who were
only waiting 20 seize the first fair OPP
portunity for a stage career. The
Evening World expected, OF course
that there would be a response OF sew
eral hundred photographs to Mr.
Frohman's offer. but. instead. thous-
ands at once began to present their
claims. For this reason It became
apparent before the time for receiv-
ing photographs had expired. that It
would be necessary TO increase the
number OF photographs published to
be voted upon. The original idea was
to select twentyJfour out Of all the
pictures sent in, print these. and ask
the readers to pick the winners from
them.
Choice Narrowed to Hundred.
The land slide of beauty that de-
cended upon The Evening World ONCE,
however. established the fact that 1t
would not be entirely fair to nearly
hundred young women, whose claims
to beauty were about equal, to narrow
the number of competitors to two
dozen. One hundred photograph were,
therefore. printed. The voting, which
lasted from January until February
90, was fast, furious, and exciting.
During the period of the balloting,
more than one million and half votes
were received.
Now that the contest has closed 1t Is
easy 10 imagine the pride OF The Even
Ing World in being able to place twelve
such typ!cally stunning girls In the
hands OF Mr.. Frohman.
But, after all, It was very close race,
for It was difficult even for the most
critical judges to decide from the 100
photographs o, varying bu. practically
equal charms the twelve girlish faces
most entitled to the coveted prizes. 1t
is safe to say, too, that out Of the
thousands OF photographs entered there
would not be half a dozen that would
not be entitled to serious consideration
from any OF the New York managers.
Winner an Upstate Girl.
No. So, Miss Frances Curtis, was the
winner. with the most votes, or. as, she
herself laughngly explained, happened
to top the heap" Miss Curtis, with her
four sisters, was born and brought up In
Maiden ont Hudson, a small river
town In Ulster County. She Is rather
tall. fully feet I inches in height. and
gracefully slender OF build. She has the
fresh, clear look that plenty Of pure out
door air gives to the face.
Miss Curtis has large gray eyes be-
meath finely marked brows that are
shade darker than her brown hair. Her
mouth is quite large, but her lips part
over two rows OF strong white teeth. She
Is vivaclous although she Is sure that
her dramatic ability will develop to the
best advantage along serious lines.
High School Graduate.
No. s., Miss Blanche Aimee. Is
graduate Of Wadleigk High School, and
is a New Yorker born and bred. Miss
Aimee has always been interested in
amateur theatricals, ard has played the
part OF Pitt Sing in THE Mlkado" sew
eral times, With great success. She is
about 3 feet 4 inches tall and prettily
plump. Her eyes are very blue and she
has iiuffed mass OF golden brown hair
that becomes a kind or halo when the
light strikes 1t.
New York Girl Third.
No. 80, Miss Clara Louise Heath, Is
also New York girl, but a graduate
OF Smith Seminary, Vermont. After
she was graduated she had decided to
devote her time to drawing and paint
Ing. but eventually became discouraged
with the work that she now dcslgna.ee
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