The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
TWELVE GIRLS WILL
VISIT SEATTLE FAIR
Winners in POrtOla Contest May
Expect to Learn Result
Next Tuesday Night
Few Votes Separate Candidates
for Northern Trip and VAL
liable Diamond Ring

The itinerary of the Portola contest
trip has been completed, every detail
of the Journey of the IL lucky San
Francisco girls will take having been
arranged No expense has been spared
to make the trip memorable in the lives
of the young women. The travel con-
test will close Tuesday. August 81, at 6
D. m. Four days later the IL winners
will start on their journey. and will be
the guests of the Portola committee for
IL days. returning to San Francisco the
morning of Friday. September 10.
The voting boxes of the candidates at
the various business. places will be
taken up Tuesday between 3 and 6
p. m. Ballots that are offered after the
boxes have been removed can be cast
at the Portola headquarters, $50 Phelan
building, up to p. m. but under no
conditions after that time Tuesday.
TWO DAYS SEA VOYAGE
Persons wishing to vote money, in
stead of the printed ballot can do so
by placing the cash in an envelope,
sealed, with the contestants name, and
depositing it in a ballot box. This,
however, the committee wishes to dis
courage as much as possible. believing
it to be to the best interest of all con-
cerned to use the official ballots.
1t is expected that the winners will
be known Tuesday night. This will
give the girls three days and a half to
prepare for their trip. They will sail
at p. m, Saturday, September 4, on
the palatial steamship Governor. The
best suites on the vessel have been re-
served for the Portola girls, and they
will be given every attention on the
trip, which will last two days. The
Governor is scheduled TO arrive in Seat
tie Monday afternoon. This will give
the party the benefit of daylight trip
through the straits of Juan de Fuca
and Puget sound.
SIDE TRIP TO VICTORIA
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
will be spent in Seattle. Every feature
of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition
will be taken in. There will be aumer-
Gus sight seeing trips by automobile
around Seattle. and the girls will be
CHARTERED at the very best hotel in the
city.
Friday morning the San Francisco
party will board the Princess Victoria
for the trip to Victoria. This vessel is
one of the speediest and best equipped
on the Pacific coast, and the voyage
through the islands that dot Puget
sound will be one of the most pleasant
of the entire trip.
At Victoria the girls will be enter
tanned at luncheon at the famous Hotel
Empress, which is one of the finest in
the west. Three hours will be spent in
touring this quaint city on Vancouver
island. At o'clock the speedy Prin-
cess Victoria will start back to Seattle
with the girls.
TACOMA AND PORTLAND SIGHTS
Saturday morning the Portola party
will go to Tacoma, 80 miles away from
Seattle, on the steamer Flyer. This
trip will give the girls a glimpse of
another portion of Puget sound.
dining room of the Hotel Tacoma on
the hill above the bay.
Leaving Tacoma Saturday evening,
five hours by rail will bring the girls to
Portland Sunday and Monday will be
spent in seeing the beauties of the
Rose City. An excursion on the majestic
Columbia river probably will be one Of
the features of the stay in Portland.
Quarters for the party have been ar
ranged at Portland's leading hosiery,
the Hotel Portland.
. Monday evening the girls will board
the Oregon express and begin the last
lap of their journey. They will arrive
in San Francisco Wednesday morning
RING CONTEST EXCITING
Interest in the contest for the diamond
ring is growing intense. The returns
from the ballot boxes show that any
one of the 80 odd girls has a good
chance of winning the trophy. Many
OF the girls are but few votes apart
The ring contest will close Friday
afternoon at 1 o'clock. 1t will not be
necessary for the girls to take the
ballot boxes to the Portola headquar-
tiers, but only the ballots. All ballots
to be counted in the diamond ring con-
test must be delivered at the Portola
headquarters by l o'clock Friday after
noon.
ROMANCE OF CONTESTANT
The Portola contest has been replete
with romance. The latest among the
contestants, into whose affairs Dan
Cupid has plunged. is Miss Rose Smith
of the Hotel Argonaut Through the
medium of the Portola contest Miss
Smith and Bennett H. Long, a wealthy
lumberman and former fiance, have
been reunited.
Miss Smith and Long were engaged
in the days before the fire. He had to
go to Manchuria on a lumber buying
expedition, and before he sailed the two
were betrothed. Then came the fire and
confusion. While in the wilds of Man
churia Long could not communicate
with Miss Smith, and her letters failed
to reach him.
Arriving in Seattle the other day
Long saw Miss Smiths picture in the
paper. Immediately he telegraphed her.
Letters followed. and now Miss Smith
is rosy with smiles. She is one of the
leaders in the race for the trip to Seat
tie and the diamond ring
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