The Washington times., 1915-06-26
Miss. Ruth N. Purcell to Reach
City at $50 After Three
Weeks Triumph.
RECEPTION At UNION DEPOT
Winner of Washington and Ma.
tionaI Contests Hasn't De.
cided as to Movies.

With the plaudits of beauty admirers
from coast to coast fresh in her mem
ory, Miss Ruth Purcell. winner OF The
Washington Times beauty contest, and
subsequently first choice in a nation
wide beauty competition conducted by
forty-odd newspapers and the Univer-
| sal Film Company. will arrive In
Washington tonight.
The Capital beauty telegraphed her
mother today that she is nearing home.
after a wonderful tour of the West
which beauty winners from every State
In the Union enjoyed.
Miss Purcell will arrive here at $3.50
o'clock, and her friends are preparing
to give her a reception at the Union
Station. 1t is expected that many or
her associates at the headquarters OF
the American Federation of Labor.
where Miss Purcell was employed as
a stenographer when adjudged the win
ner of The Times contest, will DO
among the station throngs.
On Their Way Home.
A dispatch from the Universal Film
Company today says that the girls
who have been on tour aboard the
Beauty Special" for three weeks are
en- route today to their respective
homes. Miss Purcell left Chicago yes
terday with the New England winners
and will come direct to Washington
upon arrival in New York today:
Miss Purcell has not yet decided
whether she will accept the ofrer o.
the Universal company to become a
moving picture actress.
AS soon as she was declared the most
beautiful of all the girls who were des-
ignated In their respective States to 60
on the free journey to the two Cali
fornia expositions and Unisersa> City.
terns n oer from na the es'tRis Hniserssl com as
She viii consult with her mother. Mrs.
Nellie r; v. Lyons, OF 12o1 Q street, be-
the offer. Miss Purcell expects to re-
turn to New York two weeks hence, to
discuss the proposition with Joe Brandt,
mated the idea Of search for the pret-
test girls in the country.
II. H: Van Loan. of the Universal
company. who accompanied the beauty
telegraphed The Times today that Miss
Purcell and all other beauty winners
are In excellent spirits. and declare the
thtrna TIP west =, ,,s1u to have been the greatest
expenses of the tour, a unique affair
throughout were borne by the Univer-
sal company and the country's leading
newspapers. which conducted contests
IN all sections OF the country
Many Offered Contracts.
Nearly all of the girls were offered
>Psitions either with the Universal or
her film companies. Miss Ursula
SiIrist has been asked to take a role in
Phillip Smalley's company. now in this
city. and 1t is said that she proably
will accept. Among those who have
been offered or have accepted positions
IN the various Universal companies are
Gertrude. Fonda, of Seattle; Dorothy
Bebb. Of Calgary, Canada. and Clara
Hopes. Of Carson City. New.
Mis- Edith Mas. of Detroit. has been
offered a position with Henry McCrae's
Gombe. OF Atlanta, and Lois Wilson. of
birmingham. Ala. have also been ten
dered contracts.
The girls. upon arriving in Chicago
proved highly enthusiastic over the trip
All were in good health, and declared
IT was the greatest jaunt they had ever
More than thirty reels of film were
taken during the transcontinental Jour
ney showing the girls in various places
Including the Grand Canyon, Royal
SCiSc. and Feather
River Canyon, as we'll as at both the
San Francisco and the San Diego ex-
positions
Cup On Exhibit.
Artistically engraved, the large silver
cup presented to Miss Purcell, as winner
OF the national beauty contest. has been
placed on exhibition at the store OF
Lansburgh & Bro. 420-4so Seventh
street.
Hundreds of persons many of them
friends of the Capital beauty visited
the store to view the prize The Gun
was placed In a large glass case in the
center Of the suit and dress depa artment
on the second floor. Workmen at p
harris & Company had only a few
minutes previously finished engraving
and Furnishing the token.
Eighteen Inches High.
The cup is eighteen inches in height
and measures twelve inches In diameter
across the top of the bowl The en-
craving covers all Of one side and the
base. A picture of a globe revolving
IN a frame on which are the words
universal Films" and under which ap-
Pears National Beauty Contest in large
letters. heads the inscription.
Below the words, National Beauty
Contest Is the word Winner fol-
lowed by Miss Purcell's name in letters
half inch tall, and the date, April to
May Is. 1915"