Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-16
.PLANS ABOUT COMPLETE
FOR FEBRUARY LAND SHOW
"Movie" Contest, Soil Exhib-
its, Dance and Midway
Will Be Features.

The preparations for the great South
eastern Land Show and Midwinter Ex-
position, to be held in Atlanta from Feb
ruary 1 to February Is, are almost com
pleted and the success or the enterprise
is now assured.
The booths are all sold and room must
be made for more; the plans for the film
stage contest have been perfected; all
the arrangements for the big ball on
Saturday evening, February 10, have
been made; the people in the four states
of Georgia, Alabama, Florida. and South
Carolina are thoroughly awake to the
Importance of the show, and a large at
tendance is assured.
The states of the southeast will soon
reap the benefits of an exposition, the
results of which cannot be overestimat-
ed. 1t is believed that one of those re-
suits will be tide of immigration which
will not only add to the population, but
will devel0p this section in a way that
nothing else could have done.
Not only will there be three land eI-
hibits, but many side features have been
added which will make the show as at
t1active as any exposition ever held in
the southeast.
GREAT FILM STAGE CONTEST.
Foremost among the special attrac-
tons will be a film stage contest at
which DIT will be decided who among the
many beautiful and attractive young
women can fit themselves for the film
stage and become the stars of the south
east
This contest has awakened keen in
terest in nearly every city and town
in Georgia. Florida. South Carolina and
Alabama. Among the cities and towns
in which preliminary contests are being
ba1 10 aft
contest in Atlanta are
In Georgia: Atlanta, Athens, Augusta
Carrollton. Cedartown, Gainesville, Co
lumbus, Dalton. Dawson, Marietta, Rome
Rockmart, Statesboro, Tallapoosa. Union
Point, Wrightsville and Waycross.
In Alabama: Birmingham, Demopolis,
Ensley Mobile and Pell Cfty.
In Florida: Miami, Sanford and Tai
lahassee.
In South Carolina: Charleston, New
berry and Spartanburg.
To this list many others will be added,
for kilograms and letters are pouring
into the office of the management every
day making Inquiries and asking to be
added to the list of contestants.
THE CONTEST IN ATLANTA.
The contest in Atlanta to select seven
candidates to take part in the final con-
test at the auditorium on February 5
will begin on January Is and close on
January II. During that time ballots
will be distributed from several down
town stores. These ballots must be fill
ed out and taken to the Criterion theater
on Peachtree street and deposited in a
ballot box. There will be no cost at
tached TO the voting. The young ladies
receiving the highest vote in the popular
contest will be declared the winners for
places in the final screen contest at the
auditorium.
Manager Patterson, of the Criterion
theater, has the contest in Atlanta in
charge and he announces that among
the young ladies who have already an
nounced as candidates are the following:
Miss Ruth f. Frost. of 76 Dill ave-
nue.; Miss Muriel Cobb, of East North
avenue, and Miss Mary Thomas, of So
West Peachtree street. Other names will
be announced this week. d
FINAL CONTEST ON FEBRUARY g.
The candidates from all the cities and
towns in the four states will reach At,
lanta on February 5. They will be given
preliminary instructions and then pho
tographed in studio to be fitted up on
the stage Of the auditorium. This will
be done before the audience that attends
the show. Later private pictures will
be taken for the judges who will be Sc
lected from states other than to those
which are interested in the contest.
The prizes will be as follows;
First prize. either a two weeks trip
to a motion picture studio or a fine auto
mobile: second prize, gold watch; third
prize, either a diamond ring or a silver
service. Other prizes will be given, one
to the winner in each state other than
those who win the grand prizes.
There will be grand ball at the audi
forum on the evening of February 10 in
honor of the young ladies who win TIE
prizes IN the film stage contest.
Music will be furnished every day
and evening by Baldwin's Alabama State
band with sixty new pieces and uni,
forms to be used for the first time in
Atlanta This Band was secured by spe =