The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-01
|GROTTO Will REWARD
MAY FESTIVAL QUEEN
Festival Begi1s May II and Ends on
26th-(say Occasion Is
Promised.

Who is the most popular young lady
in Richmond?
We don't know, but we have our
belief. You don't know, yet you also
probably believe you do. Nor do the
Yelled Prophets. but they are going
to find out.
And they are going to reward hand
somely the young woman who is voted
queen Of the May festival and gala
week that is now being arranged by
Samis grotto. No. SO, Mystic Order
of Yelled Prophets of the Enchanted
Realm. The festival is to be held
here during the entire week or May
81 through May 26 and, judged from
the extensive plans that are being
made for the celebration. 1t will be
one Of the gayest festival occasions
arranged for this mans town in many
a day.
Not only is the queen to receive a
handsome prize, but she will be
scrowned, with fitting ceremonies. the
chief lady of the festival and will take
her place on the throne with all OF
the pomp and dignity that is attrib-
uted to the browning Of a queen such
as she will be. She will be attended
by her maids OF honor and a COM
plete retinue and on a finger she will
have the most practical evidence of
the distinctive honor which she has
won. a handsome diamond ring. That
is the prize, the browning, the cere-
monies. the retinue are all accesso-
ries; the ring Is the thing and it will
be Of kind worthy to be worn by
| a queen, according to Elmo s Red
woon. chairman OF the queens COM
mittee.
Many Contestants Expected
OF course, there will be a numoer
Of contestants, for who will not wish
to see the young woman he thinks
the most popular in Richmond to be
voted There probably will be q
number of nominations as soon as the
voting boxes are placed. on Tuesday.
The committee has provided for that
contingency and has provided several
additional prizes, all of which are
we'll worth the winning. Those who
receive the second and the third larg-
! est numbers OF votes certainly will
receive handsome rewards while sew
eral surprise prizes probably will be
offered in addition.
The queens contest is to open Tues
day when the polling boxes are TO
/ be placed In various business places
throughout the city Voting will be
permitted up until 10 o'clock We'd
nesday night. Nav %. The queens
contest committee then will make the
final collection Of the boxes and the
final count of the votes. Friday night
OF that week will be selected as the
browning night. and the presentation
/ OF the magnificent 1925 diamond ring
| to the queen or the festival will form
a part of the coronation exercises
which it is planned to make unusually
beautiful and attractive.
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queens contest committee. and has
announced that the following mem
bers Of Samis grotto will aid him in
carrying the contest to a successful
! conclusion: George W. Smithers. Jesse
&c. Duke, J. r. Robertson. c. T Law
/ renee, Tenn pie Maynard. A. NJ. Ruben
stein and r. w Hicks. w. NJ. Nose
ly, the professional director of fes-
rivals and gala weeks. who has been
brought here by the grotto to assist
in the work. will be the executive in
this feature. as we'll a. several others
planned.
Rules of Contest.
Rules for the queens contest as
announced last night by Chairman
Redwood are as follows:
The queens contest of the Samis
grotto May festival and gala week is
I open to any lady In the state of Viz
the rules of the contest. The com
mittee in charge reserves the right to
reject any nomination for cause.
Twenty-Five polling places, the ex-
act location Of which will be an
nounced later, are to be esta hlished
in convenient places throughout the
city. and in them the votes are TO be
cast Boxes will be ready TO receive
nominations on Tuesday.
AI @ata
be permitted to withdraw from the
contest in order to give another cam
didate the benefit Of the votes accord
ed her.
Nominations and the casting o.
votes are to be made in the following
manner. Small envelopes will be pro-
vided at each polling box and upon
them the name of the candidate must
be written plainly. A minimum
charge Of 10 cents is made for each
nomination. and the candidate nomi-
mated will be credited with ten votes.
Each subsequent vote will be cas-.
at the same rate--a cent vote.
The candidate receiving the largest
number of votes before 10 o'clock
Wednesday night. May %, will re-
ceive first prize and will be declared
queen of the festival First prize is
to be a 1925 pure white and perfectly
cut diamond ring.
Second prize. to be awarded the
candidate receiving the second largest
number of votes will be a S55 dia-
mond and gold lavalliere.
A $50 solid gold lady's wrist watch
will be given as third prize to the
Young woman receiving the third
largest number Of votes Winners OF
second and third prizes will be the
chief maids of honor to the queen of
the festival.
Votes are to he counted each day
and the results published in the daily
newspapers. Prizes are to be placed
on display by the middle OF the pres
ent week in the window of Schwarz-
. schild's jewelry store. the value and
quality OF the prizes being guaranteed
by that firm.
Prizes Worth While.
The prizes well are worth the work
that candidates and their friends will
do in an effort to win them. and the
, contest promises to be one OF the
most popular and interesting staged
: here in many day. Members or the