The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-03
SANS GRQIIO Plans
FAST MATURING
Automobile Contest Begins and Con
Kcnnedy's Kasnival Kompany
KontractD 70 KOm1.

AssA 49, ~ sANsasOs
Voting boxes for use in the queens
contest, one OF the principal features
OF the Samis grotto May festival and
gaia week to DO staged in this city
during the week OF May 81 through
May rs. wore placed In Twenty-Five
/ locations yesterday and. according to
reports aied at festival headquarters
last night. attracted considerable at
ltention and resulted IN the nominating
Of number OF candidates. Location
Of the boxes. in the establishments
of many 81 the best known merchants
Of Richmond. was printed In Tho Viz
ginian yesterday.
The polling places are to be visited
standing Of the candidates 10 to be
kept posted 1t each station, while
the newspapers also will publish the
tstandings. Winners in the contest are
Ito receive the handsonest kind OF
prizes and the young woman recetv-
ling the largest number Of votes not
only will be rewarded with q 1925
diamond. but il to be crowned queen
OF the May festival and gala week.
mond II valliere. while the third
prize, a $50 solid gold wrist watch.
will be given the young woman re-
tceiving the third largest number of
votes.
While the queens contest is ex-
pected to prove one of the most at
trActive features of the carnival. the
lautomo bile contest also is expected to
attract considerable attention That
contest was started yesterday when
Autom obile Contest Chairman George
A. Davis. announced the purchase OF
the prize, a new five-passenger Chev-
roiet automobile. Every person at
tending the festival and gala week
will have a voice in the disposition
Of the car and the contest is expected
to prove unusually attractive.
Festival and gala week headauar--
tiers were opened yesterday afternoon
In the Murphy hotel annex, entrance
on Eighth street near Grace, and i'm
me6iately became one of the Invest
places Imaginable. Committees. rush
ing to completion plans already out
lined in an effort to have all OF the
preliminary work finished as early as
possible are meeting every hour.
while hundreds of telephone calls and
inquiries relating to the various con-
tests and plans, OF the Samis grotto
for the carnival keep stenographers
btssy.
Monarch George !, Hooper and
Manager ". NJ, MeseteF, professional
carnival director who is here assist
ing in the perfecting of the arrange
ments. yesterday signed contracts with
Con r. Kennedy for the presence here
OF his carnival shows during the fes-
tival week The Kennedy shows are
recognized as being among the best
carnival attractions open to bookings
such as are offered in Richmond for
the gala week and they should add
considerable to the entertainment
features.
A number of the features have been
secured direct from Coney Island ana
other amusement centers Of the coun-
try and there Ia a SUFFICIENT variety
to AFFORD entertainment and amuse-
msnt for young and old alike. All
are of the highest character and no
to be tolerated by the grotto members
in charge Of the festival.
The Kennedy shows probably will
reach Richmond on the Sunday pre-
ceding the opening of the festival.
They will come on their special train
of thirty cars, on which there IL ev-
erything necessary for the operation
Of a mammoth carnival. Even the
electricity used In lighting the show
grounds Ia included in the equipment.
While the Queens contest is expect
ed to prove unusuA'lv attractive the
automobile contest also will be an IN
seresting feature of the festival and
the automobile parade. which prob
ably will be ARRANGED by the commit
tee likewise IL expected to AFFORD some
UNIQUE features. Chairman George c.
Davis. r. A. Fry. A. r, Tillar and II.
b Burnett constitute the automobile
contest committee.