Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
WOOED BEAUTIES
TO AID HIS BILL
Congressman Herrick Declares
Letters to Contestants Were
Only Research Work"
WHITE HOUSE HIS LURE

Washington, Aug. 24.-Representa.
i've Manuel Herrick, who maze for.
tune In Oklahoma with Herrick's giant
Yellow corn and copper faced Hereford
cattle before he came 10 Washington
on the Republican tidal wave Of last
year, has come into collision with bevy
Of Washington beauties, who are mix
ing medicine" for him with more vigor
than ever did the Indians among whom
hs spent his early years.
The beauties were entrants In a con
test staged by local newspaper. To
some forty mine OF them the Congress
Men sent a letter recommending him
eelf very highly as one who had led q
blameless life and who would before
gisht years ascend to the highest Of
nee" in the land and carry the woman
81 bis choice up with him.
Would you like to. meet a gentleman
eallar?" he asked, and he asserts he re-
esived only one mo"
Twas Only Research
Mr.. Herrick says, however, It was
sll bit Of research. He introduced
bill ten days ago to put a stop to
beauty contests In newspapers, contend
ing they brought young girls into the
limelight and made them subject to DO
1ured from home. He now insists he
has the proof and will submit il to the
House Committee on Judiciary when it
considers his bill.
Some Of the girls on whom he called
declared he did not impress them as
being engaged in mere research. Some
a. them after his VISITS were so IN
csnsed that they took up the matter
with the postal inspectors, who asked
The Cong ressman TO explnin
Mr.. Herrick's letter was in the form
Of q eulogy Of the writer, a picture of
q brilliant future with him and ques-
tionnaire.
i reads in part:
"Dear Miss-You have entered into
sae prize contest. You are now en-
teriny the second prize contest in which
you may win. Do you wish to enter Il
third prize contest, the contest for
the greatest prize on earth that any
woman could ever win-the contest for
the whole heart and soul, love and hand
in marriage of one Of the fifteen men
who are now living on the earth who
cAn look God and all humanity square
In the eye and say Against my soul
there rests no moral stain. for have
kept my soul and my body free from
all moral stain in order that may look
my virgin bride in the eye without guilt
and shame in my heart?
% Per Cent Perfect
The girl who Is the winner of this
contest will have won the love of
man whose love will be so great that
II that was the one and only price that
would purchase your sole salvation. he
would ransom your soul out of hell
with the price of his own, and if You
ehould enter this contest and be the
winner, It would 90 long way toward
assuring you Of being the winner in the
contest to become Miss Washington,
for this man now holds one of the high
est ofices in the Nation and will at a
time, not to exceed eight years. hold
the highest, and the girl who wins his
love can rest assured that he will exert
every atom Of his powerful influence
TO have his sweetheart selected to be
Miss Washington.
"You quite naturally want to know
something about the man who invites
you to enter contest for his love, so
here is a description: Age, thirty -four {;
height. six feet; weight, 1S4 pounds !;
chestnut brown hair, brown eyes and
- far as masculine beauty, taking
100 as perfection, would grade about
as follows: Face, 80 per cent; body,
% per cent"