The Washington herald., 1921-07-29
FIRST STEPS TAKEN
FOR SELECTION OF
WASHINGTON
Pictures Filed With Her
aid Emphasize Beauty
of Local Girls.
HONOR CONTESTED
Winner to Have Place as
Representative Girl of
Nation.
HONOR CONTESTED

Washington young woman VINO as
mis-. washington" win represent
the District at Atlantic City, N j.
September and at q brilliant
pageant and carnival Of nationwide
social interest started yesterday
Few, IL any. prospective events
have created such a general and
widespread interest in the Capftal
younger set The fact that II is not
a contest, that there is to be no
voting or solicitation. and that
board of highly competent Judges.
made up largely of artists. Is to
make the selection. and that no
greater distinction could be con-
ferred upon a young woman than
TO be selected a. tha most repre-
sentative girl in the city, have
given 1t a dignity in keeping with
the event.
Many subnit Pictures.
submitted their photographs to the
Art Editor of The Herald yester-
day-a great many more than can
be published today-but an effort
viii be made to publish all OF them.
The three appearing on this page
were selected because they reached
the ONCE sufficiently early for the
engraving TO Nbe made The fact
that a photograph Is not published
does not imply that 10 Is not ac-
ceptabIe. or that che young woman
submitting II has been eliminated
as a possible Miss Washington"
On the contrary, many of the
~
beautiful women. but the portrait
In of such a type that it will not
make a creditable reproduction for
a newspaper. For this reason the
young women are asked to come
to The Herald once and let the Art
Editor arrange to have Bachracf
take a photograph that Is suitable
for publication All Of the photo-
graphs will be kept in The Herald
ONCE until they are submitted to
the Judges on August Is, the day
after the publication OF the last
photographs. The judges will ex-
anime each carefully and from all
Of them select the ten that are the
most pleasing. The ten young
women whose pictures are selected
will then appear in person before
the board Of Judges and from them
one will be selected as Miss Wash
ington-"
Great Care intended.
As the successful young woman.
while a guest of Atlantic City's
carnival, will be among the repre-
sentatives of the other larger cities
in the United States from which the
most beautiful woman in the nation
is to be selected. every effort will
be made by the judges to decide
upon a Washington girl who will
win this great distinction.
Photographs will be accepted and
printed by The Herald until August
25, and no effort will be made to
arrive at a selection or eliminate
any of the candidates until after
this date. All that Is necessary for
any young woman to make herself
eligible for selection is to bring her
photograph to The Herald ONCE, or
call at the ONCE and arrange to
have one made. -
The judges for Miss Washing
ton" are DR.. Mitchell Carroll, vice
president of the Washington Arrs
Club and editor of Arts and
Archaeology: Henry K. Bush
| Brown, of the Washington Arts
Club, a we1l-known artist and
sculptor: DR.. Thomas A. williams.
Of the Washington Arts Club. an
authority on art; Cunc II. Rudolph.
District Commissioners, and Bach
rach. photographer. an expert in
artistic portraiture.
Real Honor Due.
The real reward for being Miss
Washington" is the very distinct
honor of being the sole representa-
tive OF a great city in a brilliant and
|distinguished gathering. There are
Inducements. however. which are
not unattractive. Among them are
some useful additions to the ward
robe Of the young woman who will
be selected. While in all likeH-
hood she is amply provided for in
the way Of fashionable clothing.
Washington merchants have evinced
, civic interest in having her among
the most handsomely tailored
women on Atlantic City's great
boardwalk.
Rizik Brothers will give her an
Evening gown; ]. N. Gliding & Co.
pm afternoon frock: the Hecht Com
pany. a bathing suit: the Meyer
Shops. a travelling hat, and william
Hahn & Co, shoes.
Advices from Atlantic City. where
he arrangements for the carnival
pre- well under way. Indicate that
win be a truly remarkable occa-
ion They also show that Miss
Tashington" has been given a place
4 the very, highest distinction ON
he programl
Guest Of City.
When she arrives in Atlantic CITY
he evening of September 6, accom-
panied by a well-known Washington
patron as chaperone, Miss wash
ngton" will be met at the train nv
distinguished gathering Of At
antic City officials. patronesses Of
he pageant and escorted to her
1otel. where she will have a snite
acing the ocean She will be the
lhcial guest of Atlantic City and
verythfng possible will be done 10
nake her comfortable.
she will, however, have verS little
me TO herself. as she Is to be the
enter OF a continuous round OF
Dcisl festivities. Her first evening
the hotel she viii be besieged
rlth invitalfons 70 a nuu1her NJ ma