New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-26
lrate Mother
Drives Herrick
To Police Aid
Beauty Contest Crusader
Applies for Protection
From Woman Who Saws
He 1nsulted Daughter
Letters Cited as Proof
Oklahoma Man Issues a Re-
markable Statement in
Defense of His Conduct
From The 7'vibune's Washinoton Buyeo

from The 17tbune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Represent-
ative Manuel Herrick. new member of
the House from Oklahoma. set out TO
tame beauty. Bu. to-day one beauty.
plus one irate mother. forced him to
appeal to the police for protection.
Upon being sworn into the national
legislature Mr.. Herrick determined
that his first term could not be better
spent than in securing enactment Of
legislation prohibiting beauty contests
of any kind. The girls of to-day are
going the wrong way, he declared Dire
are the prospects for the future unless
the open competitions of vanity are
checked.
Accordingly, he introduced his anti
beauty contest bill. And all the out
ward signs have indicated that the
most energetic one-man campaign the
capltoi mas seen in many years was
being waged for its successful passage
Ask Police for Protection
To-day MIR. Herrick has fears. He
called this afternoon upon Inspector
Clifford L. Grant at Police Headquar-
ters and asked for protection from Mrs
Z. Belville Shorey, Of 2162 Florida Ave-
nue., Northwest, who has protested
against alleged attentions of the leg
islator to her sixteen-year- old daughter
Following his visit with the police,
Mrs. Shorey called. Her pretty daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, she told the chief of de-
tectlves, has received about dozen an
onymous love letters, which she believes
were sent by Representative Herrick.
RpDrp sentative Hcrrick occorL;r.
Mrs. Shorey, was roomer in her home
for a time. During that time he told
Elizabeth, she said, that she reminded
him of an old sweethcart-his darling
lost Oracle"
Mrs. Shorey's daughter and the Rep
resentative from Oklahoma attended
many social affairs together the mother
averred, and the time came when his
attentions we're so fcrvent that she
concluded a halt properly should be
called. She moved to another house
and refused TO permit the Congressman
to go with them, and then, she said, the
missives came.
Herrick Issues Statement
Following his visit to Police Head
quarters, Mr.. Hcrrck issued the fol-
lowing statement, which is quoted
WITHOUT correction:
Inc newspaper reports and some
others who are opposed to the passage
Of II. r. 1908 a bill introduced by
representative Herrick to prohibit
beauty contests, think that they are
having fun with Him by trying to heap
Ridiculc upon him but Instd thew are
only Making sure that his bill will
pass by such Methods because they are
acting as q boomerangc the MEMBERS
Of the House after reading the screed
in the New York World Of the Gath
remarked "this settles It, we win all
writer's rave the following facts re-
mains and cannot be gotten away from
LIST that herrck has bin in washington
since february the 25th and In all that
time He has done no running after
wimcn In the scncc that the term is
commonly Understood to Mean 2.nd he
employees No wimcn clearks In his Of
flee, but on the contrary has full
force Of Men Clearhs 3.rd He has about
peck Of replies from the sicy and
gldey girls which they sent in answer
to his dccoy' letters that he sent out in
order TO gcathcr evidence in support
Of his bill.
''ln the hearing before the commit
tee on judiciary and If certain girls
don't quit cooperating with the class
that would like to drag them down to
Moral ruin Hc-~Wil make some Of
them public snd then they wont feel
quite 80 Gay 1th he dencs the social
Hyenas Moral Rcprobatcs and Moral
Lcpcra 10 prove by any evidence that
is entitled to n Moments consideration
In any court Of record any whearc in
the world that He. Has ever been
guiIty Of an set Of Moral turpitudc in
His whole life 20 he il willing for the
Moraly Unclcan to Howl AZ long and
as loud as they Ike it disturbs Him
AOT and he viii 20 right Oh trying to
make this world a better and cleaner
place TO I've H..
EMANUEL HERRICK."