The Washington times., 1921-09-11
doubt there are thousands
. upon thousands of girls in America
=" who would adore to see themselves

Ev7ITHOUT doubt there are thousands
w upon thousands of girls in America
who would adore to see themselves
heralded as "the most beautiful girl in
America" Think of the business opportu-
mites that would come with such an en-
dorsementi Opportunities to work with
scores Of firms whose business Is the care
and perpetuation Of beauty-stage oppor.
tunities, and movie chances, too--mar.
rage proposals, even! What wonderful
thing to be lifted out of the rut of the un-
known and be thus set apart!
So thousands on thousands Of girls think
land, for many of them, think rightly,
perhaps.
Six years ago Miss Gertrude Fischer,
daughter Of a wealthy Philadelphia manu-
facturer, found herself. through no efforts
Of her own, In precisely this position. Like
Byron, she went to bed one night and woke
up the next morning to find herself famous.
AZ "the most beautiful girl in America"
her. picture blossomed out in the news
papers Of her country; then the European
press took 1t up and made comparisons Of
her with their own beauties. Hundreds of
thousands of words were written about
her; thousands of letters were sent to her
: offering her everything from the writer's
hands to so much cash as an endorser Of
soap or sachet powder. ~.
Fortune is 6ckle. The distinction which
hordes of her sisters would have welcomed
came to one who didn't welcome It at all.
The wreath for which so many would have
knelt she not only spurned, but ran away
from! a..
1t has taken her six years to get away
from that blight of beauty which unwilling
, ly descended upon her. ......,.. .
Dozens of times during that period she
might have fallen in love and married. But
each time the unfortunate sutton managed
TO hit upon some phrase used by the wooers
Of the letters or made some reference
to her "prettiest-girlin-Ame And
that would finish him!
But now the shadow has been lifted.
Miss Fischer's mother has announced that
she Is engaged to be married to Mr.. Carl F.
LAUDER, Jr., rich young Philadelphia.
Mr.. LAUDER secured her Eyes" by avoiding
the mistakes Of the wooerA who lost her!
He persuaded her that hi loved her for
herself alone and not for that much adSer
tised beauty ,-..,
Having obliterated what the Ereudians
would certainly call IAN accidentally in
duced self-consciousness complex" he won
her. ~.
The unsought honor which has caused
Miss Fischer so much trouble came to her
in this way: She had just turned eighteen
and her parents and friends wanted some,
photographs. She went I'd one OF the lead
ing artist-photographers Of her home city
and several poses were taken. In due time
the proofs were sent out to the big Fischer
estate In tho exclusive Oak Lane section.
She made her selection and the photo
graphs were delivered Then Miss Fischer
proceeded to forget all about the Incident
The photographer, however. was elated
over one of the poses. In 1t he had
achieved one of the effects for which the
true artist is forever striving. Accordingly
he submitted the print at the annual con.
vention Of the Associated Photographers
OF America at Indianapolis. Each year this
organization selects the twenty best photo