The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
ONLY 9 DAYS MORE
UNTIL BEAUTY RACE
IS BROUGHT TO END
All Photographs Will Be
Turned Over to the
Judges.
WILL SELECT TEN
From These the One Winner
Will Be Picked in
Person.
WILL SELECT TEN

One week from Saturday. just
nine days from today. the Art Edi-
tor of The Herald will close and
lock his file and take a vacation.
Not that he needs a vacation. but
the strain of responsibility TO see
that every young woman entered in
the Miss Washington" competition
is properly photographed and
entered for the judges inspection,
Is bound to tell on him.
After that day the photographs.
numbering nearly 900. will be turned
over for the judges to consider. They
will first reduce the number to ten
of the most beautiful young women
as judged by their photographs.
This is the first part of the decision.
Process of Elimination.
They will then notify these ten
beauties that they have survived
the first elimination and invite them
to an informal conference. This
interview will include a conversa-
tion with eac.I of Tho judges.
On the basis of the interview
Miss washington" the most
charming and attractive of the
young women. will be selected.
Miss Washington" fully ac-
credited as the representative of
the District of Columbia. will leave
for Atlantic City on September 6,
and will return September 9.
At Nations Playground.
These are the bare facts of Miss
washington's" evolution and career.
But the real significance and value
OF the competition and of the
pageant at Atlantic City lie in the
surrounding circumstances.
Miss Washington" will not be
any mere doll sent to Atlantic City
as a specimen of District of Column
bia pulchritude. She will be
brilliant social butterfly in an at
mosphere carefully regulated for
the comfort and happiness of
butterflies. She will be expected to
have a good time, and to enjoy her
self thoroughly. For a few days,
at least. she will be free to use
every resource of amusement and
gayety in Atlantic City.
Tom Mix rs King Neptune.
And there will be many of them.
Court ceremonies of King Neptune.
although carried out with the ut
most pomp and circumstance, can
not help being exciting with Tom
Mix as the king. The various
beauty competitions in the bathers'
revue and rolling chair parade will
involve meeting hundreds of famous
and influential artists, statesmen,
and society leaders. Extra carnival
social affairs will be more numer-
Gus and brilliant this year than
ever before. The beach carnival
with special fireworks will be car
ried out on a grander scale than
any similar affair in tie East. Ath-
letic events. ranging from trap
shooting to fancy diving. will bring
a horde of sportsmen and athletes
to pay homage to Miss Washing
ton" and her companions.
Miss Washington is bound to
have a good time!
Mrs. Manly Is Chaperon.
For her personal companion Mrs.
Basil NJ. Manly, well-known Wash
ington woman. has been chosen.
and has consented to accompany
the still unknown Miss Washing
ton," The Herald promises Miss
Washington" whoever she may be,
that this friendship will be one of
the most cherished pleasures of her
Atlantic City trip.
Miss Washington" however sur
rounded by the luxuries of princely
hotel suites, would be unhappy if
she felt that her wardrobe was in
complete or out-of-date. To fore
stall any such calamity The Herald
and many Washington merchants
have arranged that before she
starts on her jaunt she shall be
outfitted complete. from top to toe,
in the most modish early fall crea-
tions of Washington's exclusive
shops. Unless Miss Washington"
is a very unusual young woman she
cannot fail to get a heap of satis-
faction out of shopping for the trip.
Chance As Film Artist.
Whether Miss Washington" has
been photographed for The Herald
by the National Pictorial News or
not, she will be given unusual op-
portunities to appear on the silver
screen through the activities of the
news reel photographers who
swarm to Atlantic City during the
pd-tdhl nat II1OTe
could one want?
If she desires a knight or man
alarms to act as her faithful re-
tainer she need, only call upon one
of the Washington trapshooters
who are planning to attend for the
two days trapshooting events over
the grand American handicap
grounds.
Even the honor of bearing the
name of her home city is bound to
be far more than a cold distinc-
tion- 1t will carry with it the warm
taffection of every good citizen of
the District of Columbia. Miss
Washington" will have the un-
divided loyalty of the Capital of the
: United States.
Those who are seeking the name
of Miss Washington" have a real
prize for which to hope, and only
the most charming young woman in