The Washington herald., 1922-08-15
BEAUTY PAGEANT
WILDE SHARED
By TRAPSHOOTERS
'High Gun" of Each City
TWin Wear Colors of
49, Fairest Lady.
aANY OPEN EVENTS
Athletic Program VIII Attract
Important Sport Gather
ing at Beach.

Eombination Of the National
Besaty tournament and. the At
lantie- City Pageant National Beauty
Trspshootins championship sn,sep-
temhsr Tat . o'clock in tse morn
Id Rkill be one of the distinctfye
features Of the pageant therS ac-
cording to advices just received
from DR.. A l. westcott. chairman
Of the committee. -,
This strapshootlng event will be
one of several open to amateurs
and professionals OF various classes.
II will be held on the grand Amer
lean handicap grounds on Absecon
boulevard.
The shooter of highest class who
n present from each of the seventy
FIVE eitfes which are entering beau
ties MnI represent the lady fair of
his city and will wear her colors.
A trophy will be presented 10 the
young woman whose knignt makes
the highest score.
Capital shooters Invited.
Invitations have been Issued to
Washington tropshooters to take
part, and perhaps to,shoo. for Mss
Washington"
The trapshooting program is one
of many athletic events which viii
make the pageant at Atlantic City
September g.. and s one Of the
most important sport gatherings OF
the early autumn.
This feature Is to be almost as
prominent as the social invasion O,
the town by prominent society lead
ers from all parts of the East. The
two, of course. will be kept suoor-
dfnate to the beauties and their
entertainment
Preparations to give Miss wash
inston" the greatest three days of
her Young life are as active as
though she were already chosen and
appointed to go. Although she Is
still an abstraction, an unknown
quantity, Atlantic City is making
ready to entertain the one most
charming girl in the City Of Wash
ington.
Broad Field for Choice.
whether this young woman has
already submitted her photograph
to The Herald is a matter Of specu-
I4hOn. DuL IL Is
that IL the supreme young woman
mas not already appeared she will
within the next week. The increas-
ing number Of candidates, which
will swell into a flood just before
the Art Editor closes his files on
August 2s. indicates that there will
be a broad field from which To
choose.
No Young woman with beauty OF
feature and charm of manner need
hesitate to join the numbers of at
tractive opponents who have al
ready entered the competition to Sc
lect Miss Washington" There is
bound to be intense and worth
while competition. but everyone will
have an equal opportunity.
Clear Pictures Necessary.
Mere expensive photographs will
not suffice to give the title of Miss
Washington" to the cleverest pho
tographer's model However. 1t is
necessary to have clear and large
pictures. and The Herald will pay
for such whenever a young woman
who wishes to enter the competition
makes the necessary arrangements
with the Art Editor.
Nor will prominence in the NOV
ing pictures now being shown at
Loew's Palace and B. F. Keith's the
aters give any young woman an un-
fair advantage in the estimation of
the judges. The pictures are an
added attraction as an enterins
wedge to success in the silent
drama. and will not affect the com
petition
Clothes Problem Solved.
New and modish clothes will be
necessary IL Miss Washington is
70 appear at her best when she
invades Atlantic City. September
g This problem. which might OF
itself eliminate some of the most
attractive candidates. has been