Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-09
"MISS COLUMBUS"
is PRETTlEST OF
ALL AMERICAN GIRLS
Continued from page 1

The washington lass may come BACK
next year and seek the trophy again.
In this pageant and in last years af-
fair popular favor was showered upon
this girl, and many last night unof-
ficially would have given her the
laurels.
The queen of queens was chosen
by the artist judges from nine girls,
who took part in the revue of mer-
maids, the feature spectacle this af-
ternoon.
Three from among the fifty-seven
intercity beauties, three were girls in
the amateur class, not sent by cities,
and three were beauties professionally
before the public 1t was a process of
elimination. and the winner in the
amateur class and the one in the
professional class were pitted against
the intercity winner, Miss Columbus.
and erstwhile Miss America,
A Philadelphia girl was picked as
first in the amateur class as having
the most beautiful form In big bevy
of entrants living in this and other
cities, but not officially entered. She
is Miss Gladys Greenamyer, a blue
eyed blonde.
She is graduate of West Philadel-
phia High School. is feet inches in
height and weighs 135 pounds. She
wore a beautiful lavender bathing suit.
A large silver cup was her trophy.
Miss Vineland," who is Mary Eliza
beth Edwards, a 22-year-old- school
teacher, was adjudged second in the
amateur class. Miss Vineland was not
entered as an intercity beauty. Her
brown hair is matched by her eyes.
She wore a tan bathing suit. Miss
stelle Marks. of Atlantic City. a IA
year, bobbed-hair lass. won third
place.
In the professional class. Dorothy
| Knapp. New York model, in black
suit with touch of white, won first
place. Pauline Dakie, of Perth Amboy
and Sydney Nelson. of Indianapolis
both playing In the Passing Show o
1922" here. were awarded second ant
third places. respectively.
In the intercity beauty group be
sides Miss Columbus, were Miss Nash
Vile, Miss Sue Burton, second, ant
Miss New York, Miss Dorothy Hughes
third.
II was a picturesque sight, wit
Miss Columbus" Miss Greenamyei
Miss Knapp and Miss America
standing before the great audience
Near them, some in evening gown!
some in bathing toys, stood the othe
beauties. The final choice was nc
made by acc1amation of the throng
but Il was announced that the judge
had selected Miss Columbus as tn
, super-Queen. It was unofiicially sal
that she got six of the votes Of tn
eight judges.
Before the final curtain was run
down on the 1922 pageant, the beau
ties We're centers of interest at tn
Garden and Steel piers. The pagear
! burst forth into great carnival spir
t throughout the length of the espla
= made, bands blaring everywhere an
; immense fireworks displays lightin
the skies for miles.
, The winner of the children's div
/ sion in the bathers' revue was Ad
. y. Henderson, 402 South Broad stree
/ Philadelphia, PIX years old. who wol
r a cute ermine suit and carried pl'
: turesque ermine-cover parasol.
' Miss Columbus triumphed in ket
: competition with 900 of the pick
American beautiful womanhood. 81
n wore a vivid burnt-orange silk jerss
n with black belt. Miss Columbus la
= night won third prize in the semifina
r when all the girls wore evening gown
She then wore an elaborate lowe
= tangerine- colored gown trimmed
: crepe de chine and gold brocade lac
:. None of the fnalists had bobbed ha
Father Neptune, monarch of Z
l. sea-" sadly shook his crowned he
II at about o'clock this afternoon
Il the sun was about TO sink, and
# was heard TO mutter:
How times have changed"
The subject of his nominations w
/ fifty-seven beautiful nymphs, w
l. disported before him. They wo
le bathing togs Of exquisite design al
y tints, partly covering but revealil
Il forms of rare beauty. They rival
o Aphrodite in their apparent love
: the beach, mot sea'-but there W
- not a single dimpled knee expose
and one-piece bathing suits were ra
and, yea, too rare" complained t
> king
= Other girls outside of the interci
lbeauty ring showed their dimpl