The Washington times., 1929-03-05

Magazine and other Hearst pub
/ A determined search for the win.
| ner of a selective survey for
| girl who will represent this terri
| tory as Miss Typical American, Is
being made by hundreds.
The Quest, golden search for
| a girl who is the elimination of all
| Americas ideals, started on March
| /. At that time Smart Set Maya
j zine selected some representative
! American newspapers to aid in It's
search for this girl.
They chose a committee of selec-
| tors to pick out the girl who was
| most representative. cash award
| of $4,000 was placed to the account
OF 1.-The Typical American Girl"
When she is selected they will
award 1t to her.
Times to Name Committee
The washington Times wifi name
a committee of selectors and win
announce the members in a few
days. This group will pick out
the girl who is to represent Wash
| ington.
The National selectors are Rosa
mond Pinchot CASTOR, Jesse l..
I4asky, Vina Delmar, John Golden,
and Guy Hoff
Rosamond Pinchot CASTOR is a
prominent New York society
woman whose theatrical and social
work has brought her into close
| contact with the American Girl
| and made her well versed on what
| the typical American Girl should
| be, She Is the daughter of Amos
| Pinchot. noted lawyer. and Is the
niece of Clifford Pinchot, former
! governor of Pennsylvania.
| Mrs. CASTOR has often been
| referred to as representative of the
| Typical American Girl, and because
Of her intelligence and beauty she
| was selected by Max Reinhardt,
| GeEmany's great theatrical pro-
| ducer, to fill the role of the Nun
| in his American creation, The
Miracle"
Jesse l.. Lasky, vice president OF
| the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora
| tion, has been selected because in
| the production of moving pictures he
has become familiar not only with
all phases and cross sections OF
American life, but because for years
he has attempted to cast in his plays
women who typify the American
| girl.
Playwright, Author. Painter
John Golden is one of Americas
most successful theatrical producers,
whose plays show an astonishing in
sight into all the phases Of Ameri-
can life
I hn Of
| Girl" and other books, was selected
because her books have shown an
! amazing understanding of the mod
ern American Miss.
Guy Hoff is the noted painter of
young women, whose portraits have
| been used as covers on Smart Set
Magazine. For years he has been
seeking to portray the Typical Amer
ican Girl
This comprises the group to date.
Several others may be selected later
in order that more thorough search
be made.
Rules set up for the nomination
of candidates for the honor of rep
resenting Washington as the Typi-
cal American Girl are:
This is a .selective search, not a
motion picture popularity or beauty
contest. 1t is an honest and sim
Cere effort on the part of The Wash
ington Times, Smart Set and other
Hearst papers to find the girl who
best represents that mysterious per-
sonage, THE Typical American
Girl"
A local committee of judges ap-
/ pointed by The Washington Times
will select the regional representa-,
tive from Washington or any of
the territory covered by The Times.
Rules for Candidates
A candidate cannot propose her.
self. She must be proposed by some
individual, organization, or club.
This nomination shall be. sent to
the Quest Editor of The Washing
ton Times.
Each proposal must be accom-
panied by the candidates photo.
graph. biographical sketch, listing
age, weight height, coloring, edu-
cation, and her social, business and
athletic activities. Her qualifica.
tions will be considered by the
Quest Editor who will notify her
If she has been selected. The girl
chosen as the Washington repre-
sentative will be sent to New York
under proper chaperonage at the
cali of Smart Set.
The minimum age is Is.
In the event of tie vote in the
national selection each of the candi-
dates will be awarded the $1,000
All nominations must be in the
mail by midnight, March 81.