The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-14

a-.u-s-.--rsaa-aa1n~AN not be photographed stepping into or lying down in one of BI0tsen- burg's Bathtuhs. Thereby viOIat- ing another rule that beauty con- testants must enjoy no privacy even while washing themnselyes. And furthermore she would not have her picture taken getting out of . BIotzenburg Bathtub to prove that if q girl took . hath in .
 Blotzenburg she need fear nc slEiddlng but did have the surety that she would emerge . rival to
 Venus rising from the sea. Need
 less to say the rebel remained at home. To be pointed out no doubt by future beauty contestants as a girl who passed fortune by and neglected the, priceless opportu- nity O. getting into a bathtub ut-
 terly unknown without a cake of soap to her name and coming forth later with 3 Park Avenue penthouse in one fist and a con- tract for the movies in the other.
 Back to School
 You might think that the rebel lion of Miss Corn Belt" would have served as a warning to the Miss America" contest promoters
 in Atlantic City that there was disaffection in the ranks of the contestants and that the bathing
 beauty racket was due for . good skipping around. Like MT. BlOtz- enburg of Blotzenburg's Bathtubs the .''Niss America" promoters are more interested in business than they are in beauty They never dreamed that . Miss America"
 might be more interested in beau
 ty than she could be in business. What an awakening they gotl The
 judges picked Bette Cooper, 17 year old, of Hackettstown, New Jersey to be Miss America of 1937." Along with the crown Miss
 Cooper was to get a five day con- tract at an Atlantic City pier, 2 six weeks vaudeville tour, an air. plane trip to Hollywood for a screen test, and thousand dollar Persian lamb coat. And what did Bette do? First she kept the judges, promoters, reporters, news-reel. camera men, rolling chair spectators, seven saltwater taffy huchsters, nineteen Japanese aucti0neers, fourteen life-guards, eighty-four hawkers of Papers from your Home Town," and the Boardwalk whitewings who go around spearing pieces of paper with . nail attached to 8 broom stick, waiting three hours before she showed up to be crowned. Then when she had been deco rated with the diadem, maryel- lous work of the jewellers art made out of cigarette package tin- foil, beer bottle caps, beach stones, and clamshells studded in dis carded chewing gum Miss Amer ica of 1887" turned up her nOSe," tip tilted like the petal. of 8 fiow- er," at all offerS-including the Persian lamb coat-and went back to school at the junior college of HackettStOwn, New Jersey.
 History Maker
 I can understand why Miss Corn Belt" passed up the chance to become Miss America" via Blotzenburg's Bathtubs. Who wants to take . bath in photo. graph galleryl But how any sev- enteen year old girl can give up 8 vaudeville contract calling for four. shows . day at $2O0 Jess commission. etc.) . week just to :. continue her education Is beyond me. The only thing left for Bette Cooper to do in order to destroy forever all this Miss America" illusion is to give out the news that she Is giving up an artistic career on the stage and on the screen, an airplane trip to Holly wood and . Persian lamb coat to stay at home and help her mother around the house, The ninuteEit gets around that Miss Alnerica"is to get nothing out of her queen ship but the title, the chance to lend hand at washing the dish~ es, to do little sweeping and dusting, and the opportunity. of living like a normal girl you will not be able to see the contestants for dust. Miss Cooper has done more than win the '.Iiss Amer lea" crown for 1937. She has. a precedent. She has made history. Which when you think of what other queens have done that Is something not to be sneezed at. Reward
 Lost strayed or stolen--orle politician, name unknown, party designation unknown, residence Sole Identification alleged refusal to sign merit sys- tenn petition unless cut in on racket" Last seen floating in thin air around headquarters Water bury Chapter, Connecticut Merit System Association, Incorporated. Request for information as to his and whereabouts ignored. Reward will be paid upon receipt of proof of his existence. Use no hooks. N q, J. w. F.