The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-07-14


asked us whom we had in mind
for Japanese queen in the Interna-
tional Festival.
Our reply, of course, was May
Tsutsumoto.
Miss Tsutsumoto, University Of
washington graduate in anthropo-
logy. is the most logical choice in
this area. Winner of the titles OF
Miss Seattle JACL" and Miss ia
panese Trade Fair" recently, Miss
Tsutsumoto has the personality, the
beauty. the poise. and, most import
ant of all. the intelligence to hold
her own in any company.
Nisei queen? She isn't the only
queen" in this area. eyes, but
there Is so little time between now
and the festival to sponsor decent
contest. And, who are going to
name the candidates; the girls
themselves can't very well come out
with II wanna be queen" because
she thinks she is a good lookerD
The Japanese would be wise II
they string along with Miss Tsu-
tsumoto. If she consents. it would
be a feather in the hat" for the
Japanese. Miss Tsutsumoto has the
qualifications, and then some.
Miss Tsutsumoto ranked high
among the national JACL queen
contestants in Chicago. and she and
her princesses-Takae Tsnino, Bet
ty Noji and Marian Kono-made a
much better impression with the
fair officials than Miss Nippon
and her two attendants.
Besides, Miss Tsutsumoto is the
only one among the top-rated Nj
sci queens living in the Main-Jack-
son-King st. area. Should the ia
panese choose a queen who is resid-
ing in the Beacon Hill district, II
would be just as ridiculous as the
Rainier District Pow Wow bigwigs
naming a queen from Queen Anne
Hill to reign over their festivities
1t would be an outright insult To
the girls in the respective areasl
Our friend thought this In
ternational Festival was a differ
ent thing. It's no more different
than naming Miss Hawaiian. Ger
tainly, Hawaiians wouldn't pick a
Hawaiian girl who isn't making hel
residence on the islands, no matter
how lovely and ravishing she may
bel
And we might add Miss Mime
sofa" could hardly be represented
by curvaceous doll who never saw
the state of Minnesota and who en-
joys life in the quiet little town Of
Oskaloosa. Iowa.
Getting back to Main-Jackson-
King st. area.
The Filipinos and the Negroes al
ready have chosen their queens
The Chinese will announce theil
queen shortly.
One can bet that Miss Tsutsumo-
to, If she Is named, win be right
there IF beauty, personality. poist
and intelligence we're the ONLY
factors.
But, alas. we understand that the
monetary support from the various
racial groups will be used as the
standard in the final selection. i
that be the case, then 1t Is rather
safe to assume that the "Interna-
tional FESTIVAL queen will be Ell
ther a Chinese or Japanese simp-
ly because these two groups have
the most people.
1t Is a disgustingly rotten deal
the queen committee is handing te
the Filipinos and the Negroes. These
two groups probably are putting ir
as much effort as the others towarc
the success of the festival. Why
their queens should be practically
eliminated from consideration be.
fore the contest" begins. is my
stery to us.
The Filipino and the Negro queens
should be given the same opportu-
nifty to compete for queen honors
as the Chinese and Japanese queens
without the group money-raisine