The San Francisco call. [volume], March 24, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

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The San Francisco Sunday Call.
What It Means
to Be Known as
The Most
Beautiful Woman
in Chicago
TV" S s rtydy in contrast*. there never, bef ore -was
/ 1 sny thing; in the -reaiities .of H-r Jo compare
I % wiih thfjjfud«leh chnnge ':V th- jY«ri:me>; <;f
Miss Delia Crrson, declared by 'ndce* to be
th* 1 most h^nutifv.i woman in Cbtcaigo', Within a day
her gray little world became a wonderland. Her
brautv w:s the Aladdin's lamp, and t!ic riew^pnper _
\u25a0 v.vjs the grr.ir that broi:piit her unbidden
s!l the gifts of the world— {.inc. for*u:yc love. .
The outlaw wim finds himself upon a = thVqnr. the*
starving diamond dijrper who discovers, a Kuhinoor,'.
the prospector who finds .of vein of gold, the actor
who makes ajrrcat, hit, the. author who writes, a.
popular novel— rhr«e do not pass fr<»ro nothi^p; to
everjihing as cuiieLly and easily 'as did Dell,VCar.>on;
For these hnvV,bcen wooing fortune.' and hppinp.io
have her smile upon them. The brst that can happen .
to them cannot come enlirejy unexpected.' -But "Mi«V
Csrcon sought nothinjr, asked nothing:.. The tforh
am« and poured their 'gifts In her Jap witnoutisolici-*"
tatib?;;---;-' ;.. : .-- \u25a0• w-j(i x &;& •\u25a0\u25a0
\,-'-Shc knew, of course, that the judges had declared
her the most beautiful woman in Chicago, but that
was only a little secret between herself and'the judges
t.nd a few new'ijnptr men. The fact; was gratifying v
and surprising, of course, when they told her that ;
one of her friends had sent ' her photograph to the*
competition and that she hid been declared the
winner of the first prize. It jScased her, but it mad*
»o difference in her wmy of life. Everybody in Chi
ogovM wooderlcj what woman had won the first
pcSae. She oovld hare told them, but. the -fact was
. «• . be | kept a vecrct tsrtil February Hi. The Chicago
landay Tribtme had paid $25,000 ' to have : : th t
iiait kept ixbcfl tht announcement coald be- made
rfanslt»n*ocKty tn fhe San Pntncisco Sunday Call, the
Pwr^Vatfc SmAatj WooM aad the leading newspapers/
of «B tfM other giett ddes of the'coontiy. .'
Vema Working at a Jtiesk
iOm . Omen corfnaed work at . her j desk. " ,\Vh en
flectzrdax wnnfiig ; ostt ' ake \u25a0 drew,; the ". ctatomary $1 2 '
fee her ptj ' eurelcUMi waA Went hotnc to '• htr mother. .
tfced, but ouutented became «be had Veen • good girl
csod wu duuig her dtsty.n'fhe world. - \u25a0
Then ftuiktajr nxw uhtg tlihty : great \u25a0 ' xtewspapers
;'jpl(Ti!iflii ilber beaudfid photograph and her wonderful
ator>y Ou* iumth of the people in the United' States
Eased d her piuture and read the rtory of th« con-
M»ndi«r fhet~she was the moet beaodful woman ;•
tft ft dly cf two* nsHlloa people, tad th*t the Chicago,.
Bnodgy Trtt«a» decltred ;ihe was die mott beantif ul .
wosaaa hr Araerica efnid challeaged- the cocntrj' to'
pvouSoe her ec^un. . ' . \u25a0 \u25a0.:\u25a0\u25a0/ , -\u25a0\u25a0".• '-' : ."..\u25a0 \u25a0-.
iV-HeTeV'*«iaee-;tlbe' world; began- was? a /woman. *o
•»d%«<ieed,:'nWer: «M: waxy: nem'- thmg^sb; »nddehiy'
atmotmced' to so mcajr people. .Only; the ; wonderful
business ofgynfTaffoe of the ,tw«nlleth -eentery: n riv-s-'
\u25a0papers-'niaAjlaidi; » ooop: poeelbU. .Jn^'one\day?ithe:
little Chicago •tenographer * was ' faxnercs from New
j .York to San Frandsco. , EVerybodjr was; talk! rig *bout
I her. The twenty millions of people .who i Vead^abotrt'
I her in their, fsvorite Sonday' newspaper* , were . ehow-'
i ing her picture and- teHing; her. ttory , to j their tixty
! million neighbors. " " \u25a0
.Miss' Car»on did whet no other woman in the
world has done. She became famcrna instantly. She
had not committed^ '"ai crime, nor- inspired one.« ! She
had not married a millionaire j, She :\u25a0 had \ not . done
anything- ' She ' was^Vjttat "J^eaatJfaL '.;•", Other- women;
have' had repotationsfox!igreat,b«tit7,'>hnt their; fame)
,'hai bccii a matter of.clow, growth iidxcyJ fought their.
.'way ,on ' \u25a0< the stage or- in • the •ooal world -to ; the^notxee ..
of . oankin'A. 5 . ' ' "V ' ' : \ r ' ".'.'' ",.'{'.'.': '•. \u25a0-'-."\u25a0[
' * And what did s lt mean! . toi this-: litUeiwbrldn'g'* girl;
iot be .called, the^ most/ beautiful* Woman iin^ChicagO'
and to hayeUhc;fact'io' widely.: vtiriowuAl'y^;^' Vv
In the ; first ' pl»ce it meant^loyeTaad 4 ' admlratton-t^-'
lor perhaps'that holds the* first^^. place in 'eTe^Jwoman's ,'
eecret heart. Hundreds of ;thousands^of?menf gazed'
upon-her picture and 'felt '.their hearts s stirred.'^: Many*
thousands . of rthem \u25a0 were . *o^ moved J that z they^wrote r
tc " her ••'tha.ty day,- declaring" \that^th^^adorid^hei^ ;
offering hcr, : marriage/ 'And. everyfday sincft. then-the-,
rrjail '/man -ha s ; brou ght \ Mis * < Cars on jif load • 'of |pro - ' •
poialsi'r. •\u25a0•;:/>•'."..\u25a0••\u25a0 \u25a0:''' ;\u25a0:/"•\u25a0 :^ j-'?.^.;;-" v ;'" ;'\u25a0'';"" ; '"r ;'-; '- : '; ;. :
.^; '\u25a0 -Nobody in- the, : l world -' gets;; sql'nlaiiy .love icttef*;
"as ; Mi** Ctrioo. ;_- ;. And^.tKe.' 'me'n fwho'.write'itp .her.va,s ;
ft role are. not . of; "type^ that/
•onoy women Jn: pablicj!ife:^heyVarej?elfTre«pcctingV;
sincere, 'honest,; men;*; some 'of :them ,sbme?
.of^them laborera/.each'.' one /writing^ no :dpubt';withbu'tv
_aith"oughYthat'thouMnds^f;'q^
the, take <JmpuliVi to^ofter.) their >handa Lin marriage**
to' thit* modest young* beautyv'' -\u25a0^\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0v .\' ' . \u25a0 --t •'..-"'•.'
•end ; refereacet,:not
fof :char^^ connection^
Jbrig;tO| .'and'give r thB;names "of ;tH"eir/banyers;^^'SHowj
fthu •* to f your j-'mother,^ and yask^her;j it ; you > can •; 'write']"
to^me," ; ii) an-exp>^sion7fTequen^
'ZrA She>has; received j;off ers^of ), : poaitipii s^f fo m?ail :-:oVe'r , :
: it o cottntiy!:^ tiwyers^writ cyind?iofftrf ;^k; ; - i afVa ! :
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gagV^her' v iertrljiiM;(«hV^is^a«k^^
to : ff b .on] the.; stigel V Shejtii^off .cr 'edp $50 fa^j week;! $10C£
.^^VsiOOG^at)Vi«m|i^^
|wsionjjf;>nd?M:.bin^djngi.as
ipo^onyihe^mighfrfnpl^h'iV^
, iiame, • so I pre^^vfart fnicnf atl^ct^^/iheTibewiirttli
f ace ,aud\soavalaablejis ?tho I peifectly, 11 , modest 3 adver- -
?,-..Kb*; doubt < if
beauty for cash? ahe .could ; earn \ as much : money, \u25a0 pep. S
worldL :.vSok^^a»id«:tKjc»jth«sCJumceaTthi?hMiofwkia«3
;^gbjden < mar.m^
i- arc* showered \u25a0upon- her; from^ f ailfsoUrccs^V'^'H"^^' >'-V
: .VlMiss^
•; tioris honors land ! emoium^ntsifrora^
v : ofj; saying^ that them^y-SHe;f might 1 ;
;l; l pianos, \u25a0^automobile's,'*; jewelry ;^an%^l,i^Hlthe'f\ valuable;^
f'and'jl^yely/itWngs^th
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': ceives*, arefthetcongra
f- i rpniVother/ womeri.ft Stenographers '; arid^vorkin'g^; girls ;
i upon^the;;brow^of <aiworking vg^rl-^^inistefsjwritef?
J. to; h'er^ g^vingfgood rad\Hce':'/v^
\ f o"r '4h'e*s.ecre.ts : of I ,bea.uty~no_tVseeming-!tb*realize" ; tH'atAi
s i tT i s i the" jfods^.t^f- 'v^-'i'.^y.; -$;\u25a0 ;-,\u25a0" ; 0;^ .: :^ v y £:
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»''frien"ds;*jcongratttlation*,Vgbbtt;wl9h"e^^^^
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