The San Francisco call. [volume], April 21, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

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m& San Francisco Sunday dan
SUCCESSFUL ENDING OF THE GREAT QUEST
MOST
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
CALIFORNIA
*Tp HE great hoit for the California beauty r conducted
I by The Sunday Call, is now closed. The many hun
dreds of photographs of beautiful women living all over ,
California — of course it was not possible to publish all of
them in advance— -will now be turned over by The Sun
day Call to the Jury chosen to say which of them is fair
est. Douglas Tilden^ the sculptor, and Arthur F. Math- v
ews and G. Cadenasso, the painters, are the distinguished
artists, composing this jury. The whole decision lies in
their hands. '* r
• Some days will be allowed the jurors for critical in
spection and deliberation. If the jurors request addi
tional photos of some of the contestants, The Sunday Call
will undertake to obtain such at once.
Names and photographs of the winners of the high
honors and valuable cash prizes will be published in The
Sunday Call of May 5, it being impossible to get the
decisions of the jury and prepare the plates in time for
next Sunday's issue. -- Winners will be notified and ar
rangements made to hand them the cash prizes which
were offered by The Sunday; Call. The first prize is $150,
the second prize is $50, the third prize is $25, and there,
are twenty-five additional prizes of $10 each: jt
WATCH FOR THE PRIZE WINNERS IN THE
ISSUE OF SUNDAY, MAY 5 .
THE Sundayj CaTTs great beauty
contest has come to a close. h Now
from these : xniny hundred r pho-*:
tographs be chosen the 'ffiost^
beautiful woman In CaltfornlaT. Three
of the meoT .best^ fltted[ft»r -Xbin pleasant f
but difficult task have .been chosen and
during the coming week they .'will pass
on the photographs and when they de- ;
. : sire;. will : request 'th y e j^tei^te'^ajK;
} pear before them. Tneie* men. Douglas
Tllden. the sculptor,^ and O. Cadenasso
I and .'• Arthur -^MaUiews;f the ; : painters;i
.; doj not ; need I to ', be Jtatroduwd , to T C»ii- '\u25a0
; f ornlans.' . \u25a0^iaUflwUonai C tor ;
- Judging ; of ; bVaotyiire * that \tteyl have^
devoted their Mlves to the- study of
beauty and they understand its \ laws.
The woman whom they choose as the
most beautiful 'iofaUwUl Indeed be a
wondrously beautiful woman. * .
So many photographs of really
beautiful 'women have been recetvedf
by The, Sunday Call that the choosing*'
of one from this number and announc
ing her : as : the most beautiful of all
the B»§^J^}|e^ir«p^eStipu||
;_deii^«^^^|f^^^StTitfwi2|
be as^ pleasant a task ascbuld be-de
sired. . - .y • ; ,
For that matter, tae whole quest for'
a. State beauty;^^ has been /fliledJwiUit;
: pleasant! ImiientiS BS^ibTplttoto^
fi^PM^flEif^atlla |byi mea|whoßookj
sc^tespe^J^^gJ^ftoe^o^ant:
cf- whom, the "photograph was" faf llke
. . . :-.>
new. ( The "beauty effltoi •.« cotfW ; read I
I many confessions of lore : between the t
lines. \u25a0\u0084 i Borne, ' proud men* were ia -a '
jposit!bnj where; they could -boldly; «ay, ; |
:. TThlr Is tiSe most beautiful !womaa r fn h
? the , world; ; and fehe js f gotogltof auTrryvt
me." Others came to the office i tenderly
carrying a cabinet-sized <: photograph^
and i^nnwrapping \ the delicate.. l&wft
paper; about It laid It down and waited
iduin)rty^raror^
\u25a0tiii jbjßauty editor, aftey^hejhadtwSiaKS
fledihe'thlrst.for praise of thY loyeivl
r^mltw^ great- p«dnii Tffi ma^|ttf
perfectly [pialn; that: he l^?nothing*tc>^
6.6 . with , the \u25a0>[ choosing of the State C
beauty^ — that he was : merely aidingr In 7
the-findlng of her. -J^'Pt^
Fond mothers and brothers alsaTsent
In. many photographa," . stepfattieriit
,imcles> and guardians, as welL .'Tbesa \
tart as . fond ' of s talking t
About, the beauties of their respective
stepdaughters, _ nieces -'\u25a0 and wards ; as
ttie" lovers. There wer« > two, ln«tancea %
where the came photograph was sent :
In Jby different young "men, each \u25a0 ac
com'panylng the l^ photograph £ wtt£i£ a $
wiwm ] letter. Possibilities ofcmnjfttco^
tton^of{r(ttmance f and \ hes^taclM^ttoae^'
qnestlon were rather Imperious In apir,
pearance.
So many tips' came ( In through the
mail of where pretty girls werV'to'bo^
found . that It woulfi have taken a troop
;«f^men ''?, to ' follow "them up. 'Certain
numbers in ; certain refugee camps,
fcoTOte«:la"oßrtaln Btores, street cars
\ tbaif passed ncertidn •'corners given \u25a0
hours, ,? lt -would .\ have been 'a' lively
chaw *to f^Uow^e :clues. ;^ »\u25a0;"\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0•:\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:
ItNwas"' not' \u25a0] necessary to
go out on the highway and stop pretty
girls and ask them 1 for their photo-;
graphs,' as the beauty ; editor \ had a
thousand 'self-appointed assistants who
iwen^^St each \ ln 3 his :ownl bailiwick:
d|ooßin^^fil^tjof hl3 fair^ friends^
and begging of her a photograph. Evi
dently the young 'men of • the State
made .good use of their opportunity,
for they sent in • many photographs, :
and \lt can^ be ( said of ; them \u25a0 that • their \
tacts ligood.l Perhaps they .were all In 4
the predicament of one young man who -
wrote 'that all .the girls he knew were
Xnrettir}and : he hardly knew which! one \u25a0
to xnoosel;; v: .. \u25a0 v \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
d One *. way ; and > another, the \u25a0 photo^
grap^Vcame, f and .;'n6w.. 'there is ) an \
array'; of , •\u25a0 beauty to lay before ; the
threeV Judges , . which will give them
thought »to find ' most beautiful;
There ; have been many different types
of ' beautiful, women, -all surpassing ' In
ttejrj type,^many^ of v such unusual
quality of ; beauty .that it would seem
that each. one * were not to be equaled
In her type. On this one point enters
ti^^estlonfotlpraoaSl|tas^fßttt|
; with' the Judges the Question of beauty
will be decided entirely according to
the rules of- art. * " \u0084-?,
I From among all these beautiful r wo»
men one will be decided upon by the
Judges as (winner ; In the ; contest : and
.will ba declared by iThe •; Sunday \u25a0 Call :
Ca^ornla'schoice In the'great national
•b^utyr'contes^^^\-.t^\'^enl^twb"i
leading j 1 newspapers >of the- country
will also have favorite and •
the - woman* chosen by the ; national
:' Jury "of * award will of necessity bfT of /
ji ; oi beautj* so; rare that there
will no 3 her supremacyV'
All -who ; look ; upon \u25a0 her /photograph,^
except . her ' personal acquaintances,
yrid: bej compelled 'to' admlV that ; they \
have never ."seen ' so beautiful a woa^n.
.Thy deciding; points will be ; one of ;
quality^: of beauty./ Regularity;" of
ture, perfect line pf^chin'and neck and
figure wilKbe found ;ln many women."
doubtless^ln ;every- one of JtheJtwßnty-r
two State beauties. The winning polnt^
will ; be ' something beyond v that'
It has .been noticed ! In The Sunday '"-
Call's : TOntest \that many of the beanti- "
ful'; CaUfornia^.women * have = a quality %
of I beautylthat '{!• '" idot ' else- " ;
wh^e; -> It them and
/places, iaemjn a class bf laemselves.
this quality of beauty'
: will be yoßsessed In unusual degre«:
by the TOman chosen by the JudgesTa*'
\ CaUCon^s fairest' She will also pos%
the perfect lines : of * beauty. 1 :* TJfcel
t chosen : beauties of other States "can •
haye f no more. From ; what has bean'
\u25a0een of . the photographs published !
by tha other newspapers throughout
- the \u25a0 country.Tthe * dlstlnguishinf; .types
of, beauty were the New . England itypeC
or, the northern beauty; represented by :
-the Boston Herald, the southern typo,
i represented ' by the ; " Louisville ) Courier «
I and the j. Washington • Times, i and - th«
New York ty pe, represented 'by f the I
New York World. ; All these types ~ar»
beautiful/ It* la : merely ; a question /of. l
/whether the /.ethereal "Quality "of ithei
.northern beauty, the loveliness of 'ltbm
\ southern •' or \u25a0% the "•• peculiarly;; feminine
fquality of the^New York woman com
* pare with the' unnamable 4 rare quail t7
of 7 the C California woman's^ beaatyj
That willbe a matter,' to bo decided by
the national jury of award, which alt 3
In - Chicago - when tha Stats j btantfrt
are all chosea,