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Show hem ANinmi Tho Contest for the Choice ef the GoddiM it Liberty is Lively and la-t!rstlii. la-t!rstlii. WHO THE MANY CANDIDATES ARE, Personal Sketches of tho LaJ.f Who Hit Their Rtwpectue Admirers la The Great Race. Who nill be tht lucky young lad that will have the high honor and prout distinction of iinHniiiating the "1h-desjt "1h-desjt of I.iWrty" iu the grand Fourtii of July pageant! That's the prevalent .pit stion of the hour, and. like the darkey at a frelgh depot, who was delegated to deliver goat that had eaten the t.14 upon whlrll the name ef the consignee vsas written, and en U'ttig mAed I j whom the animal belonged, adly mnr. mured, "I donti' know, you du' kuoiv. uoIhmIv dean' kuow," U a hart one to decide. It wan a bright aud hippy thought ou the part of tho committee choen to w led from tho rank of Salt Lake Clty'n bevy of beauty tho young Udr wb should bo the heroine o( the day we celebrate to the public to choose. The rvult of the foresight and good judgment of the , committee has precipitated lively and generous rivalry, and a contest aud bat . tie of UUloU that Is Indeed Inspiring. The content is tlrn all abnorbieg event, and 110 matter where one gne. Instead of the Mereotyped exchange of every dav clvllitie. the question U askest. "Who la your favorite for Goddmt of Liberty'' In the parlor and drawing room nothing else ia talked aliout. Fashion, stvle of gowua and bun net a give war to the "Goddess of LWwrty" fad. and it ! quietly hinted that young ladle who are not themelve In the apirtted lace are pooling their pin money and voting for their favorite friend or ae-quaitit.vico. ae-quaitit.vico. The rlety young nieit are also neglecting their aweet. hearts, and are going down liberally lib-erally Into their pmket Jitiv ing TllK Tiwis eabaloitc ballot which have an expressive and mysterious myster-ious clmiiu of sureesa for the young lady for w hont they are deiosttel In tho llont and tongue tied receptacles! at the rhnmbrr of commerce. lulnes men and their eUrks are, a well, mised up lit the strife and from the dav It commenced extra edition of Tim Tiim have been run to supply the demand de-mand for the cabalistio ballots.. Thousands Thous-ands upon thousand of eitra papers hnve been purchased, and Immense or- iters have ln:eu received for the edition of this day. There lurk In tre for the yotnijf lady receiving Tub Tixii cbalttio ballots, and it la confidently believed that when the vote are nmuied al I'J in. .M.mdny night there w.U b more of them than" from any other newspaer Iu the city. The plate of lodnv's Iswu will l 'preserved, and those w ho have not already left order for a supply eaa have their want lilted. |