Show i f Hammer Tongs 5 j j I I There Isn't a a. feminine mind In the school that has not been shaken by bolts o of curiosity during tho the last week since there thero has appeared about the campus several placards reading Come Corne Vote Voto Men lien F Beauty Cont Contest st t Today 1220 13 2 Every girl on the campus campus if If she sheo bo Je o honest with herself herself has has assumed assum assum- ed that she possesses a divine right to be chosen to 10 euch such an exalted po position position po- po as the most beautiful girl Inthe in inthe inthe the University Being quite sure euro of ot this fact herself she sho isn't quite Quito sure that it Is a admitted by others and others and the clause limiting tho the voting oUng to themen tho the thomen thomen men has aroused her keen interest This clause has hu caused her untold worry vorry and as a result she has hns suffered suf suf- suffered endless hours of anxiety r f She a assumed that every man she knew know should vote for her and one young man in particular was very ery likely to suffer Buffe If it he ho was negligent In n the matter Knowing from experience experience ex ex- perl that he had been careless In such matters m In the past she very proceeded to remind him of ot othis his duty by a number of ot suggestions suggestions suggestions whoso whose meaning had been artlessly artlessly artlessly art art- lessly concealed At one time she oven even wont went to tho the extent of or stopping within a fool foot of or the tho sign and askIng askInS' askInS asking ask ask- ing InS If It she wasn't looking prettier today than ever before The poor poorboy poorboy poorboy boy wavered hopelessly hopeless in the scalo scale but training told him In this one In Instance In- In stance In fact ho he did even en bottom bettor than usual His look of blankness lasted only anly for a a. moment before his tongue managed to arrange the Oh Oh- er yes that is Js tho the natural result of all such questions Encouraged by the attempt she came back with the question my hair looking prettier than Graces Graco's Grace was tho the girl who preceded her In His affection Tho The boy Is still unaware of ot his break In asking where is Grace anyway At any rate she registered a mental ment ment- al note to strengthen th the degree of ot his hili punishment If It he ho still failed to cast tho the desired vote yoto He Ho wasn't the only man who vho has been made to suffer sutter during the past week There is hardly a man on the campus that hasn't been boon snob ed I cut and Ignored for tor the two days since election Each of ot them Is wondering wondering wondering won won- dering vaguely what hal has happened Just of ot the girls about the th campus were chosen to receive this much sought honor They are now the recipients of or envious glances from tho the rest of ot their heir luckless sis sis- These girls probably realize tho the glorious opportunity of ot their position Think of or tho the unlimited pleasure of ot strutting T before eforo a a. less fortunate nel neighbor They aro are tho the chosen the tho ell elite to toot of ot the campus Of Ot course the tho rest of ot tho the girls have havo decided that they could never have born the publicity of the tho whole thing It is rather vulgar to be placed upon public exhibition you know To tho the ret and modest maiden malden such a thing Is Impo impossible She Sho would have havo died from the tho dis dis- grace Strangely enough h. the boy Is still being punished with oven even more of a vengeance than before probably before probably because he be docs does not realize his guilt or the tho cause caUlle of the coolish atti atti- that assumes Its Us place on her face whenever ho approaches He lie wonders vaguely Just lust what It is all about and stumbles along trying to regain his place In her attention att After tho Importance of ot the tho contest has hns been overshadowed by the tho anticipation an anI anticipation an- an of ot the tho next football dance I he probably bly will But nut If It he dares applauds Grace when whon sho she appears upon the platform the tho night of ot tho the rally he ho is doomed Luckily the name of ot the originator tor of or the idea has been concealed Whoever bega tho contest has vas been possessed of enough cleverness to know that Ue Ise was running the risk of ot f being torn to pieces limb by limb in n tho the many struggles that were bound to result from such a conflict |