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Show LEGION 'QUEEN' IS DIPLOMAT Miss Ruth Metcalf, Burlington (la.) Girl, Names Her Brother Carnival "King." Women began practicing the art of diplomacy when 'Eve was about three days old, and the present generation genera-tion of fair ones are not so bad at It, the world knows. Even the distinguished foreign for-eign diplomats who wear red stripes across their boiled shirts at formal dinners will give the palm to a sweet Iowa p-irl. timvpvor nnd - If they hesitate, a numlier of Iowa men might have a word to say that would prompt them. It happened that the American Legion Le-gion of Burlington, la., having a high carnival and desiring a queen, chose one. The girl selected for her outstanding out-standing beauty, wit, and spirit was Miss Ruth Metcalf, who later displayed dis-played tact. Miss Metcalf being duly and fittingly crowned queen, now would choose one of the ex-soldiers as king, It was announced, whereat some hundreds of assorted male beauties beau-ties struck attitudes of attention. After Af-ter looking closely over the assembled Legionnaires, Miss Metcalf calmly picked out her own brother and crowned him king. Whereupon the issue was settled with nice diplomacy and the big carnival parade got under un-der way. |