Show An 11 ob d am f r A Nationally Famous Artist One oi o i the Men Who Picked the Fourth w r Suc Successive Longs aired Queen I SrI QueenI Sr x 1 Tj j T y I of Beauty Gives Girves His y 4 l T p Surprising Answer jE Mt I to the t Question I i t Asked All Ali I 4 Over th thI the I I rl Ii f 1 4 1 Country J F t I f r i t 1 r Vi ViV V Fay Lanphier longhaired daughter of Cali Cali- it s fi Miss Ruth fornia forna i who w was as crowned Miss America Aca meri meris 1925 e eT T e m Malcomson of s sm while many bobbed haired beauties were Philadelphia Miss eliminated 1 t America 1924 whose ELL they've gone and done doneit doneit done doneit WELL it again Mae Mac snapped Lulu the haired bobbed bobbed queen of three counties and proud pOSe pos pos pos- possessor possessor sessor of a brace of shining silver cups captured by her in keen competition with more than one dance hall full of maidens who admit that Mary Pick ford Pick Pick- Pickford ford is cute too ques-I ques gone and done what ques- ques questioned questioned her puzzled girl friend picking up the newspaper that the irate Lulu had thrown to the floor with an air of utter t I disgust i Why picked another long-haired long dame dame for Miss America And that's the fifth time that dumb bunch of called so-called so judges has told the world that Atlantic City is no place for a girl who has left womans woman's crowning glory on the floor ofa of ofa ofa a barber shop Naturally Ive I've been keeping track of this here Miss America business and only for mas ma's silly notions about a girl parading around in piece one-piece bathing suit Id I'd a been on the Boardwalk break break- breaking breaking breaking ing the hearts of more than a few babies that some one kidded into think think- thinking thinking ing mg they got features Lulu very likely had an exaggerated idea of her chances in competition with charming femininity drawn from all parts of the United States but her ob observation ob- ob observation observation that the winners for the last five years have been girls with long tresses has caused more than a few in interested in- in interested followers of the annual event to ponder the same point Did the choice of Miss Norma Descygne Smallwood of Tulsa Okla Okla- Oklahoma Oklahoma homa as Miss America AtI 1926 1928 mean that the American ideal of beauty does not include the nationally popular bob Was it merely a coincidence that Fay Lanphier Miss America 1925 Miss Ruth Miss America 1924 1324 anti and antiMary Mary K R K Campbell Miss America forthe for forthe forthe the years ears 1922 and 1923 all had long longhair longhair hair Thousands of pretty retty girls in the coun coun- country country country try most of ot whom have sacrificed their locks to the present-day present vogue of bobbed hair decided that the judges fudges who have havethe havethe havethe the difficult job of picking Americas America's typical beauty from s seventy five or so soe e entries tries in the Atlantic City pageant pur pur- purposely purposely purposely eliminated the girls with the bob Curious to know the real answer to the question Can a haired bobbed girl beMiss be Miss America the writer after much difficulty cornered one of the judges of the 1926 contest in his New York studio and bluntly put the question to him This man an artist of national repute was one of fifteen judges all but one of whom were artists The other man was wasa wasa wasa a well known sculptor lie He was hard at work on a pen Ink drawing of a beautiful girl and his model was a maiden with luxuriant waves of golden hair falling over her herI I shoulders i Busy in getting the features of his model in the drawing before him theartist the theartist theartist artist asked in a tone of shocked Bur sur surprise sur- sur surprise prise What you just asked me Can a haired bobbed haired bobbed girl be bliss America was shot shot at him again a ain For heave heavens heaven's 8 sake who do you Laura Segar once hailed t tas as Brook x Ac lyns lyn's prettiest prettiest est eat believes w that her un- un uncut uncut un uncut cut tresses 0 x had much todo to todo todo do with her victory overa over a numerous field of pret pret- pretty pret- pret pretty ty bob bobbed bed heads heads v Y sent the National Na- Na National Na National Association Association tion of hairY Hair Hair- Y fy or the r 4 r Master Barbers of America or what w hat to put such a question 3 to me tv The man whose reputation reputation reputation tion as a judge of fern feminine i n i in n e beauty led tO tOa his selection as asa asa a member of the distin- distin distinguished d i s tin t i n group groupp of artists who awarded the t h e wt t w golden apple of acclaim to haired thelong-haired the longhaired long Missy Miss y Tulsa was put at his ease case It iwas was explained that the question was asked from mere curiosity not to plunge him into contro contro- controversy controversy controversy versy with the bobbers of mi mi- mi milady's mi milady's ladys lady's locks or maidens who feel feela a short-haired short girl has no chance i at at the much desired crown of ot v i beauty sy Well that's different said V t the artist t tIt 1 do not know that I I am qualified to speak for m my my colleagues whose votes otes made Miss Tulsa the successor to the beau beautiful Fay Lanphier California's fair daughter who was Miss America 1925 but I 1 can tell you ou this that this that the matter of hair never consciously entered my mind when I cast my ballots I believe that it just happened that the winners for tor the last five years have havo been long-haired long girls and that haired a haired bobbed girl has an equal chance with her long-locked long sisters to be chosen as Miss America Lulu the haired bobbed-haired queen of three counties would have been thrilled and amazed to hear these words from the lips of one she accused of conspiracy against her and a veritable army of other young women who wear ear their hair In the modern abbreviated mode Perhaps she would have havo gone right home and started s IL long campaign to break down her maternal parents parent's aver aver- aversion aversion aversion sion to having her daughter in a piece one one one- piece bathing suit the target for tor thou thou- thousands thousands thousands sands of admiring eyes ees and to having her shapely form blazon blazoned d from the pages of a thousand newspapers Anyway one of the men who had a tf Ic E EJ J JoY a Jq Jt q i t oY P It 44 5 S s Y W Wet t e vf i s fy yA-i yA t y j kr rr r p co Mary K Campbell of Columbus Ohio whose luxurious locks won her the coveted crown of Miss Mias America in 1922 and 1923 hand In picking the latest of a beauteous quartet of American maidens blasted the current belief that Miss America must needs bo a girl with her crowning crol glory untouched by the clippers and the shears Assured that his denial of a plot against haired bobbed-haired girls was accepted as truth the artist was asked Well then do you think that the lengthy tresses of the reigning queen of beauty and her three predecessors may have had a subtle effect on the minds and eyes ees of the judges that moved them to choose the girls with long hair rather than the many contestants who had sue- sue 1121 1121 M b la ro tJ J lJ l r R 7 s I V T t I Norma Descygne Smallwood the present Miss America who is the fourth successive bobbed un-bobbed un- un I bobbed beauty to ascend r the throne reserved for the coun coun- country's country's try's loveliest girl to the vogue of the bob Again his answer was No Ill admit that from the viewpoint of most artists long hair makes a girl more beautiful than she ever could be with her locks shorn close up to her ears car he said aid The artistic flowing lines of feminine hair blowing in the wind serve serveto serveto serveto to frame the face and enhance beauty of feature Sunlight threading through golden strands of hair sheds a soft light that makes the tho shadows beneath the eyes and about the tho mouth more pleasing But this admitted weakness of the theartist theartist theartist artist for woman with her hair adding to the glory of a beautiful face and a well molded form had no chance to influence the minds of the men who selected the little girl from Tulsa as Miss America 1926 for her ber hair was neatly done up and we ye requested others whose hair was flowing free to pin it up This inside information on the man man- manner manner ner of picking the one girl theoretically most representative of distinctive Ameri Ameri- American American American can beauty would also rekindle the fond ambition of Lulu of the bobbed hair to toone toone toone one day take her place among the na- na nation's na nation's tion's fairest airest The Tho artist looked away from his Fat Inc lac A 1 C d l t 0 A Parisian mannequin mannequin man- man mannequin with the sort of haircut that many haver have r been led to suppose cnn can never be graced by the greatly desired crown of Miss America drawing and took the questioning Into his own hands Why all alt this talk about hair any any- anyway wayT way he queried That is only one of the many considerations that the judges who select Miss America must consi consider er when they make their final and often difficult choice from so many girls who are truly beautiful be Miss America is In theory at least the composite sweetheart of the typical American man That is the big ideal we have bave in mind when we begin the work of acclaiming a II queen of beauty from seventy-five seventy or eighty fair daugh daugh- daughters daugh tern from all aU sections of the United States The country is divided into five geographical Now divisions divisions Now England Middle Atlantic Southern Middle West West- Western Western ern em and Western Each of these sec sec- sections sec sections sends fifteen girls to the national pageant pageant The first stage of judging these girls Is not so difficult We eliminate all but three girls from each division and select the winner from this group of fifteen The next st step p is not so easy easy eliminating ten of this number in two groups group of five girls each That leaves Ica five un- un unusually unusually unusually usually comely maidens from which is isto isto isto to be selected one for a coveted position of fame and incidentally fortune The third step is usually marked by great difference of opinion among the committee of judges each member of which has his personal ideas of feminIne beauty After much discussion and nd compro compromising this group of five is reduced to two one ono of which is destined to be placed on the regal throne of beauty with elaborate pomp and and ceremony glorious curls strength strength- strengthened strengthened strengthened ened the current belief that a haired haired bobbed maiden has no chance to be chosen as Americas America queen of beauty But to save the nerves of the nat naturally naturally naturally excited contestants all of of the fifteen girls three girls three from each of the geo geographical divisions of the he country country country- Io are kept on the stage s age during this process of elimination Each imagines herself as the next Miss America and i is not told that the judges will will evill pick the winner 4 from the pair of ot of finalists secretly se se- selected se selected Then comes the delicate task of voting and until a II majority of the judges agree on the winner Some Some- Sometimes Sometimes times there is a deadlock as nerve wrack wrack- wracking wracking ing cs IS the situation that often arises ina in ina ina a national political convention tome some of the judges jud es will hold out for their espe espe- especial especial espe- espe especial cial choices until the moment comes forthe for forthe forthe the great decision At last the queen of beauty decided i upon her name is written by one of the judges and S sealed scaled in a plaster golden apple which is smashed on the evening the new Miss America is crowned Then Theu arrives the moment of a lifetime for forone forone forone one of the fifteen girls representing the nation as a whole Next came a surprising confession from the artist who so definitely denied a conspiracy against the American girl with the bob To 10 tell you the truth he confided Miss l Tulsa was not m my choice although I 1 thought her very nice I Wanted Bliss Mis Washington And here you calf can accuse me of making false statements for she too was a long haired girl Miss New York by the way came canH very near to carrying off the and crown crown she was Im I'm happy to say a haired bobbed bobbed bobbed- haired lady She just didn't have qUite the combination of facial beauty bodily molding and carriage that the judges look for in a winner Had she been jusa just justa a bit more mature you OU might not have had the chance to hurl all ise i I se lie questions at mo me concerning the supposed prefer prefer- preference ence of the judges for girls with hair au naturel One well known writer is probably de- de delighted lighted with the judgment of the men who have picked a long-haired long Miss America every year since 1922 because she writes When boyish haircuts came into ex- ex ex existence the female sex lost something which it will take years to regain regain and and that is feminine appeal Daintiness and charm mean nothing to her She wants to be a n sort of female sheik a perfect counterfeit of her boy friend and one wonders what her boy friend thinks as they dance sideburn to sideburn I Whatever the trend in tho the mode of hairdressing by American women Lulu and i and all her haired bobbed-haired sisters now know that the loss df of I their locks means nothing in the eyes of the men who I place Miss America on her royal throne and that if a hair bobbed-hair girl has the A i i combination of face figure and carriage i 1 and and that indescribable asset called charm she charm she can succeed her long haired long forerunners 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