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Show , .iM. IPHB Wilt MWmmtJSBk ' hi j'IB''";18f!II It lHB t r 1 t r 1 a r " P 111 -WapMHKMH Hi MlMIMiw" iillMi Beautiful Violet Mer sere au IA JiMBBralBHMBiM f tmmmm iHHH Did Not -Go Through with Entire j -MHHMB &mMrtmm$, RHB Agreement When She Was Introduced to Hnlf 'IBKfe- tMH ': ! . MJIl?" l$WW&?P mm$M&RL ' Roy Fernandez, Chosen from Thousands of 1 ' ;iiSPil $FH ' ?5fflB 3lF x J8111M Contestants. VhKHL aKBBtmWx I OB H J 1rei&,,&w&fc ' raredtr &ttifref PBalreSwywBBHWHt I -4 FEW months ago the Universal Film Manufacturing Company announced B n V'.V' -ftSrt -Jm JwKsRrFti: !iTti' '? ?!!Ssa'ElsBKMHB .i a contest to determine who wna the handsomest man In America. Any H jjj tt ti 1 ffffii!?''iJ'ltil'f fffrn in?i3fiTSwMllM single man who considered himself the posheasor of good looks could B tty r ' 9rW ''''" 'i'jjlw nlKrwEMSt enter the contest by sending his photograph and facta concerning his H B V' 'V''r!ii3M. 'St ' ' 'Hlni?? ffmfftK Bft ' mental and physical condition. H iWf ' JbRw1' - t m?f &fl$i ll lSBIW "'l Tno Prlze. ln addition to the honor of being branded the handsomest H i R v '"MS'iSK:tb -rSSlitiaSSSaaitlHBBB . ' man ln the country, was the chance of becoming a moving plcturo H fe ' 'yyV,V;.tf f --T V player on a long contract, with a nice, fat weekly pay envelope attached rtf " f ; ff f iilt gK ; lli wHfe "nd lo make ,l stl" more interesting, Miss Mwlk 'l"'MiiPmSHHB beautiful girls )n moving pictures, said she would 4c '-W''7ttS$'raBBI' this was perfectly proper. Of course MJss Mers f i JJJK !" ' t 'fwwS333Si must suit her. must appeal to her as well as to Mm JfiwL. " 'jJmgBBl Tno contest created great ocitemont and rJme tmW- ' fffSxSw5SySSmmmL great rivalry all over the country. Many thou- J 2$$$ 'wB Vffe'ilg sands of plcturcj wero sent ln, and when tho w 'B HUSSSBmM content was over the palm for beauty was lldgst '' fHE 'hfW$&$$3 awarded to Roy Fernandez. sSI ' " tjmhff 'i'ttSMSSlKlHB1' A mcet,nS' was arranged between him and wS&jL'f'T rET ffllwlBPB?!!5BlBiffl Miss Mcrsereau, and that young woman shook flS&g? WttHl 'it HMMVteaSlr hands wlih Mr. Fcrnandcr., said she was very, M riBI w yJJrVyTOMg cry ?latl to know n,m' congratulated him on ifcf?J ' w ffegIysSgri his success as tho winner, 'and then, after coolly yv . MPSBB8 looking him over, sho did not propose. B' fM': Jif 5eiffirfiraBlB& Vy? Who can say? Who can read a Hl fc3$?8t $8lmM mlSSWiK&SSBmBk woman's heart? i tl Kv&i?' " ; - ag wfFfPW'r ffi 4Saroff The JudSe8 themselves were all men. and K R fytWUZ "'j'WeP"WHHK wh,, they workcd conscientiously and thor- H' 1 m'F lit'WS(irf'StBKk. oughly, and considered all the entrants from H R VwbfaJ ,! KSKxWSSKSSiiSUI ovry poilble standpoint, thero was ono little "Violet Mcrsereau, considered ono of the most I propose to the winner. It being leap year, all ercau made little reservation?; tho winner tho Judges. t sands of photogiaphs were sent in from all over the country. Mobt of those wero cast out ln tho first elimination. '"Pretty boys and wrist-watch wearers wero discarded firs. r according to one of the Judges. This got rid of ao'oo. The net to 50 wero the posers tho bojs with the fierce laij -Killing stare that !t wOgfflSal 1 WjMlff '" supposed to subdue am thing In skirts The TmtJyUUmx&ml V a. L hHIk next batch to reach tho waste basket were tho sPaF32i J 111 ffib uSBl one-feature tjpe the chap with the rosebud F iy w?3l u. 1A& '18 mouth but a weak chin, or a pair of attractive KR'W um 11 IS&mm lamps and poor hair. S&Mk W H WMIsBM This reduced the number scvor.il more thou- wM ' 'ml '111 vi$&&MmML sand, and left ono hundred regular fellows with WlfflPll ' E 111 ffil&&MBL good lookr and brains combined. The number of w?-l m 111 PuBEv '" pictures finally narrowed down to five. This yflSl H 11' fM&mfimtbSm quintet was telegraphed to send more pictures rMM !fl 1 WCfS and further Information, and when the final J$&34Q& J I I W-fSwJBm ' acid test was applied "Hoy Fernandez was IT jM$M&$i I ill fe&gxlaBBB 1 1 S- liiiii ' r 1 t-5, thing they did not know about a little mental reservation made by Miss Mcrsereau thai the winner must not have light hair! Tho Judges considered regularity of features and form, mental qualifications, social standing, but hair as long as It was good real hair did not botlior thorn as to color. Mr. Fernandez possessed all of the other points necessary. Ho la undoubtedly handsome, hand-some, of good form and carriage, tall, but not too tall, athletic and manly, a man's man as well as a woman's man, a graduate of Yale College, of good family and social position, but alas with golden locks! Any any rate sho did not pop tho question There may have been other things that tho public will never know, of course. Perhaps Rov looked like he might have a temper behind his handsome exterior Maybe some other good looking chap won Violet's favor after sho niado the promise, and before the contest closed, and maJ5e Violet received a letter sprinkled with teais begging her not to do It: or ono with ' harsh words, and "Don't you dare, ho Is al ready mine," and other things of that sorL The cdntcst caused great excitement. Thou- "N. Mj Pill )"4,',' WtKBm iitnS M) 111 sk 1 |
