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Editorial
June 4, 1927
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
Editorial endorses a Denver clergyman's view that America's obsession with beauty contests is excessive and advocates for contests of intellect, humorously noting the challenge of organizing such events.
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Beauty Floods the Market
A Denver divine's recent complaint that the beauty contest mania is running amuck in America, and that we have need for contests of brain or ability is a point well taken. The trouble seems to be that we are surfeited with beauty. Being a practical nation, we must put everything to work, and the only thing thus far found to do with beauties to make them earn their right to a place under the sun is to put them in beauty contests. As for staging a pageant of brains, we are at a loss to know how it could be arranged, even in Boston.
A Denver divine's recent complaint that the beauty contest mania is running amuck in America, and that we have need for contests of brain or ability is a point well taken. The trouble seems to be that we are surfeited with beauty. Being a practical nation, we must put everything to work, and the only thing thus far found to do with beauties to make them earn their right to a place under the sun is to put them in beauty contests. As for staging a pageant of brains, we are at a loss to know how it could be arranged, even in Boston.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Beauty Contests
Brain Contests
American Culture
Satire
Moral Complaint
What entities or persons were involved?
Denver Divine
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Excessive Beauty Contests
Stance / Tone
Ironic Agreement With Call For Intellectual Contests
Key Figures
Denver Divine
Key Arguments
Beauty Contest Mania Is Running Amuck In America
Need For Contests Of Brain Or Ability
America Is Surfeited With Beauty And Puts It To Work In Contests
Difficulty In Arranging A Pageant Of Brains Even In Boston