The Press: Detroit Diane

Detroit Diana

In the gladsome month of May the State of Michigan will hold its Industrial Exposition. The exhibition will include 180,000 square feet of floor space, farm machinery, candy, a Tampa band, electric motors, jewelry and Bernarr Macfadden. Mr. Macfadden, publisher of six magazines "with over two million circulation," is to be there in person to select the winner of a beauty contest; or rather, to choose a girl to be "America's Diana." Why is Mr. Mcfadden chosen for this purpose rather than any other famed publisher—William R. Hearst, or Cyrus...

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