NEW YORK: Miss Cafeteria Society

Champions of feminine democracy may grant that the Colonel's Lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins; but they firmly believe that Judy O'Grady's skin is prettier. On this assumption some of Judy's champions last week held a competition for "Miss Cafeteria Society." The place was Manhattan's Fiesta Danceteria, where subway society can get supper on a tray for 60ยข dance all night for nothing to Manhattan's better swing bands. Fiesta's patrons flocked to compete: stenographers, sales girls, telephone operators, factory girls from Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx, in $2.98 dresses,...

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