Brown-haired, deep-dimpled Fraulein Lisl Goldarbeiter, recently chosen “Miss Austria” by a group of enthusiastic Viennese artists, was the recipient last week of an impassioned letter from the Right Reverend Christopher Edward Byrne, Bishop of Galveston, Tex.
“The Galveston Beauty Contest,” blurted Bishop Byrne, “is an uncouth vulgar display. No Galveston lady enters it. Very many frown upon it. You will be called upon to parade in nothing but a bathing suit before a motley crowd which will view you at close range. I cannot see how any self-respecting, modest young lady could enter such a contest.”
Sloe-eyed Fraulein Goldarbeiter, at her home near the Stefansdom, thoughtfully pondered this letter from a man she had not met. “I am profoundly impressed.” she said, “but I think I will enter the contest anyway.”
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