BEAUTY

Shows have been held several times in various places, e.g. by the late Phineas Barnum (see above), but the most famous is probably the one held by Me rs. Pears in 1889, when there were several you sand competitors. These were gradually reduced by elimination until only four were left to receive the leading prizes—.£50, £2$, £10, and £$. At the famous beauty show at Nice the first prize was only.£40. At Vienna a male beauty show was held, at which the judges were 14 ladies. The first prize went to a wine merchant, and the second to a man with a moustache 20 inches long.