That we might better mark the king’s birthday and remember it as a period of great rejoicing, and to arouse our sleeping regard for women we have instituted a “beauty contest.” Lecointe, Racovitza, and Amundsen, I think, were responsible for the invention. At any rate, anything suggestive of kind, tender, feminine recollections, or of love and poetry, is first championed by one of these gentlemen. It was so in the “beauty contest.” For several days they had been electioneering and pointing out the special merits of the women of their choice. The pick has been made from the illustrations of a Paris journal, illustrating women famous for graces of form and manner, and public notoriety. Nearly five hundred pictures were selected, representing all kinds of poses and dress and undress, and anatomical parts of women noted as types of beauty. The result of this concourse is shown in the following official record of the great event:-- ANTARCTIC NIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF ARTS, FEMININE BEAUTY, AND PUBLIC WORKS GRAND CONCOURSE OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ORGANISED IN THE COLD ANTARCTIC, HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF S. M. ARTOCHO I.--KING OF THE POLAR ZONE AND S. A. ROALD, PRINCE OF THE KYODBOLLA =================================================================== FIRST PART.--TOTAL OF VOTES FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. --------------------------------------------+-------+--------+------- DESCRIPTION FOR BALLOTING. | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD | PRIZE.| PRIZE. | PRIZE. --------------------------------------------+-------+--------+------- I. Poses plastiques | 252 | 217 | 218 II. Disposition (dreamy, fond of flattery)| 183 | 326 | 339 III. Appearance, common | 391 | 323 | 260 IV. Rosy complexion | 306 | 245 | 264 V. Irreproachable character | 94 | 88 | 210 VI. Grace, personified | 209 | 230 | 319 VII. Elegant appearance (sweet disposition)| 47 | 463 | 101 VIII. Underclothing | 134 | 180 | -- IX. Most artistic poses | 274 | 404 | 391 X. Sporty girls | 208 | 397 | 405 XI. Most graceful dancers | 288 | 291 | 290 =================================================================== PART SECOND.--TOTAL OF VOTES ON THE EXCELLENCE OF SPECIAL PARTS.