In The Prize category, voters wrote in the name of one first year eligible female. The winner would be sold to the highest bidder of the fifteen Matrons on the Recognition ballot. As in the case of the Select 10, The Prize became the property of the buyer. The Prizewinner, however, was never going to do housework. She was guaranteed a life of growth and prosperity though her new mistress could in fact do with her as she pleased.
When Matron Elda realized Bobby had disappeared, she soon caught up with him and grabbed his ear, brusquely pulling him away from his friends. She took him into the voting room where Celia was studying the Select 10 ballot. Elda reminded her to vote honestly and with fore thought. Celia hesitated, and then decided she had no interest in being one of the Select Te
