Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-13
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
ALittIe Lady Yet in Her Teens
Captures the $40
Gold Piece
AWARDEDBY THE DISPATCH
For the Best Descriptive Article on
the Pittsburg Exposition.
ALADY ALSO GETS SECOND PRIZE,
And the Third Goes to Man, After q
Close Contest.
AWARDED BY THE DISPATCH
ALADY ALSO GETS SECOND PRIZE,
WHO TIE SUCCESSFUL ESSAYIsTS ARE

A few days previous to the opening OF the
Exposition, The DISPATCH offered prizes
for ESSAYS on a chosen topic. The E1posi-
tion opened on September 3, and the con-
testants had only three days in which to
prepare their papers, as the first contest
closed on September 6, with the close of the
Exposition's opening week on Saturday
night. In announcing the Prize Essay con-
test The DISPATCH said:
THE DISPATCH each week will offer Prizes
for the best Essays and Contributors on a
topic to be chosen and announced. The Prize
Essay Contest for the opening week will be
open only to Amateur Writers, professional
pewspaper and magazine contributors being
barred. All Amateurs in Western Pennsylva-
mia can contest for the Prizes
For the opening week THE DISPATCH will
offer the prizes announced herewith for the
best DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLE on the EXPOSE
TIoN as whole. Articles must be general in
character and deal with the instructive and
unique features of the displays and attractions.
No putting in the line Of designating by name
the exhibitors will be permitted. The features
and attractions can only be referred to in gen.
eral and interesting way.
For the best contribution on the above topic
THE DISPATCH will award prize of a
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECE.
For the Second Prize THE DISPATCH will
award FIVE DOLLAR GOLD PIECE.
For the Third Prize THE DISPATCH will for
ward by mail to the winner a copy of the
Sunday issue of The DISPATCH for One
Year.
Each article must make at least 500 and not
more than 1000 words.
The mass of MSS. placed upon the desk
Of the Managing Editor necessitated the en-
gagement of a competent person to act as
judge and pick out the winners. THE DIS
PATCH selected a gentleman who has occu-
pied every chair in the editorial rooms of
various newspapers, but who is not at pres
ent actively engaged in newspaper work.
1t is satisfied to award the prizes on his ripe
judgment, and his decision is final. The
winners of the Prizes are:
First Prtsc.
MISS OLA B. H. HOTHAM, No. l3S Pearl
street, PittsoGTg.
Second Prize.
MISS NAE DAVIS. No. 50 Taggart street,
Allegheny City
Third Py1ze.
CHARLES F. HOOD, Hussey building Fifth
avenue. PittsbuFG.
IN awarding Ine prizes the y uuge saws:
''The competitors are about equally divided
so far as sex is concerned, young ladies
leading the list slightly, however One of
the lady contestants is 30 years OF age, but
the remainder are far below the half century
line. The winner is a young lady vet in
her teens. As between the first and second
prizes find it hard to decide, but after
mature deliberation awarded it to another
young lady just out of her teens, the third
prize going TO gentleman on the shady side
of 80. a great MANI Of the writers seem to
have no proper conception of descriptive
writing, and, if the mass of MSS. L have
read is any criterion, this class of writers
cannot be very numerous While there are
school girl ear-marks on the winners con-
tribution, still it is very sketchily written,
and indicates a writer's talent, judged from
a newspaper standpoint
The winners will receive their Prizes on
application at THE DISPATCH Business
Office, corner Smithfeld and Diamond
streets, at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
The contributions of the prize winners
follow: