Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-23

Miss A. L. Grant has for the past three
years taught in the eighth grade. She has
been teaching in the Washington public
schools for over thirteen years. IL q native
OF Massachusetts,, but early in life moved
out west where she received her education.
Being Of q somewhat retiring disposition
her friends. who. although they have labor
Cd untiringly. lacked the thorough and sys-
tematic campaign methods employed by the
more successful candidates. Through the
3 delightful ocean trip in travelling from
Baltimore to Boston and return.
The Vote in Detail.
The vote in detail. a. vouched for BY the
committee, is a. follows:
The number Of votes cast. aggregating
nearly half million. Ii unmistakabls evil
dence Of the efficacy Of The Stars advertts-
Ing columns. The Star has had NO interest
In the contest; never attempted to boom
the scheme: the ballot simply being printed
In the daily advertisements Of the Bradbury
Company. The company kept a strict &C.
count of every ballot received. and no pad
ding whatever has been done to increase
the vote.
Mr.: >. Elliott Kramer. smailwood. o.. 2s4;
Dr. J. H. N. Warning, Lincoln. 81, 1914; Mr..
w. 3. Montgomery. Cook. ~ 2as: Mr.. Percy
NJ Hughes. c. h. g.. 43.935; Miss Amanda
L. Grant. Brent, %2.239; Miss Mary Aux
ward; Peabody. x.sas: Mrs. NJ E. Martin.
2o.eS4; Miss c. 8. Wiilenbucher, Brent. IA
40; MI L. j. Murray, c. II. j., S,972; Miss
h r. johnson. Madison. 4.69l: Miss NJ v.
Lithgow. Mccormick. 4.l46: Miss Ellen Hail.
Tenleytown. 1856: Mr.. S. NJ. Ryder, Grant
2,n4; Mr.. c. X. FinckeL Harrison. l.ys2:
Miss NJ +. Harmon. Dennison, I,746 Miss
.; =. hickey. Berret, l.GO2: Miss L. q.
Nash. Pierce. 1.269; Miss s. 8. Smith Brook
land, l,o32; Miss {. s. Bremmerman, Threl-
keld, $40; Miss Ellen F. Goodwin, Blair, $50;
Miss M. E. Sheads. Force. 527 Miss Grace
Steiner, Taylor. as7; Miss s. J. Oiiphant.
Miss j. n. Erb. Mccormick. 25e; Miss L. s.
Jacobs. Force. 20: Miss j. L. Ditto c. H
3, III; Miss A. Bradbury, w. H. s.. 100;
Miss {. v. Allen. Arthur. 81; Mr.. J. s.
Stearns. b. II. S, 81; Miss B. L. Pattison,
Force. IS; Miss NJ. Saxton, Mt Pleasant, ~:
Mr.. +. 7. Gadsden. b. H. s.. 56; Miss Ii. c.
Nichols. Jackson. IS; Miss X. L. Garrison,
sa nei Ris. 81 Miss n; M; Cushing. G: H, s.
kimball. FRANKLIN. IL: Miss l. N. DAILY, E.
n. s., 16: Miss Kate Rawlings Dennison.
Is; Miss s. F. Robinson. Twining. IL: Miss
F.rrin , Grady Ty.! Jackson H. Miss A. NJ
burg. Dennison. 8: Miss c. Dulln. Abbott 8:
Miss q. Hartstall, Corcoran. 4; Miss E. A.
Doyle. Potomac. Z: Miss Blanche Street.
henry, Z; Miss B. L. Pulizzi. Corcoran. 8;
Miss 8. A. Tchnor. Esputa's Hall, Q; Mr..
G N. Lacey Sites. e. II. s.. d; Mr. ]. c.
Nalle. Logan. =: Miss S. NJ. Kuhner, Pea
body. 5; Mr.. Geo. J. Smith. C. H. g., s; Miss
s. Purcell Blake. 4: Miss NJ E. Stocked.
Wallach. 3. Total vote cast. 4O6l25 Bal
lots cast. names withheld by request. B765.
Ballots received too late for counting, 63s
Grand total. 4l3.5 2S. -
We. the undersigned. a committee selected
by the Bradbury Piano Company TO superiu-
tend the counting OF the ballots and TO de-
termine the winner Of the Bradbury thirty
day free trip to Europe" contest, find the
above TO be true account Of the standing
est re
Mr.. 8. Elliott Kramer. having the highest
number Of votes to his credit IL declared
the winner OF the Bradbury European trip
ana the accompanying prizes presented by
prominent local merchanta
Very respectfully,
THEO. W. MOVES
JOHN JOY EDISON.
A significant feature OF the contest was
the large number OF votes cast. and the tes-
timony II gave Of the value Of The Star as
an advertising medium. In this connection
the following letter is interesting:
WASHINGTON, d. c., June q. 1894
Evening Star Newspaper Company:
Gentlemen: feel that II IL but due The
Evening Star to express the qualification I
feel at the size OF the vote cast in the
the widespread attention directed to IL
through the columns Of your valuable pa
per The vote itself, nearly half q million,
far exceeded our expectations.
but one nedium-The Star-in which 10 ad
vertise the trip. and have only used the
legitimate advertising columns Our ad-
vertisements have been copied verbatim ad
hbitun by all the leading musical journals
or the country. and. in addition. long
locals have appeared calling attention to
the contest. number Of the leading ad-
vertising journals Of the country have re-
produced our advertisements, with exhaust
I've comments upon their merit.
We have received letters OF inquiry in re-
gard to the trip and ballots from nearly
every state in the Union. ana my attention
was especially called to the large circula-
ton OF The Star in all the towns near
Washington, from which we received large
packages OF ballots in every mail We feel
that we made no mistake in selecting The
Star to advertise our contest and that the
field was fully covered.
Thanking you for the prominence you
have given our contest in your esteemed
paper, 1 remain,
Yours very respectfully,
w. +. VAN wICKLE
Manager Bradbury Piano Co.