Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-02

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The first prize of 500 will be paid for the
explanation which comes nearest to the
i true solution; the second prize of S75 to the
PERSON sending the explanation next near
est, and so on, for the third and fourth
prizes. The remaining twenty-five prizes of
SO each will be awarded to the persons
sending the twenty-five explanations next
nearest to the fourth prize, as the judges
may determine their merit.
). The Star is pre-eminently a family
newspaper and its daily irstallment of
| high grade serial story is feature intend
ed to especially commend it to the home
circle. To emphasize-and advertiSe-the
| fact that The Star is newspaper peculiar
| ly suitable for women's reading the fur
| Their condition is made that the $500 in
prizes shall DE paid only for explanations
sent in by women and girls. All may read;
! but only women and girls may guess-and
win the gold.
when the War Was Over will continue
| in daily installments until Friday, Novem-
| Der 8, on which date all but the final chap
| ter will have been published. The interval
| between Friday, November S. and Tuesday,
November u, six O'Clock PM, inclusive,
will be allowed for the forwarding of guess
| es, and the final chapter will be published
| in The Star on Friday. November Is. IN
der no consideration whatever will guesses
| be received from any source and considered
| prior to Friday, November g. or later than
! six o'clock pm. November IL. For no rea-
son whatever will guesses from any source
! be received or considered after six o'clock
| pm. November r.
| Rules of the COmpet itiOn.
| /. But one solution can be entered by a
| reader.
| 2 All guesses must be sent by mail and
in no other way, plainly addressed to
| prize Story Editor" The Evening STAR
| Washington. d. C.
| g. In order to put out-of-town readers of
| The Star on time equality with city read
| ers, they will be permitted to secure from
| their local postmaster an Endorsement on
| the back Of the envelope in which their
| guesses are forwarded, indicating the day
| and hour of delivery of the letter to him,
| and such guesses will be accepted at the
| Washington post office on the day and hour
certified. The Endorsement. plainly written
| in ink, must be personally signed by the
| postmaster CIR acting postmaster.
l. Inquiries not considered fully answered
| mere will receive proper attention If ad-
dressed to Prize Story Editor, The Even
| ing Star. Washington. D. c."
| s. The $500 will be awarded under the
| foregoing general conditions, according to
the best Judgment of the judges appointed
| lating to this contest.
| g. "A complete and correct solution" can
| lie made in the readers own language and
| in the numoer of words necessary for an
absolute statement of the readers guess
| 1t must disclose the mystery and such ma
| terial facts of the plot revealed in the de-
| velopment of the story as may be deemed
necessary by the judges to a clear and full
| explanation CT the mystery.
| The names and addresses of the winner
| or winners of the cash prizes will be pub
| lished in The Star at the earliest date pos
sible after the publication of the final
| chapter.
No condition of subscription to The Star
| is imposed Guessers must be women and
| girls and necessarily they must be readers
| of The Star, but they may read the story
| in The Star taken by any member of the
| family and need not be regular subscribers
| themselves in order to enter the competi-
| ton. While only women and girls may
| guess and win the prizes, they can receive
help to their guess from any member of
| their family CT from all the family.