Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
A Second Prize of Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars in Gold offered.
The New Story, "Before They Were
Married." Will Begin Saturday and
VIII BE Continued Daily.


The story now appearing daily in The Star
when the War Was Over has been re-
ceived with such widespread interest that
it has been decided to give the thousands of
Star readers an opportunity to begin another
contest before the first one has been COM
pleted, so that there shall be no let up in the
matter of mystery solving.
The next to the last installment of when
the War Was Over will be published in
Fridays Star, but the final chapter, which
will disclose the mystery. will not appear
until Friday, November Is.
The new mystery story, entitled "Refore
They Were Married." will be commenced in
the coming Saturdays Star. and WILL there
FORE be well advanced before the first story
is concluded.
Conditions of the Great Offer.
1. The Star will pay $3.50 in gold to the
reader from whom 1t receives by mail, a. the
publication office, Pennsylvania avenue and
l1th street, the complete and absolutely
correct solution of Before They Were Mar
ried," as it shall be disclosed in the final
chapter of the story. to be published Satur-
day, December IA. in The Star. If two or
more complete and absolutely correct sou-
tions are received the $3.50 in gold will be
divided equally.
.. Should The Star fail to receive a sou-
ton that is complete and absolutely correct
in all it's details, the $50 in gold will be al
lotted7to the twenty-nsne readers whose tx
PLANTATION shall come nearest to the frue
luton of the mystery according to their
percentage of merit, and the money will be
divided as follows:
"a Prize .................A.. A............ $3.50
"a Frl1e. Zaoo
25 Prizes of $ each. 125.0O
% Prizes; aggregafing g................. $3.50. 90
The first prize of $50 will be paid for the
true solution: the second prize of $3.50 to
the person sending the, explanation next
nearest, and SO on. for the third and fourth
prizes. The remaining twenty-five prizes of
IS each will be awarded to the persons
sending the twenty-five explanations next
nearest to the fourth prize, the judges
may determine their merit
). The Star is pre-eminently a family
newspaper and its daily installment of
high grade serial story is a feature intended
to especially commend it to the home circle.
To emphas.ze-and advertise-the tact .hat
The Star is newspaper peculiarly suitable
for Women's reading, the further condition
is made that the $3.50 in prizes shall be paid
only for explanations sent in by women and
girls. All may read: but only women and
girls may guess-and win the gold.
Before They Were Married" will continue
In daily installments until Saturday, Decem-
Der I, on which date all but the final hap.er
will have been published. The interval be-
tween Saturday, December & and Wednes-
day, December II, o'clock pm, inclusive,
will be allowed for forwarding of :suesses,
and the final chapter VIII be published in
The Star Saturday, December IA. Under TO
consideration Wha ever will gueSseS be re-
ceived from any source and considered prior
to Saturday, December Z, or later than 6
O'Clock pm. December IL. For 10 reason
whatever will guesses from any source he re-
ceived or considered after o'clock pm.
December IL. Persons who miss .he first
installments can obtain back numbers at the
office of The Star.
Rules of the Compe etitfon.
1. But one solution can be entered by
reader.
2. All guesses must be sent by mail and in
no other way, plainly addressed to Prize
Story Editor" The Evening Star.
B. Inquiries not considered fully answered
mere Will receive proper attention if address,
ed to Prize Story Editor" The Evening
Star.
4. The $3.50 will be awarded under the fore
going general conditions, according to the
best judgment of the Judges appointed by
The Star, and they will have complete con-
troll and final decision in all matters relating
to the contest.
.. "A complete and correc. solution" can
be made in the readers own language :nd in
the numpef or words necessary for an &bSo-
lutte statement of the readers guess 1t
must disclose the mystery and such material
1acts OF the plot revealed in the develo oment
OF the story as may be deemed necessary by
the Judges to clear and full eXplanatio of
the mystery.
The names and addresses of tine winners
OF the cash prizes will be published in The
Star at the earliest date possible after the
publication of the final chapter.
NO condition of subscription to The Even
ing Star is imposed. Guessers must be wo-
men 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 subscrib-
ers themselves in order to enter the competi-
guess and win the prizes they can receive
help as to their guess from any member of