Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-06
BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED
A New Mystery Story Will Be starte,
Next Saturday
Golden Prizes Await Clever Renders,
of The Star Who Can FOresee
n Literary Climax.

Such general interest was manifested from.
the start in the great mystery story now
running in The Star that it has been decided
to inaugurate similar contest, and to this
end arrangements have been made for the
serial publication of all but the last chapter
of thrilling tale entitled Before They
Were Married" by Henry C. Parker. In or
der that there should be no useless delay the
first installment of the new story will be
printed in next Saturdays Star, although
the final announcement of the result of the
competition in the first mystery story con-
test will not be announced until the 10Th OF
November. The next to the last installment
of when the War Was Over" will appear in
next Fridays Star, and thus the new mys-
terry will begin to develop Itself immediately
on the heels of the old one.
AS in the first contest, a prize will be Of
fered to the woman reader who submits an
accurate solution of the plot, or, in case no
ore with eXactneSS foretellS the climax Oh
the tale, the money, $3.50 in gold will be dis
tributed among twenty-nine persons, as set
forth below The conditions of this inter
esting contest are published again today In
the following statements that VIII govern
the competition.
Conditions of the Great Offer.
1. The Star will pay $3.50 in gold to the
reader from whom it receives by mall az the
publication office, Pennsylvania avenue and
18th 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 sold
tons are received the $3.50 in gold will be
divided equally.
2. Should The Star fail to receive solu-
ton that is complete and absolutely correct
in all its Details the $3.50 in gold will be al
lotted to the Twenty-Five readers whose eN-
PLANTATION shall come nearest to the true So
luton of the mystery according. to their
percentage of merit, and the money Will be
divided follows:
LIST Prize. 5000
ID Prize. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50
d Prize. 2oW
Atm Prize. l2au
% Prizes of s. each. 1880
% Prizes: aggregating. ....... $4,000
The first prize of $50 will be paid for the
explanation which comes nearest TO 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
s. 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.
B. The Star is pre-eminently family
newspaper and its daily installment of
high grade serial story is feature intended
| to especially commend it to the home circle.
To emphasZe-and advertise-the fact shat
| 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 Deem
| Der I, on which date all but the final chapter
will have been published. The interval be-
| tween Saturday, December Z, and Wednes-
| day. December II. o'clock pm, inclusive,
| will be allowed for forwarding of guesses,
and the final chapter will be published in
| The Star Saturday, December a. Under TO
consideration whatever will guesses be re-
ceived from any source and considered prior
to Saturday, December Z, or later than @
| o'clock pm. December IL. For no reason
| whatever will guesses from any source be 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 titfon.
| /. 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.
| 8. Inquiries not considered fully answered
here will receive proper attention if address,
ed to Prize Story Editor" The Evening
| Star.
L. The $3.50 will be awarded under the fore
| going general conditions, according to the
| The Star, and they will have complete con-
troll and final decision in all matters relating
| to the contest
S. "a complete and correct solution can
be made in the readers own language md in
the number of words necessary for an abso-
lutte statement of the readers guess. 1t
must disclose the mystery and such material
facts of the plot revealed in the development
| of the story as may be deemed necessary by
the judges to clear and full eXplanat ion of
| the mystery.
| The names and addresses of the 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-
| 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 or from all the family.