The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-28

The above is the list of the twenty sue
cessful participants in T e G o b g 8
concealed word contest-the twenty who
have won the right to witness a perform
ance of Daniel Sully's delightful comedy
drama, THE Parish Priest" as the guests
of T h G / 0 b e. The contest editor has
mailed to each winner an order on the
Metropolitan opera house box office for
two seats and T h G o b g must again
congratulate the twenty fortunate enough
to secure seats on the delightful treat in
store for them.
How did the answers come in?
The concealed word contest was a pro-
noUnced success. The readers of L h e
G o b e had read the announcements or
the contest and before the sun pushed
up over the housetops many Of them
were Up waiting for the papers.
The carriers p1odded through the snow
and then the contest was on in earnest.
The concealed words were located on the
want page, and then big scissors, little
scissors, buttonhoIe scissors, and even
knives were pushed through the want
pages and the ads containing the con-
cealed words were brought FORTH
The contest was not a hard one. Some
where in an ad calling for a reliable
business man was found the word NAT,
a search through a lost report found the
word GOODWIN, a real estate rot1e
concealed the word WHEN, an offer to
rent a room furnished hiding place for
the word WE, a glance through a busi-
ness college ad found the word WERE.
The TWENTY was buried in a dentists
notice, and ONE started the third line
of an offer to sell a stone quarry.
The words were all there and the con-
test looked easy to the ones guessing
right, but others found other words, or
thought they did-concealed in other ads.
and the contest editor found many an
swers that were pushed on to the waste
basket.
Several Guessed Wrong.
The contest editor owing to the limit
placed upon his expense account, Is un-
able to explain to many of the several
hundreds of participants in the contest
that Nat Goodwin is not starring in
''When London Sleeps" or that John T.
Kelly is not with the 'tAt the Old Cross
Roads company. He again felt the
yearning to squander postage stamp
when he discovered Henry Irving in 1.-THE
Fast Mall
Several Of the guessers figured out
Daniel Sully- in The Parish Priest -
One young woman had it, NAT Goodwin
in WAY Down East /" while another
had Mr.. Goodwin in Montana" One
young man very CALAMITY declared that
he was eager to take his girl to the
show
Several writers found all the words but
"were," and declared their belief that it
was not in any lad" on the want page.
The number of correct guesses was sur
| priSingly large, less than 1G0 being in
correct. The name of Robert L. Ware
| caused one young woman to miss her
| guess, as she figured it cut when We
| Ware Twenty-One" A great many let
Of
Hudson. Red Wing, South st. Paul Min
neapolis, Saltwater and other cities being
represented.
The interest in the contest surprised
| the contest editor. The missing word
contest brought to his desk several hun
dred answers, but this time it was diff
| ferent. The first mail brought large
| bundle of letters addressed to the contest
editor. The second delivery brought a
| still larger bundle. and Monday mornins
| the pile had passed the 500 mark and was
| still growing.
! At p m. yesterday the contest was
decided. Before that hour the con-
| test editor had merry time. The tele-
| phone bell at his desk started busy rine
| early in the day and continued ringine
/ on a two to a minute schedule until even
| ing. 1t was always a question about the
contest and the editors arm went lame
| taking down the receiver.
Between rings the contest editor re-
| ceived visitors. Small boys came down to
! find out for mother If the guess sent In
early the day before was correct, and
| demure misses tripped in to assure the
contest man that they hoped they would
not be overlooked. The editor assured
them that he hoped SO, too, but some OF
the EDITORS hopes were blasted
| At 8 o'clock the contest was decided
and every participant had an even chance
| The out-of-town reader of The Globe
| had an even chance with the local read.
ers if his Or her letter reached Th
| G 10 b e Office before o'clock yesterday
afternoon. When the first twenty correct
answers were found the contest was de-
clared over, and then the contest editor
began the work of mailing to each win
ner his order for tickets.