The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-21
HAVE YOU
READ
THE NEWS?
Mr.. Leo J. Wood|s Wins S.
by Picking Out tho News
Man on the Street.

Good evening. nave you read The
NewY' That was a popular question in
the down town district last evening. and
most OF the inqurers had an open copy
OF The News IN their hands They were
booking for the man with the IS and knew
II they could spot that elusive individual
they would get the money.
The chief inquisitors were the ever
present newsboys who did not hesitate
to ask any person who came along the
magic formula Good evening. have you
chance.
The man who represented The News
was DR. Robert &. Hale OF Broad street.
who left the office Of The News at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Following is
his own story Of his trip:
81 started from The News Office at
o'clock and walked ont TO Westminster
street and up to Jackson without being
accosted by any one. Then through Jack
son to Washington. then up to Dean and
back again To Jackson through TO Snow
and then 10 Weybosset. Turks Head, Ex-
change place. up Washington street 10
The News
Upon starting out the second time l
went directly to Westminster street and
stroiled leisurely down that thoroughfare
TO Turks Head again. From there l went
over on 10 Exchange place and thence to
Washington street again. | continued my
way up toward the Library till I reached
Empire street and the notion entered my
head 10 go over TO Weybosset street again
by way~"of Snow. ] went down To the
Narragansett Hotel and after tarrying
there for few minutes l came out again
and was just about TO go over TO West
minister street when some one came up to
me smiling and sal: Good evening. Have
you read The NewsY
Il could not help smiling, but I denied
FOR moment the fact and then the gem
tleman said, 4 guess you are not the man
i G.G looking for and started TO pass
on. ! stopped him. however. and told
him that he WAS the lucky man and that
he had won the right to the check. We
exchanged cards and | returned to The
News office.
1T was just one hour and ten minutes
from the time that I started out until
was greeted by the proper man In that
time one other man approached me-
though several felt that / was the man
they were looking for The other gentle
man who spoke 10 me was "A friend OF
mine. who lost the opportunity only be-
cause he had not copy OF the paper
In his possession. There was a lot OF
fun in the matter for me in watching the
people scrutinize me and others trying to
guess who was the one with the receipt.
None OF the others who met me seemed
to have the nerve to approch me. Had
they done so any one of them might have
been the lucky person"
When Mr. Leo j.. Woodle. agent OF the
New York Life Insurance company. was
seen he smilingly said: "Yes. | am the
lucky one. | have been lucky all my life,
so far as | can remember. I have never
lost anything. and have very often found
various articles. l found one time I'm New
York $500 and at various times | have
found smaller sums.
II entered into the spirit OF the thing
merely for the fun OF IT, You see, ] am
lucky man I'm the offer OF the Boston Post.
and when In Boston the other day was
told OF the fun gotten out OF the AFFAIR
by him. When ! came home and found
that something similar was being done
here / concluded TO try, never dreaming
that ] would have ghost OF show
for It,
Before | met the gentleman who had
the proper credentials for an introduction
] had greeted several others, each OF
whom denied any connection with the
scheme. At last had about given the
matter up and was sitting I'm an upper
window across the street from the shoe
store OF +. r.. Ballou & co. Suddenly |
spied man walking on the opposite side
OF the street who had a paper under his
arm and | remarked that he seemed TO
be the proper one. ] ran out of the build
ing and across tho street and walking
up to him gave the proper greeting and
In addition asked him n he was from Tho
News. At first he denied the fact and I
was just about to depart. having made
some jovial remark. when he called TO mo
aud said | was the lucky man.
THAT Is about all there was to t. I
faI 1ote 20 fun ont IF 4 I 3
will not be ON the street again this after
noon 60 try my luck again"