The Washington times., 1904-03-24
MUCH HARD WORK
ON DOT CONTEST
Men Abandon Club and
Lodge to Count.
at" BECOMES CELEBRATED
How the Prizes Will Be Awarded So as
to Give Chance to
Everybody.

Work. no matter how arduous, is rare
ly without its interesting side. This was
never more clearly demonstrated than
IN the happy sphit with which readers
5t The Times have entered the white
dot contest and in the good aatured race
for prizes aow being made
The contest now running in The Times
aries somewhat in its conditions from
those previously conducted by this paper.
Prizes are to be awarded TO forty sue
cessful counters The first prize will so
to the one sending IN the hrs1 correct
answer. or should there not he ore cor
rect estimate, the $500 piano viii become
The property of the person sending in
the answer which comes nearest TO the
exact number of dots in the diagram.
The second prize viii be awarded to the
one sending in the second correct or
nearest correct estimate, but in tho dis
ribution of the third and fourth prizes
slight variation will be observed
inducements Offered.
In aIloting these AWARDS the manage
ment Of The Times determined to offer
some inducement to those who are
anxious to join in the contest but who
are compelled through lack Of time or
ether circumstances. to be late with
their answers. The third prize. there
tore, Will be given to the person who
sends in the last correct or nearest coz
Iect answer. and the fourth award will
90 to the one sending in next to the
iast correct or nearest correct estimate.
These prizes are, respectively, solid
gold watch, valued at SO. and New
lone drop head sewing machine. valued
Ii SEQ
It Is remarkable what effect a puzzle
like that Of the white dots will have on
q home. It viii do more toward keen
ing a man home from his Cub are the
lodge meeting than all the persuasions
and pretty devices Of his wife would 10
in d month While he Is smoking the
after-dinner cigar. he casually takes up
The afternoon paper, and thinks TO NM
self that he VIII while away few min
utes in just seeing what this much talk
I'd OF puzzle is
An Easy Job.
With a glance at the chart he declares
to himself that it cannot be so much
after all. and he Will prove 10 himself.
at least, that il is as easy as rolling OF
a log. Before long he is in dripping
perspiration. digging madly over the in
Vulnerable little aggraVating white
things and asserting most positively 70
himself that he viii not give II up until
he has conquered the problem.
The next night il occurs 20 him that
probably he missed some or the dots
and ne begins al over again. W neU MS
friends INQUIRE several days after as to
his absence from his old haunts he has
as much difficulty in giving a reason as
in telling what the preachers text IS on
Sunday.
'Tt7 Crows Popular.
Despite the absorbing interest in the
counting Of dots. the great majority Of
| contestants never fail 70 keep their
weather eye on mo. 10" 1T" the only
animated prize in the lot may be ac-
| credited with a most successful debut
! IN the Capital City of the nation Rare
| ~ do even world renowned beauties have
/ their picture published so consecutively
as the little mite who is so eagerly
! sought. The best part CT Il is that his
| self poise has not been i7 the least dis
/ turbCd and he greets visitors to his lit
tie home with much charm and evident
/ pleasure.
Many communications from contes-
/ tants have reached The Times some
/ Of them demonstrating the serious con-
! sequences the counting promises 10 have
on their future mental existence. One
energetic woman declares she can see
| herself penned up in St Elizabeth S
Asylum. while another says that the 81 1
rhyme about Mary and her little lamb
{ promises TO read:
+" Tt followed her to school one day
It was against the rule:
1t made the scholars laugh and play
| To welcome Tt at school.