The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-31
||''ADT VEST" CONTEST
o. change FLOOR
AaD Cafiigle Carries OF First
Hoooeo in Gaftofial Match
Which Ends on Year.
0any Ladies Witness Display Of
C0stumeo Which 10 Feature
Of the CeIebrati0n-Vau-
deville Programme.

Dll ~ Was uaheSed out. ofl3c!ajly. yes
esrcey aftefnooa hy the sportiys yoSth.
n eeoae. The color VAS for the mnee pan
m tAo vOciferoua Watsfcoass worn by the
ceotAgeants IN the ''hot-veat" match. which
T...'s 1 e.!eSr.,,on ezra on on o''ei: chang. OK 20" ~
Hag the stlieu ol the year lSos. the men,
b.sS Of change decided to substitute Q
programme which would Be- less noisy
rough house" and b0lsterousness to which
Tire eHyberan: spirits os bulls and bears
led them Oh The last day o. an old year
cf :ehsns-. h.wever. there never was !.
louder celebration. All of the noise IN thi,
CASE. however. was furnished by the vests
itch shsteked aloud In a ,di.cordant poly.
The fun uas On ., I o'clock. when the
:See Of the clock ON the east wall Was
hidden BY a sheet Of payer and the vest
c0ntest began. There werc about 500 per-
fosts of the contestants and. In the .eats
fronting tine impromptu stage. against the
.ess yah oe the bali. Wers many women
The entrtes In the vest contest were fam
CAr'i.Is. John 4. Hall. Jchn 4. Warren.
Asoufias Bradley. Claude Morton. E1ward
ss'n; g Lay s C,srfsrd ;.i;, Ros.. T; .a. Ann.n
''nogy'' TayIoe. Carl Wright. Tom y Nell.
~ Bauer and George ZickIey.
such . dazzling array Of Iurid waia.
O00A0 - tUeU CDtUOSUs-V
1soeabiy never Vas seen outside of min
. oere3 show. and volley of whoops. cheers
k4esd laughter vas IN. tribute ps!d tn the
snyentorH By the appsec:asiye auaiencs..
Many cOi0rs NV TO the rainbow were IN.
ero10ced IN . s!ngle vest and. when the
Contestants moved. the effect ~ q kaleic...
eeeoe Vas psnduced. Snc by one The
1oA0e0 eHanjned the vests. eiyinx the
0n6t miEu,. attention Z" the striking
Heento about each contestants offering
Thsy then withdrew for consultation u
vas not ',nf 6efcs. the announcement o'
the prise wSnners va. made.
CARLISLE WINS TRIZE
The nrst prise. of 4 peppermint candy
cane. vas Awarded 90 Fam Carlisle on the
ases1fs 0f his inytncahle poster vert. ~,
which . vaudeville dancing team OS four
nailed down from the start. the color com
benaitons kelnS . field u orange on which
vere embroidered the nsursa. What made
his conquest inevitable vas . back u IN
bro.der"d two expansive sa'nfow-fH
The r-ccnd prize. ~ . fruit cake. went
~ John r. Hall. wh" Wof- y vest made Ol
sunny sacks on one sid. OF which Was the
that ~ = hear. The likeness of MepE:s.
,0ph.b-. In flaming rel. completed the
hsrAidry of thir s~e-!nsFiring creation
4 pTs,x-!. The thiri prtz-. rewarded the
aispisy os John A. Warren who woke the
echne, with vest -: x.sy hue. up"n
which were dU,bie rows u monumental
silver buttons. With fs"xs OF gold brAidins
acrosS its front.
A vaudeville psoara mme oe nire rum
bsrs completed the New Wears celebra
,Son which Vas pronounced the most suc-
rsssf':l tina: the Merchants Exchange lad
over had.
The i1dRes Of she hot vest" contest
a~G~: otto l. Tsichmarn. = - S:ans,d.
~ r. fArR-nterG. Beth ". Cobb. Thomas
Akin. H~,.ry q. Haar,tick. Perry Fran-
e'-. .oTwIr. ~ Spencer. - l. whit~iaw.
u H. w"rnse. ". q. E1i:s. John Nick
sr.on. Michael McEnnis. Ro:la Wells.
O.. Rhapi-ixh. George - Wright T
y Carter. Nani~v -. Richmond. Thee
dor~ X. Ralsrd. Il 81. Hubbard and l..
l.. Tt;,on