The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04
BEGINS TO-DAY; CLOSES JULY p

This is the third annual Times
Dispatch Summer Outing Tours
! Contest. The same general plan fol
lowed in the two preceding contests
will govern this seasons contest,
with only one or two changes, which
are made clear in the plan outlined
below. n Il.
Zach successful contestant will
be furnished with transportation
and an order on one Of the hotels
mentioned on this page for weeks
board, and lodging. The contest be-
gins to-day anu closes at 8 o'clock
on the night OF Saturday, July ed.
and is open as 1t was last year, to
any. lady In the State OF Virginia,
who is in no way connected with
The Times-D Dispatch and who con
4 tributes in part or in whole to her
own support. l \.
Arrangements have been made
g with seven OF the very best hotels in
best in New York city. Four are
at the seashore, two are In the
mountains, one Is in the great Pied
mont section OF the State and one
in the very centre Of New York
city. No better hotels than those
selected can be found anywhere.
ri HOW DECIDED.
The contest Is to be decided as It (,
was last yearly popular vote-on
ballots cut from The Times-Dis-
patch. Each ballot must contain the
name OF two ladies and the two la I
dies who receive the greatest num-
Der OF votes will win the first prize
and will be allowed the first choice !!
. in the selection OF hotels and OF the
week which they prefer. Each pair
E OF successful ladies will be permit
& ted to select a chaperon, who will
accompany them, also at the ex-
pensc Of this paper.
FIFTEEN PARTIES.
The plan this year provides for
NJ fifteen parties OF three people each,
These parties to be made UP Of two
contestants and q chaperon each.
4 One OF these fifteen parties is to be
the consolation prize party" and
will go to the New Grand Hotel.
in New York. for; two weeks. The
conditions OF this conso-d.4on prize
is given In another part Of this ar
ticle.
The Times Dispatch will furnish
the hotels and the transportation
the young ladies must see that they
are elected and the chapcrona must
see that they have good time,
WHO ARE BARRED.
The only young ladies who are
barred from the contest will be
those who are connected In any
way, either directly or indirectly,
personally or through relatives with
this newspaper, and those who In
Il no way contribute to their own sup
port No young lady will be allowed
to enter the contest who Is support
ed entirely by any one than herself,
whether 1t be father, brother, hus-
band or anyone else. There Is no
ago limit, and the only condition
OF entry is to deposit with y Tho
Times Dispatch a ballot containing
the names OF two ladies. each Of
whom contribute at least in part to
+ their own support.
HOW TO WIN
To insure election and to save confu-
sion and to make the parties congo
4 NAL, the ladies who enter the contest
should form their own combinations.
Two friends should form a partner
ship and select mutual friend as
their ,chaperon and then all three
should begin an earnest campaign in
search OF ballots. Every copy OF The
Times-Dispatch from this day until
the 22d day OF July will contain n
ballot Request every friend who
takes The Times Dispatc to save
the coupons for you and get those
who do not take the paper, II any
i you can find, to subscribe at once
SO that you may have the coupons
Three active ladies' among their
mutual friends should be able DUR
ing the time of the contest to secure
e n large number OF ballots, And then
I begin q campaign to secure voting
certificates, which Is the fastest
i and surest way OF all to become one
OF the winners, These certificates
will BIO fully explained on this page.
One OF the strongest features OF
this contest is that In reality each
OF the fourteen prizes Is IN first
prize and even II you do not win
3 one OF atHe HTsl pTlaes you Haye y
chance to secure the two weeks
trip,to the New Grand Hotel in
very best, and where one mad rath-I
err so Is IA mere matter OF personal
choice. It will be easy to win, boz
cause there nre fifteen chances,
Il New York, The hotels are all the
Fourteen other parties OF three peo-
4 Pile each may have more votes than
your party and yet you may secure
Il the very hotel OF your choice, l@i
CONSOLATION PRIZE.
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