The San Francisco call., 1906-11-30
Melancholy Days Must Give Way
TO MerrieSt of the Year
The Calls Gold Prize Contest viii Help to
Disseminate Christmas Cheer

Thanksgiving day is past. the first
Of December is at hand. and the Christ
mas holidays are coming on apace. No
venber. described by the great nature
poet, William Cullen Bryant as the
melancholy days, the ssd6est Of the
year" will be gone tomorrow. 10 be
succeeded by days of right good cheer,
the season Of gift giving and good will
among all people wherever the Chris
tisn faith prevails.
From December until the close Of
the year is fitting time for all help
fully inclined persons TO DO something
for the contestants for the gold prizes
70 amount 10 SIC, 200 to be awarded by
The Call TO a number OF persons most
favored by Call subscribers as re-
cipients OF the money.
A years subscription to The Daily
Call viii make a very acceptable hoii-
day present TO any one who knows how
10 appreciate q good wspaper-and
there is none better than The Call
The pleasure Of making such a present
70 any one viii be doubly enhanced
when by paying in advance the sub
scriber may help some worthy person
or institution in need OF the money 10
win a gold prize worth perhaps as
much as $500.
Contestants who desire TO share in
the first prize distribution. which will
take place about the middle Of January,
have just six weeks time after December
I 70 procure the support of sufficient Cali
subscribers to make them prize-win
ners. The contestant who will have
the best score at the close Of the first
contest period. January L, will re-
ceive q purse containing $500 in gold.
The one with the next best score viii
receive a purse OF $500: the next high
est s2oo. the next $3.50; the next 800,
and so on down to $40 until twenty
FIVE purses Of the aggregate value of
$4,000 are disposed OF. Another $4,000
viii be similarly distributed among the
twenty Eve leaders in the contest for
the period ending March ?, and $4,000
more for the period ending April. lS,
and grand sweepstakes prizes, twenty
Eve in number. ranging in value from
$1,000 down to $40 for the highest ag-
gregate scores made during the entire
contest, the final awards to be made on
April Is. the anniversary OF the great
earthquake and fire disaster which
wrought such havoc IN San Francisco
CANDIDATES FOR CONTEST FAvORS
Following is a list of candidates for
contest favors thus far enrolled:
Miss Gladys Adoek, cottage 15, Camp
Lobos. San Francisco.
Miss Annie Albrecht. 2o1s Folsom
street, San Francisco.
J. +. Augustine, Pleasanton, Cal.
Reuben Rebergau, 26s5 Bryant
street. San Francisco.
H. Beresford. cottage 130, Camp
Lobos, San Francisco.
Miss E. Burris, Z51o Clement street,
San Francisco.
Don Campbell, La Moine, Shasta
County. Cal.
Mrs Hans Cooppermann. zss B street.
Oakland. Cal.
Mrs Mary C.. Deasy. P. o. box l2s.
Naps, Cal
Miss Victoria Farens. cottage 20,
Franklin Park. San Francisco.
Edward Garrigues. S5o7 Putnam
street, Fruitvale, Cal
Charles ". Gerle, Pilot Hill. Ell Do
rado County, Cal
Miss Irma Klaumann, Pacific Grove,
Cal
Mrs. John Laudon. ls4 Silver street,
San Francisco.
Miss E Mayors, 2472 Bush street,
Mrs. NJ. McElroy, 1907 Powell street,
San Francisco.
Miss Alice Nelson, cottage 4, Frank
lin Park. San Francisco.
Mrs. Mary l.. Norman, Florin, Sac
ramento County. Cal.
Mrs. Rose Peterson, III York street.
San Francisco.
Laurence Robertson, 1913 Fifteenth
street. Oakland. Cal
Sacred Heart College. Fell and Fill
more streets. San Francisco.
Howard Leroy Sargent. 225 Mime
sofa avenue, San Jose, Cal.
Mrs. J. SheehaB, los York street, San
Francisco