The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
.O||..U|.||I'|l.|lNG. CONTEST
HUG !. SUCCESS }. j: ! J.
smal lsArrny 81 4 4 Y; aides 81! Collnteeyd;l5
7,otes {, Until Ia az Ihto Last 3 .sssss
.sTRIv With CIR zEsTi
Total otc Cast Ran Perilously
Close toSthe% Six Million
Mark.

sS Never has a similar Il contest teen
%fraught with such Intense Sexcitement5ns
that showngin ~ the foutl annual Cutting
Tours contest OF The Times ID spatch.
which came to- a close at y. IN. yes
5terday. Nearly as many votes 5 we're
recorded n in the previous weeks 4 Of the:
competition came into I the once. during
yesterday. eping a small army or ladies
counting far into the night v be fore the
final 4 figures were arrived at IS BY The
enormously Increased totals, y 1t will read
lily be seen with what azest the various
compel itors strove up till the very last.
Many boarded $Sup tens SSof, n thousands 81
votes unit a 4 ate hour In the afternoon.
and the circulationRof lce at the time of
writing looks very ike an old Junk shop
This Is not surprising when on e con-
5siders that the lie ders In the city record
ed y nearly half a mill lion votes whilst
their sisters In the $Statesclos on a. quar-
Gtersof a mil lion, and that the total vote
cast ran rilousl " close to SIX millions.
The great difference. between the two
totals Is explain ed by the fact that al /;
though here We're many more competitors
in the city, the votes are not distributed
over 50 large an area as they are outside
AS "a consequence e v a much larger percent
age are &C accessible The surprising thing
about the whole contes Is that there are
so few entries outside the city. al though
far more than there have beenSin former
years, such cities as II Lynchburg !. Dam
VILE and Il RI anokel n ot II having a singlel
entry, ri III N; * s "a
Shake pin p Positions. III
B5ti Yesterd lay there was a great ssh ake-upi
{in8the positions OF those further down8tte
alIat. but the first two pa Haley
and !. Garner and the NJ lsses Wood 4 and
Boyd easily held II heir own the & former
winning out by close on 100 plurality
The Misses BrtstoW and Booth dropped
the Misses Bagby andS Itatane, s who
dropped \ In s from SIXTH Tie AZ Misses
Walker finished 4 fifth. having advanced
from thirteenth, their yesterd ay' 8 posi-.
ton. The Misses Crooks, & Of M chester
dropped from fourth to seventh q whilst
the Misses x elty and TreYYet Z IL and the
Misses Arrnes finished eighth and NINTH
but were vest I'd ay without the pale I'm
the tenth and eleventh d places, The
Misses Topping and Folkess made asplucsy
fight for ninth place. 4 but were bea ten
on the post by the Misses Armes. Mrs
Price and Miss B ID good and the Misses
Bethel also made q good fight for the
last place, but were llnsu ccessfVl !. hey
still have ia chance for the consola ton
prize, which will be- drawn for at y F. NJ
sto-morrow (hiondas). All Interested are
invited to attend. X 5 q IL 4, "
Eis BY unfortunate accident the mes:
{of the Misses Bristow ana Bootlle We're
omitted from the first list OF successtul
published The mistake was, lloR ever,
5rectlfied later. although It may IN The
meantime have raised Isl the hopes 4
the Misses / Topping and $RS Fakes
whereas they are actually In tentlls plass,