The San Francisco call., 1906-12-29

Changes in the contest score are not
very numerous this morning. Little
Irma Klaumann of Pacific Grove, is the
only contestant who has gained a
higher position as the result of yester-
days voting. This little lady has re-
captured tenth place from George Stol-
zenwald, the doughty tillerman of
Truck 8, San Francisco Fire Depart
ment Were this the last day of the
contest for the first series of prizes lit
tie Irma would be Just $40 better off
than she otherwise would be. as she
has moved from the $40 to the $50
class of prize winners, while Stolzen-
valid has lost $40 by the reverse
process. But the purses will not be
won for little more than two weeks
yet, and in that time neither Miss
Klaumann nor Mr.. Stolzenwald may be
anywhere near the present positions.
They may be away up among the
high fve" or away down among the
down and out 1t all depends upon
how many more votes they will get in
before January 13.
The tendency among contestants still
is to hold back the.r scores so as to
come in strong at the finish of the
first heat of the race. The wisdom of
this course is doubtful, as people get
the impression that contestants who
do not show an increase in their
scores at frequent intervals are dead
ones and that votes cast for them
would be wasted. 1t is the live, ag-
greSsive candidate that most people get
interested in and take pleasure in as
sisting.
Two steady workers are Miss Anna
Skinner and Emile Iversen, who have
made steady gains almost every day
since they entered the race. Master
Iversen has been at work only three
days, but in that time he has added
orfI fr Ca11 %
circulation list, besides getting num-
Der of renewals.
Miss Hilda Tilghman, the bright col
ored girl of Oakland who has under
taken to win some money to help to
rebuild the burned-out colored churches
of San Francisco, is preparing for the
commencement of an active campaign |
after the opening of the new year. She
already has the promise of number
of subscriptions, besides those already
cashed in in her favor, and 1t is be- |
lieyed that the cause which she repre-
sents is one which will appeal strongly
to all good people who desire to see
the restoration of the colored Metho-
dists' and Baptists' houses of worship.
Sacred Heart College has increased
its lead over Mrs. Deasy somewhat, but |
the latter still has designs on first
prize. She made a trip to San Jose
yesterday, where she met with much
encouragement and laid the foundation
for rounding up 10, of votes later on |
Miss Mamie Burrows, whose picture
is presented today, has started in sew
enteenth place with x60O votes to her
credit, but this is a mere bagatelle
compared with what she intends to get. |
Miss Burrows is a very popular young
lady and an ambitious one and as soon
as she gets her campaign well organ
ized may give those who now hold the |
places of honor good deal of trouble
CONTEST PERIODS
The contest is divided into three pe- |
RODS, constituted as follows:
FIRST-November 10 to January 13 |
eight weeks
SECOND-January 1a to March 8,
seven weeks
THIRD-March 3 to April IA. six
weeks.
THE PRIZES
There are twenty-five prizes to be
competed for during each contest pe- |
Rod consisting of twenty-five purses
of gold coin ranging in amount from
$40 up to $500 and making a total of |
$4,000 for each period.
There will also be twenty FIVE special |
purses or grand sweepstakes prizes for |
the twenty-five contestants making the
the largest of these purses being $1,000 |
and the smallest $40, and amounting to |
$4,000 in the aggregate.
The final distribution of the prizes
will be- made on April Is. the first an
niversary of the great San Francisco |
fire.
The twenty-five purses for each of
the three contest periods and the twen- !