Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
TREASURE YOUR SALES SLIPS
SANTA CLAUS TO REWARD THE
INDUSTRIOUS ONES.
Christmas Money in Payment for the
Return of the Evidence Of
Purchases.

Only eight more shopping days until
Christmas. nj many of the leading stores
In the District little tablets bearing this
legend are displayed. and to many hurry
ing gift-seekers 1t means just that many
more days of activity in the effort to
place their names at the top of the lists
which will make them eligible for shares
In the Christmas money which is to be
distributed by The Evening Star and sew
eral of Its leading. advertisers.
Santa Claus has been advertising him
self most literally in The Star during De-
cember. and through this paper he wish
es to distribute S120 in Christmas money
In way the winners of the gifts will
also be the winners in an interesting con-
test, because the eligibility is determined
by the saving Of sales slips from the
stores advertising on pages 6 and of part
seven Of this issue of The Sunday Star
10 the person sending in the greatest
number of these slips to Santa before De-
cember y, gift of $50 will be made The
person sending in the second greatest
number of slips will receive SIS: the third.
$40; the fourth, So: the fifth, So; the next
five, 81 each, and the next thirty-two. 81
each. TO the person whose sips total the
In event of ties, prizes will be divided.
Having Value in the Contest.
The sales slips having value in the con-
test include those from Goldenbergs' DE
pendable Store" 18th and X streets: s.
kann, Sons & Co, THE Busy Corner Co, -
Sth street and Pennsylvania avenue: Lans-
burgh & Bro, 42O to 426 9Th street: Barber
& Ross, 18th and G streets; Washington
Dairy Company. 204 9Th street and Cen
ter market: the Shoemaker Company 1881
II street northwest. INT
Company, G24 Virginia avenue southwest;
Saks q Co. pennsylvania avenue and 7th
street; Giddings & Steele, S13 Pennsyl-
vania avenue. and William Hahn & Co. s
Three Reliable Shoe Houses" It'll and K
streets. 1914 Pennsylvania avenue north
west and 233 Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
In addition to the offer by the Santa
Claus of The Star. S. Kann, Sons &. Co.
present an additional series of prizes to-
falling S12O. to be presented to any of The
stars winners who secure the greatest
number of sales slips from their store.
More than this. Santa Claus will also dis
tribute $50 in prizes Offered by the Wash
lngton Dairy Company to the person
bringing in the most of the coupons In
its advertisements which have been
stamped at its stand in Center Market
showing that one pound or more of White
House butter or high-grade "butterine"
has been purchased therefor the most
coupons turned in before January 1, 1903,
SO; second prize, $40; third prize, $40,
and fourth prize, pair of ball-bearing
roller skates
Saks & Co. offer prizes for those bring
ing to their store the largest number of
pictures of Santa Claus clipped from pages
six and seven of this issue of The Star
and brought in before December II. The
first prize is an order on the store for SIS
worth of goods; the second an order for
So worth of goods; the third three-dollar
order. and the fourth two-dollar order.
In case of ties the prizes will be divided.