The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-19
BY MISS HELEN HOEpP.


OF course, like most girls, I felt hat
1 could use $50, and as 1 believe l have
a good memory and a competent faculty
for deduction, l resolved to seek the
Missing Miss when she first was
lost" So, each day 1 armed myself
with a proper edition of THE EVE
MING STAR, rehearsed the formula of
words to be pronounced, studied the
rules and regulations Of the contest
thoroughly, examined all the pictures
printed of her, kept my eyes constant
ly on the lookout for the original and
applied my mind co~nscientiously to the
proper Identification.
This WAS all a little amusement, be-
sides instruction, for me, as it did not
interfere at all with my regular duties.
In all the time the Missing Miss was
missing" I did not approach a single
woman until l was certain l had the
right one, and then I won. When I
saw by THE EVENING STAR and
the advertisements that the Missing
Miss would visit a certain number of
stores, naming them, between 2 and 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, 1 resolved
to watch every woman closely who
came into the w. V. SNYDER
& Co.'s store. The photograph
pictured of her yesterday with the hat
having two wings slightly elevated and
a white-dotted veil slightly elevated
over it, 1 considered the best clew yet
given. I was certain that IL 1 saw her
I would recognize her.
Promptly at 2 o'clock I got a COPY
of THE EVENING STAR and carried
1t ~conspicuously in the pocket of my
apron and continued my duties in the
book department.
Hundreds Seeking Her.
The store was filed with people. and
they all seemed to nave copies of THE
EVENING STAR. They were all look
ing for the Missing Miss, and what q
lot of fun they had. They mistook eacI
other for the right woman, but how
they could do so, with tina picture OF
the right one before them l could not
see.
The hoorwalkers had been around and
had cautioned us to be particularly
careful yesterday afternoon about
crowds n to act as though there was
nothing out of the ordinary. They told
us that the Missing Miss would be in
u store if she was not caught in
some other one of the stores she had
mentioned before she reached US.
A young woman employed / n the
store scoffed at the idea that any one
would find the Missing Miss. She said
there was no Missing Miss. Then l
told her about my interview two nights
before with a c~ard-reading fortune-tel-
Ter. This prophet, who was part OF an
entertainment at a friends house, read
my fortune, and old me that l was
soon to come into q sum of money,
but that I would have to be diligent
and employ shrewdness. When / was
told h a l felt that / was going to find
the Missing Miss, as that was my only
chance of coming into a sum OF money.
Another thing. When l saw by THE
EVENING STAR yesterday that the
Missing Miss was going to visit the
stores without fail, l rejoiced that |
had changed my mind about going to
New York yesterday. 1 had intended
going to New York on business but
late Wednesday evening l changed my
mind and decided to go Saturday in
stead. That change in my plan was
worth $50 to me.
1t was about 8 o'clock yesterday aft
moor that 1 had occasion to go back
to the bookkeeper's office with a bill,
and I walked down the south aisle of
the first floor. Just as I approached
the elevator door It opened, and out
stepped a woman wearing a small hat
with W. wings and a. w~hite-dotted
veil. just as the picture in THE EVE
MING STAR, showed. I knew hat was
the Missing Miss
jerking THE EVENING STAR out
of my pocket, 1 ran up to her and cried:
Crowd Follows Carriage.
81 read THE EVENING STAR. You
are THE EVENING STARS Missing
Miss
She locked at the newspaper in my
hand. saw her picture, and said:
My dear, you win. Come with me-"
A great crowd gathered about us and
followed us out of the door. where she
had a carriage waiting. She placed me
in this, and after a ride about the city
we went to THE EVENING STAR Of
flee, where 1 was cheerfully paid $50 in
gold. 1 want to say that I was treated
with great courtesy by all of the at
taches of THE EVENING STAR
whom 1 met, and I wish to thank them.
In the carriage ride the Missing Miss
told me she was Marie Gamble, whom
I had frequently seen as an actress,
and whose performance with the
Maude Adams company I had greatly
enjoyed.
What will I do with the $50? Well, I
am going to AXE my lear old mother
for a fine vacation in the country. It
will do us both so much good. When
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