The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-11

L corner Oh the SlTtel VII lit all 9h'%
of the street as the Celluloid company
and went in and bought a spool OF
thread. When 1 came out 1 saw the
young man who had accompanied me
standing on the other side of the street
talking with several men, and / crossed
and walked easterly past them. heard
my friend make a comment on me, but
the men smiled and refused win the $50.
I afterward learned that one of the men
was Assistant City Sealer Patrick eau
field. Well, I went back again, stopped
in front of the engine house in the
midst of the crowd, and here a. woman
approached me and ~confidentially told
me that she read THE EVENING
STAR. My non-committal "Yes?'
seemed to puzzle her and without a
word she stepped back.
I continued down a block and then In
the middle of the second block l crossed
the street %diagonally so that all could
get a good view of me. l reached the
railroad station again without being
accosted and then getting on a west
bound car, I rode back to Ashbrids-
street n got off in the midst or Inc
same crowd.
Fright Loses Her the Prize.
No sooner had my foot reached the
pavement than a young woman IN a
light waist and dark skirt held u a
paper breathlessly accused me or
being the Missing Miss. l stood still,
but the young woman seemed to have
become frightened by the interest or
the crowd, and she did not continue.
Well, l criss-crossed in that self
same eager, pushing crowd for ten
minutes, not moving more than a half
a block, and no n caught me. p
walked westerly a block then
boarded a car and got off at the juno
ton of Hamburg place and Ferry
street, and here is where l had the only
unpleasant experience of the day.
A middle-aged woman in a blue serge
suit and a blue hat approached me with
the right words, excepting mi very i'm
| portant one. She accused me of not
being willing to admit it, anyway. NOW,
I want to state emphatically that this
Is untrue. When my person accosts me
with the right words I will Immediately
make myself known.
Never Suspected Her.
Well, 1 got on another South Orange
car and got a transfer on McWhorter
street. While waiting for a Kinney
street car at the corner of McWhorter
and Ferry streets a man politely asked
me IL I was THE EVENING STAR
Miss. My car turned the bend, and I
left without answering him.. But
forgot to tell you. On the South Or
ange car that I came up on was Plain
.clothesman Brex, of the Third Pre-
cinct, and, II I am not mistaken. he
had an EVENING STAR and was
looking at my picture on the back page.
1 really believed that I walked a hun
dred miles in the Ironbound District,
and must say that, despite the crowds,
I was not rudely addressed, nor was
any other woman who was mistaken
for me, SO far as I could see.
This will be a half-holiday with me.
This morning I will be in the Hill sec
ton, just wandering around. 1 will also
be at the Four Corners, as I said yes
terday, and most of the afternoon, like
other Woodworking people, 1 will take
off. / rest tomorrow, and on Monday
1 nave arranged for an exciting ordeal,
fully as exciting as that CT yesterday.
Get a copy of THE EVENING STAR
early, by Q o'clock, If possible, and see
where l en- to be.
Read These Rules Carefully.
To win the prize the person who
would identify me must carry a cop of
THE EVENING STAR in the hand, so
I may see 1t without having to ask for
1t. This paper must be of the previous
days date II the Identification Is made
before 2 p. M, and of the current days
issue IL the Identification Is made after
2 p. m.
Second, the person making the identi-
~fication must be a resident Of the State
of New Jersey, cannot be IN employee
or former employee of THE STAR, or
a member of an employees household.
Boys under Is are barred.
And, third, the amateur detective
who would win the award must ad-
vance to me and say, while holding the
right edition of the paper:
~ read THE EVENING STAR, New
Jerseys greatest evening newspapers,
You are the Missing Miss of THE EVE
MING STAR"
I will not try to conceal my identity
nor will 1 cry 1t broadcast among the
multitude. But, I will not wear masks
or wigs or alter my appearance as in
dictated in h pictures. And, If any
one properly qualified Identifies me, &C.
cording to the rules I have set forth, I
will readily admit my Identity and will
award the prize.
Dear Missing Miss:
/. together with ten other girls in thu
employ of the Straus department store
have been contemplating finding vol
and gaining the $50 offered for you
capture. However, we are all at sea owe,
the picture of o printed in THE
/, EVENING STAR. In the description
under the picture the caption says
This picture was snapped in front O
the Public Library this morning" L
+ this picture was taken in front of thu
. library, then my sight must be defec
) tive. as it would appear that tn,
a weather-boards of a frame house and
, stoop are in the background. Their,
are just ten of us girls, and we al
came to the conclusion that the Miss
ing Miss is a myth. Now, won't yo,
a write tomorrow and publish this letter
so we a believe otherwise? I am EN-
ployed at the ladies' underwear de
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