The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-04
SURPRISES
 EXPECTED CHANGES IN DISTRICT LEADER SHIP PREDICTED, AS cANDl-
 DATES ARE HusTLING.
Successful Contestants Who Are Not Able to Take Tour Will Be Paid $25o.oo in
 Gold.

Hc ptlSOHdllN GOuAucltu loit~p Europe voting contest, inaugurated by the Sentinel-Record, continues to be the chief topic of conversation among the people of this section of Arkansas. In nearly every hamlet, village and city within two scores of miles of Hot Springs and on every street of this city, are to be found bevies of young ladies collecting coupons and securing subscriptions for this paper, to the end that they have the benefit of the special ballots which accom- pany prepaid subscriptions to aid them in their aspirations to win one of the magnificent six weeks tours of Europe which the Sentinel-Record has hung up as prizes for a trio of worthy young ladies in this city ana state.
 Who Will Win?
 That is question one hears every where, but it is one that will not be answered until the final days ballots have been cast and ocunted and the judges have announced the names of the winners. The personnel of the SentinehRecord's European delegation next summer depends entirely upon the readers of this paper. The ques. ticn is in their hands and that they
 
 will select ladies who merit the honor and who will reflect credit upon this paper and their respective communi- ties goes without saying.
 Yesterdays balloting was the heavi- est thus far in the contest and results in many changes in the positions of the contestants.
 Miss Ida Marx made strong for ward movement and went from sixth piece to second of the First district Miss Mary Mooney and Miss Fannie Connolly made big gains. as did sev- eral other candidates in their district, and there is no telling who will occu. py the high seat tomorrow.
 In the Second district Miss Ruth lawrence, who was away down in the fourteenth position took hopsskip- vaulted over the ether con testsnts who were ahead of her and landed next to the seat of honor. Miss Babcock boiled a heavy vote and by so doing holds fourth place. while Mrs. Kean and others in that district made very nice gains.
 Some Withdraw.
 Besides the large number of votes counted, there were many ballots for ladies who had withdrawn on account of their inability to give the contest he time they believed beliiie#@ cd it it would fe. quire.
 Right here is where a great many young ladies make a mistake, it does not require vast amount of time to win tour on a subscription contest like this. It does require persistent and energetic effort on the part of the candidates, but the young lady who is during the working hours has an abundance of time to win out if she will only use it to good pur- pose. The greatest asset any candi- date can have is the assistance of her friends, and every candidate has these and friends who will work hard for them if they will only show disposi- tion to help themselves. When can dldate does not try to help herself she cannot expect her friends to as- sist her very many days.
 Willing to Help.
 A well known gentleman of this city called upon the contest manager last evening and asked what a certain candidate was doing in her own be- faalf- As we had heard nothing from her and dii not know whether she was working or not we could not give hhn any light on that subject: He stated that he had been cu ' coupans from his fri ~
 day and cast thev North
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