The Washington herald., 1909-03-28
First Day Showed Remarkable Interest and
Large Number of the Candidates
Have Already Announced
Themselves.
AN EARLY START HALF THE BATTLE
There Are Seventy eight Prizes to Be Awarded Grand
Capital Prize, $3.50 House and Lot

The Washington Herald's great $1,000
contest opened yesterday morning, and II
the first day be taken as a criterion. there
viii certainly be a number Of very
popular nominations. Several candidates
entered the contest voluntarily yesterday.
and several were nominated by friends.
II was hardly expected that there would
be such a ready response 10 the first an
nouncement OF the contest, but IL is very
gratifying to The Washington Herald 10
note that the plan has sprung into such
popular favor at its very inception.
| The Washington Herald IN selecting
these prizes did its utmost 10 select those
OF standard merit II has bought the
very best money could buy, and the one
who wins them will never regret their
efforts spent for the next few weeks gath
ering subscriptions to The Washington
Herald
The names OF candidates and the num-
Der OF votes accorded each win not be
announced until one week from Sunday
April 10. This gives nearly two weeks
for contestants to do preliminary work
and get enough votes 10 make a grand
showing when the names appear for the
first time. 1t should be borne In mind
that the contest is on in full blast. and
those who are already In the contest are
/ at liberty to begin active work getting
subscriptions. as well as clipping the
| coupons from The Washington Herald.
| Several contestants did excellent work
yesterday and already have a sufficient
number OF votes 10 encourage them in
their endeavors.
This IS the time TO enter the great con-
| test. Every man or woman. married or
single, residing in Washington and the
/ District OF Columbia. Maryland, Virginia,
and West Virginia is eligible 10 compete
| in this contest. II costs nothing TO try
thero are no strict qualifications to com
ply with: the only restriction being that
a contestant be a respectable resident OF
one OF the districts covered by the con-
/ test Il is not too late 70 come into the
race. II has Just opened, and tie smoke
from the first gun has not cleared away.
| II you are eligible 10 cOIupete, enter
your name at once and announce your
! candidacy among your friends and rela-
tives and get them to save the daily cOu-
pons for you, or pay IN advance for The
| washington Herald. Old subscribers may
vote as well as the new ones. Any one
desiring 20 cast votes for a contestant
pays in advance as long as desired, and
| special ballots are issued at The Wash
! ington Herald Office for the proper num-
! Der (See vote schedule on another page.)
| These subscription ballots may be with
| held as long as desired, and do not neces-
sarily have 70 be polled until the very
! last day OF the contest The ten-vote
coupons which appear daily in The Wash
| ington Herald are good for but one week,
and must be in the ballot box before the
expiration Of the date printed on each
coupon.
II has been asked II a candidate can
vote for herself. She most assuredly can.
A candidate is not limited to one ten
vote coupon a day. but may clip as many
as possible from The Washington Herald.
and each one sent in will count for ten
votes Get your friends TO get their
shears 70 working and clip every vote
coupon in sight.
Those who do not care TO compete IN
the contest themselves may nominate
| their sister. wife, mother, brother. OF
! friend, as the case may be. and help
him or her win valuable reward.
There should be no misunderstanding
as 20 how the prizes IN this contest VIII
be awarded. This subject is printed to-
day II, after reading It. you do not
understand every point call UP the con-
test manager at The Washington Herald
ofhce, and let him explain the matter to
you.
Distribution OF Prizes.
There are eighteen districts in this con
test; eleven districts in the city and seven
on the outside.
The grand capital prize. a $3.50 house
and lot, will be awarded 20 the con-
testant who secures the largest number
Of votes in the entire contest. regardless
Of district limitations.
The second grand prize. a White
| steamer automobile. will be awarded TO