The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-05
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN IN VoTlNG-EVERY CANDIDATE
 HUSTLlNG TO WIN.
Three Free Trips Will Be Red Letter Events in Lives of Those Who Cross the Ocean as senth
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 were cast in the Sentinel Records personally conducted tour -of-Europe contest yesterday for thirty different ladies whose names have been enter ed as contestants. This is the high water mark for the contest thus far, and results in placing new leader at the head of each of the two dis tricts. Miss Mary Mooney in the first district, Miss Eura Barnett in the | second Several other contestants in each of the districts made remarkable gains and this shows that they will be strong factors in the race and must be reckoned with when it comes to the distribution of the prizes.
 Just compare the figures in today's paper with those of yesterday and you will wonder where all the votes are secured, but if you could see all over | this section of the country and ob- serve how coupons and subscriptions are being sought for, you would not manifest much surprise at the big vote cast.
 Showing Surprising Results.
 "It is simply remarkable the inter est that has been aroused In the Tour of-Europe voting contest of the Sen tinelRecord," remarked we'll known ! Central avenue merchant yesterday, | as he eagerly scanned the list con- | taining the names and standing of the i candidates. Probably no movement has been started in years that has aroused as much interest as this con test to decide the winner of the three free tours of Europe It has created more interest, aroused more good nat ured rivalry than any enterprise ever launched in Hot Springs.
 Not only are the contestants work ing eagerly and vigorously to secure votes necessary to make them the win ners. but the yare being supported | by people of this section in a royal manner. Many of the candidates en- tered in the race report that many l times during the day they are called up by phone or stopped on the street to take subscriptions from their friends that they have interested in their candidacy.
 Six Weeks Over the Sea. | It is little wonder that a contest such as this excltes interest and en- | thusiasm as never before was an of fer of such magnitude and liberality made to the ladies of this section. To take six weeks tour of Europe--a Cook Tour"-4and there is no finer one that could be taken-with every expense borne, is an offer that has never been equalled in the southwest ern country And the beauty of it is that it entails no expense or hardship upon those competing for the tours or 1 those who aid them to be winners.
 Subscription Ballots.
 1 A special ballot or voting certificate is given to every person who makes 1 payment on subscription during the life of the contest and subscribers may cast the votes for whomsoever they please. The price of the paper remains the same as usual. and no ex- tra charge Is made for the votes.
 Friends help those who help them selves and no candidates can expect their friends to vote for them unless they themselves show an interest in the contest, and let their friends know that they desire their support. 1 In entering this contest no lady should feel that she will receive any undesirable notoriety or publicity. The friends who are in part responsible for the success that candidate may attain are able to vote for her with out any cost and while this contest is not popularity contest. nor a contest to decide the most popular lady, yet the ladies' who are success