Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-09
ALL CONTESTANTS
were PUNCHED FOR
START IN RACE
Outside Districts Make
Good Showing And
Votes Roll In

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Tens of thousands Of votes were
east for the first count Of ballots, In
the Bulletins Alaska.Yukou Ex.
position Contest and the story Of btl
lots Is best told by the accompanying
list, In this issue Of the Bulletin.
None of the contestants have de.
cided lead over the other at this timo
and the list will no doubt continue to
grow and those at the bottom Of the
list today may be leaders on the NOR.
low. M one should feel discouraged
II some one has a few hundred votes
more than she this evening Us even
few thousand votes amount to
naught, when you stop to consider the
number of votes allowed on subscrip.
tons.
The 5000 free vote offer will close
this evening and those who intend
taking advantage OF same should clip
out this ballot and bring at once to
the Bulletin Office and this will regis.
ter your favorite contestant. There Is
TO restrictions to any one entering the
contest at any time during the con.
test, hut those who enter now will
have the advantage Of the 5000 votes
as a starter.
81 thought II would be hard" said
one pretty contestant In the Bull.
lctin contest yesterday as she de.
posted bundle of subscription stubs
On the desk Of the contest manager,
and smiled dcmurely. 1T Is easy
;he continued, because of the inter.
est taken In the contest by my friends
| suppose each contestant has friends
who are willing to stand by her In the
contest. | didn't know had so many
friends until they began ringing me
up and telling me to come to them
fer subscriptions and ballots"
And so 1t goes down the line OF
contestants. All are finding 1t easier
than they at first expected II would
he.
Yesterday Saw a Big Vote.
Yesterday was the greatest day
since the Blu letin contest opened
and today bids fair to even eclipse
that excellent record. Every indlca.
tion points to one of the most inter.
csting popularity elections ever given
In this section, for the young women
whose names are already In nomnl.
ton are DESTROYS Of making good
showing, and they find out how easy
4 10 In 81
ance that their chance Is Just AS good
ms anyone's.
Many think It difficult to get votes
To these there Is but single sen.
tence OF advice, md that is: EnteS
the race and try for week. Just one
week will show any young woman
what an easy thing Il Is to pile up the
follots In the contest, and once enter.
ed II Is fair field and no favorites.
"On TO Seattle." Is the watch
word Of bright young women who are
running for honors in the contest now
Icing conducted by the Bulletin.
Young women from all over the city
and vicinity have entered the race
snd from the way votes are pouring
into the Office It Is evident that a
great amount of interest and enthu.
siasm has been awakened In every
nook and corner Of the above.mentlon.
ed territory. Later, the interest will
increase. aud then "frenzied'' voting
Win be In order. At present the can.
didates are just beginning to get their
Etart and feeling the pulse of their
friends to learn their strength.
number of subscriptions have al.
ready come in, and today will see
more Issued than any other day since
the opening OF the contest. Votes
clipped from the Bulletin are re.
ceived daily In large numbers and
many votes which were issued on
subscriptions are sent ont to be held
In reserve and drawn on later, when
an elaborate necessity arrives.
Vote for some young woman who
Is In the race, or II your favorite is
not In the list enter her name and
vote for her, These free trims are
going to be given to somebody--it
may as wen DO a friend of yours as
the fayorite OF somebody else Make
It your determined effort TO see that
the woman OF your choice Is success,
Iul. II will not cost you much, and
II will mean a delight to the young
women who win.
Don't Hold Back Subscriptions.
There Is a tendency noticed by the
manager OF the contest for contest
ants to hold back subscription ballots
after receiving the subscriptions o.
their friends. These friends wan
their paper after they subscribe
They want II for two reasons: one
that they may wish to clip coupons
for their fayorites, and the other that