Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-27
BIG CROWD ON
STARS EXCURSION
TO H|LT0N|A HOME
Guests Are Delighted with
$500 House, Prize in
BOOklOvers' Contest.

The second of the EVENING STARS
free excursions to Hiltonia, the site of
the s., 1900 home-first prize in the great
Booklovers' Contest-was held yester-
day from Hoboken and Jersey City, and
was an unqualified success. Three
special cars filed with members of the
holiday crowd made the round trip to
Hiltonia and return, and every detail
of the journey had been so carefully
worked out that there was not a hitch
anywhere.
Guests of the STAR expressed them
selves as delighted with the modern
home, which is to go to the most
fortunate contenstant, and with Hill
tonia. The house is almost completed
and two special trips of inspection,
under the guidance of representatives
of the EVENING STAR, were neces-
sary before the excursionists were sat
isied hat they had seen everything.
1t may be confidently asserted that
every reader of the EVENING STAR
who is working for one of the mag
niicent prizes offered in the Book
lovers Contest will work with renewed
energy, now that they have had an
opportunity of seeing for themselves
that the descriptions Of the first prize
have underestimated 1t rather than
exaggerated it. 1t was only necessary
for those inspecting the house to re-
member that 1t was but one of 525
premiums. which aggregate in value
50, 900, to be filled with an excess of
yea for the work of solving the daily
cartoons.
Refreshments were served to each
guest, and handsome souvenirs were
given them through the courtesy OF
Joseph l.. Feibleman & Co, Who" are
building the house for the STAR.
Special cars left Grove n Mont
gomery streets, opposite the City Hall,
and Newark and Summit avenues.
called the Five Points," Jersey City.
and Washington street and Newark
avenue, Hoboken. at 2 o'clock. The en-
tire trip to Hiltonia occupied only an
hour although no attempt was made at
speeding. The return was made in a
little shorter time.
Before the hour for starting had come
crowds began to gather at the points
of departure. and the number that en-
joyed the trip was larger than antici-
pated.
The cars were filled as soon as they
reached the starting point and the de-
parture was made on the dot.
After leaving Newark's Four Corners
the specials went out Springfield ave-
nue., passing the homes that line the
street, the passengers noting the we'll
kept yards, bright with the glow of
crimson rambler roses and fragrant
with h~oneysuckle.
1t was 3 o'clock when Hiltonia was
reached and two delightful hours were
spent by the guests going about Hill
tonia, And. of course, The Stars house
was the object first seen. Star repre-
sentatives conducted the party to the
spot. which is only a short way from
the street car tracks, and showed the
guests through.
After everyone, not only those who
had come on the special cars, but those
had followed the trolley In automo-
biles, had been served the ample re-
freshments provided and the STAR
car inspector said that the cars
were waiting. A whistle was sounded
and the hundreds of excursionists gath
cred and the return trip was begun.
The cars went back by way of Clin-
ton avenue and the pleased guests OF
The Star expressed themselves as sat-
with the trip. Everyone was
happy.