The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04

4 glanor Il the long h-t u contestant.
| alnrAtik rnt~fri iu Ihr kriofmsfs short
.tnfA contest l. 4li that j necws.atK q
,hnW she fituI alih ahirlt IL ha. hrru fei
uriVssi ~ the advertisement On pasc :
ihi. h-t api~sis III 10 yesterday after
uoon - hoy, and atl, bad forwarded their
rniri-- 90 thi, uiiiur. aud iheTr y ever
indication that manN more will decide
during the coming acrk to compete All
the contestant. ihu. Tar have secured 90
kpir. by making their -ntues on COUPONS
taken from laS weeks issue oi The Ks
former These coulsins may be- used np -
March T.. but Il should be- understood
that only one Of these nomination coupons
will be- counted int zach contestant In
ihl. issue oi The Rsiormet. however /. a
a .ingl. vote eoupun, and every contestant
should begin % savv these. Every one
of ihc-e coupons properly hlled out and
forwarded to thu. office Will count one vote
iof the contestant whose name It bear.
One oi these coupons will appear IA
every copy Of The Reiormer printed from
nov until the close oi the contest. but
they can be secured ia no other way.
10 the Young people who have already
entered a. well a. 20 those who intend 10
become contestant. let u say this: DO
not wait until your stories are completed
before beginning your vote getting cam
paign. All new subscriptions aud renewals
sent IA by YOU from nov on mean votes.
ou can have these vote sent 10 you OF
credited 20 your scofe. whichever you pre-
fer The fact that We shall not begin
printing the standing oi contestants until
the iifst issue IN April doe, not mean that
you cannot begin piling up votes tor your,
selves al once. The contestants who se.
cure the most v0tes between now and the /
time Of the iir,i announcement OF the |
standing viii have secured Just 20 much /
advantage in the race. Ii YOU have rela |
tiyes OF friend. who YOU know are intend |
ing to become Reiormer subscribers or 20 |
renew their subscriptions ask them 20 ask |
for coupons and save them Tor you. DO not /
wait for support 90 after IT.
4, far a. the stories themselves are con
terned we are going to ask our young
fuends not 10 wait until the last moment
before sending them in. The big list OF
entries already received indicates that we
are going 10 have no small task IN making
hese stories ready for publication; and,
besides. II should be remembered that the
stories will be printed in the order they are
received az this office. beginning April
md continuing for three issues. One OF
he youngest contestants entered has al
eady sent Us her contribution and II Will
lave the honor Of being printed at the
read of the list
Thus lar district No leads with 81 con-
estants, No being second with %, and
so. | third with l3 Although only one
,erson has yet entered from district No 4
ye have assurances OF number more from
oung people living outside Vermont. In 1
act, we confidently expect many more !
ntres from every district before March {
3 when the time limit on the 2Dvote :
omination coupons expires.
That this contest Is going to prove OF I
enetit to every Young person who enters y
mere is no doubt. The profit to be gained t
,om writing j. considerable and then 4
lere is always the chance of winning a y
ibstantal prize The cooperation we b
ave received thus far from teachers and Z
her school authorities is proof of their {
alief in the worth of the contest.
In conclusion we wish to say again to
he young people who are going after the
100 We have offered: Don't fail to begin Y
our vote-getting campaigns now. Pro- .
estimation is the thief of time-and q