Evening journal., 1911-11-01
Big Library Contest Closes
Tonight at Six O'clock
Junior o. u. A. M. Still Lead, FrafernsI Order Of
Eagles Follow on Their HeeIs---OnIy Half Mer-
chants Report Leaving Situation in DOubt
Recanvsss of Entire Returns Up TO Mon
day, October 23, are Published in
TodaY's Issue.
Today's Issue.
BY A. o. johnson, 30 Union Square,
New York City.

BY A. o. Johnson. 80 Union Square.
New York City
In about twenty-four hours the re-
suit of the Big Library Contest will
be announced. In the meantime, the
attention Of the contestants is called
TO the fact that today is Premium Red
Letter Day.
Remember, one thousand votes for
a dollar. Here Is an easy and sure
way to add your vote. Just think what
$50 meansl Fifty thousand votes!
Faithful work to the end will de-
eide where the beautiful prize shall
go. Where shall it be2 The old say
ing about the busy bee and the early
bird holds good. Don't be sorry when
it is too late to make amends.
Buy all your wants in the contest
stores today and help your favorite In
the final hours. There Is an oppor-
tunity to turn the dark horse into
winner if advantage is taken of this
big offer. See to it contestants that
your friends do not desert you at the
eleventh hour. A hundred dollar pur-
chase means a hundred thousand
votes. Get busy.
We now hear the engineer toot his
whistle for the last station. The bag
gageman. at o'clock sharp to-
day. will dump off dress suit cases,
trunks, boxes. sacks, bundles, large
and small, but in this instance the
contents are all the same, EVENING
JOURNAL coupons galore and mer-
chants votes, all bound for the great
storage house Of votes. It will have
taken exactly three months to accum-
ulate this great storehouse Of values
and at last they are about TO be
dumped into the already appalling
figures contained in the vote below.
wouldn't It be interesting If we
could know just exactly the number
of miles scissors have travelled in go
| ing around that precious EVENING
| JOURNAL coupon7 No doubt they
would almost stretch from one end Of
the state TO the other. All of which
goes to show how serious and unre-
mitting the desire has been among
thousands to come out the victor In
this. the most laudable of all con-
tests. Along with the Unsuitable de-
sire to win. all have thus far been
actuated by a clean and honest desire
to gain no unfair advantage over an
opponent, and this spirit should not
be swerved from in the least in this
the last hour
Victory won dishonesty is wors'
than defeat, and should a report come
in beyond the limit of the contes
mans estimate Of what is consisten
and proper, he will hand it over to tn'
committee with a recommendation
that the entire report be thrown out
for the even tenor of this to date, mos
satisfactory enterprise, must not b.
broken. Don't allow the desire to vii
make the conscience elastic
The 100000 mark is left behind Il
today's vote, last week turned the j
o. u. A. NJ. around the 478.000 maIf
and the enormous total Of 73S,962 ha
been cast during the entire time CON
peting by the leading contestant. Jus
wait and see the last total and the
you will understand why the big Il
brary contest is always a breaker {
contest records.
There is much satisfaction no doub
among the Jr. o. U. A NJ. for the
still hold first place by the help {
their many friends IN sympathy wit
their struggle for the splendid lbrar.
They have planned a whirlwlnd finish
in fact they have been actively on Ii
Job for several days. However, the
are not alone in this spirit Of endeavo
for tr~ friends ~ the Fraternal Orc