The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
FREE TRIPS ABROAD
FOR SEVEN TEACHERS
Richmond Vrginan Give Seven of the Most Attraetv
Tours Ever Provided by an American Newspaper

The announcement that the Rich
Europe gives school teachers of Rich
mond. as well as the State, an opporf
tunity to visit the principal points OF
Europe. The virgtnian offers the
best trips ever given by any news
paper In Virginia or elsewhere. Most
trips offered in such contests take In
only London, Paris and one or two
minor points. but the successful con-
testants in the Virgtnian's contest viii
spend six weeks abroad. visiting
Great Britain. Holland, Belgium, Ger
many. France and Switzerland.
Everything necessary for the COM
fort and pleasure of the travellers has
been provided. The trip includes
stateroom berths on Atlantic steam
ers carrying only one class OF cabin
passengers railroad travel In Eu-
rope In the usual custom OF Amcri-
can tourists: accommodations at ffrst-
class hotels, including meals, trans
fers of passengers and baggage be-
tween railroad stations and hotels and
piers. while with the conductor; free
conveyance of steamship company .
usual allowance of baggage on At
lantic steamers. The party will be
under the direction of q conductor.
who will attend to all the details
connected with the trip.
The Virginian offers three trips in
Richmond. The teacher who receives
the highest number OF votes viii re-
ceive one OF the vIRGINIAN'S TRIPS
TO EUROPE AND A PURSE OF 500
POCKET MONEY as an additional
prize. The teacher who receives the
second highest number OF votes will
receive one OF the VIRGINIAN'S
FREE TRIPS To EUROPE AND A
PURSE OF $50 POCKET MONEY
ms an additional prize. The third sue
cessfuI candidate viii receive one of
the yIRGINIAN'S FREE TRIPS TO
EUROPE.
In the First, Second. Third and
Fourth Congressional Districts a trip
will be awarded In each district to
the successful contestant. The Vfr-
gilman has not found 1t practicable to
offer trips in other congressional dis
tricts at this time. but If the teachers
In the districts not included are in
terested and will write the contest
manager the matter win be carefully
! considered.
Conditions of the Contest.
Who can be voted for? Any white
teacher who has been nominated can
be voted for. Any one can nominate
teacher who cuts nomination
blank out OF the Richmond virginian
and fills In the nanre of q white
teacher residing In Richmond or In
the First, Second, Third or Fourth
Congressional Districts. ana sends II
In to the contest manager of the Rich
nond virginian. The nomination
blank will count 1000 votes for the
person nominated. but only one nomi-
nation blank will he counted for any
one person. No trip will be give any
teacher who does not receive at least
10000 votes from subscriptions This
n number Of votes Is equivalent to sixty
annual subscriptions.
Votes can be secured by clipping
the coupons which appear In the
virginian daily, and by send in sub
scriptions to the virginian.
Subscriptions when received with
cash will be counted as follows:
A three months subscription WILL
count 400 votes.
A six months subscription will
count 1000 votes.
Al nine months subscription will
count 1000 votes
A years subscription will count
$500 votes
"A two years subscription will count
5000 votes.
a three yearsf subscription will
count $1,000 voteA