Evening journal., 1911-09-23
Eden Lodge Holds
Honorary Position in
Contest for Splendid Library
Reports From Merchants Show Remarkable Advance
for aIi---Hundred Thousand Mark Passed---From
Now TO Close of Contest Big Gains May
be Looked for.

foot on the steps TO the first flight
front. If rumor be significant they had
better be looking about for the rep
resentative they want on the commit
tee Of awards at once.
The big contest is fast developing
into an eight cornered fight. IL is early
in the game to predict winner ana
will continue to be so until the last
vote is counted
About thirty-three ballot boxes are
standing serenely In as many stores,
possessing an Unsuitable appetite for
votes, and it doesn't cost anything TO
feed these hungry squares of painted
tin. For example, there is one box the
contest man has in mind that bears
silent testimony to the efficacy of fair
dealing in furniture. Let the big book
contest introduce you to this firm and
you will find that your most exacting
demands may be supplied at a price
commensurate with a live and LEI
live" policy. Is it not necessary tc
mention that it is The Geo. r. Fritz
Furniture Store?
There is another box that the con.
test man is desirous of advising with
You about. This box is we'll fed will
the little white slips. for every mem
/ Der Of the family must needs be sup
piled with the values dispensed at thil
splendid store. Just now they ar,
showing an attractive line of mems
and womens shoes in all feathers, a
greatly reduced prices.
There should be a large eagle ou
in front of this store, perched upor
some conspicuous high place, Will
wings outstretched as though invitin,
the weary and footsore traveller to re
pose for a few moments therein, af
ter which he could emerge relieved
and refreshed and the most import
ant adjunct to personal apparel.
meat foot" resultant thereof. Beastol
/, and Thompson's shoe store is tn
place in question and a nice buncl
OF votes slip into this ballot box. TIL
service is expert. price right an
! stock unsurpassed. Can you as
more? Vote here.
> The great contest still goes bound
, ing upward and onward. one wee
suggesting the certainty Of leadershi
, for some particular contestant, onl
. to be reversed in favor of anothe
the following week. All of this
due to the fact that everybody ha
the habit. The old, the young, tn
great, the small. are persistently d.
manding the privilege of voting Ne
customers are steadily turning the
faces contest merchantward.
Heretofore readers Of divers paper
4 are demanding THE EVENIN
= JOURNAL. There is a battle roy
a for the vote coupon, and It would I
8 doubt be amusing and surprisir
n could we peep into the hidden r
s cesses where these coupon ar
Bundles of them are being depositl
It each day at Lippincott and Company
q, store and the manager who careful
q supervises the counting OF the vot
70 in this store sometimes looks We
70 weary and on the verge of math
At matical brain fag. If you stop al
le ponder over the plan of voting y
10 will see that the wise policy is
lie take the contest mans advice a.
e. vote in every possible manner
st every store.
al Every possible feature that goes
l. make a clean, bright, up-to-da
D. newsy newspaper is firmly within t
81 grasp of the able corps OF experts
IN THE EVENING JOURNAL buildir
ly and once this paper takes root IN
IN Wilmington home IL becomes a We
part Of its life and renders that mol
I'd service which is the aim and purpc
lg of those who are responsible for
nel THE CONTEST MAN