The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01
22,74O,1O VOTES CAST
IN THE CITIZENS CONTEST!
Miss Helen Lehman awey With l732474 Votes To Her Credit Leads T
Procession And Wins The Conpanonshp Bermuda Trip.


sylvania. During the entire ten |
weeks the Tour department has been |
kept buried in votes, and as the clos
ing days began to draw near friends |
of the ladies who wanted the prizes |
grew more anxious and showered |
votes on the department, and Mon
day night the ballot box was almost |
full, and it was no small job for the |
judges to count the heavy mass of |
little white papers.
At 10 p. m. Monday the last votes |
had to be polled, and with a rush to |
cast few votes for their friends the |
contest ended, and to-day is made |
known the happy winners of the |
five tours, the companionship honor, |
the four diamond rings and four gold |
watches. The result of these prizes |
will make a number of young peo-
pie happy for long time, and they |
will have cause to remember long
the efforts in their behalf. The con-
test has been success from all
points of view and THE CITIZEN de- |
sires to thank the contestants and
their friends for the interest taken
and the good work which has been
done in adding to THE CITIZENS S !
subscription list. THE CITIZEN re-
grets sincerely that it is not able
to give prizes to all who took part
in the contest, for all deserve to
win the coveted prizes, and it is hop
ed that those who won will enjoy
them to the utmost.
Fairness OF The Contest.
Disinterested parties everywhere,
business men and the contestants
themselves are praising THE ClTI-
ZEN for the impartial treatment ac-
corded every candidate. Everything
was done to facilitate the work of
the contestants and their friends and
the result is that everything has
turned out in the most gratifying
manner
HOnOrs Deserved.
The successful contestants are
named to-day as the result of the
official count of the prominent and
disinterested gentlemen who acted
as judges and who had no concern
in the contest other than to accept
the invitations of the management to
make thorough and complete can
vass of the votes. The mere mention
of the names of these gentlemen is
assurance of their integrity. They
are we'll known and highly esteemed
I ny llCll DuSlHtSS dSSOCldLbS, anu ny
all with whom they come in contact,
as thorough and honorable men.
All Could Not Win.
The one feature of the contest that
| THE CITIZEN does not like is that
everyone could not win prize, but
in the very nature of things this is
impossible and there is sympathy in
plenty for those who have no mater
ial benefit to show for their efforts.
Later on they will surely find that
benefit there has been, and of a high
kind, for they have necessarily de-
veloped self-confidence, business
ability, and independence which will
help them to be successful in the bat
tie that lasts long after the battle
of ballots" is forgotten-that is the
battle of life.
Those who win certainly feel rich
ly rewarded for their efforts and they
will appreciate the handsome prizes
far more than if they had been laid
at their feet without any work on
their part and without the manifold
associations of friendship and good
will which go with these prizes won
by the assistance of their acquaint-
| anceS.
Make The Awards With Pleasure.
1t is a pleasant task for THE
CITIZEN to make the awards to the
successful candidates with the
heartiest good wishes for their en-
joyment of them, and keen apprec-
iation of the work that they have
done during the past ten weeks.
The Contest Company.
The public can have no adequate
idea of the immense amount of de-
tail work necessary, nor of the gem
eral magnitude of such an enterprise
as that of conducting contest such
as that which has just closed. To
the outside it looks easy, but to the
promoters and workers in the office,
it assumes a different aspect. Dill
gence, judgment, absolute fairness
these are some of the attributes that
are necessary to make a successful
, contest, and each must be employed
to the limit. The men who come in
, contact with the contestants must
possess every one of these virtues.
The publishers of THE CITIZEN
realized this when the question of a
contest was first considered, and the
extremely favorable endorsement
; presented by the United Contest Co.,
Incorporated, of Cleveland, O., to-
: gether with their enviable record of
large number of successful con-
) tests, led to the engagement of their
/ services. THE CITIZEN welcomes
) this opportunity to publicly express
/ its opinion that no better choice
could have been made. An abso-
lutely fair, clean-eut contest was de-
manded of them in every particular.