Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-23
CAST BIG VOTE
FOR LIBRARY
Every Sincere ASpirant Had
Better be on the Jump
Lead Of the Jr.'S Pleas
ing to Their Members
By A. o. JOHNSON.
Union Square, New York City.

Two more days remain before the
votes will be counted at the contest
mans office again, and in the Ian
guage of the Kansas farmer, Gosh,
what a job it be-"
However, this labor will be ma
terially diminished after the fourth
week, for you are no doubt aware
that the fifty leading contestants are
then accepted as the permanent ones,
unless some among you especially
petition or request us to continue
your favorite All the rest will be
dropped; so you see you must be on
the job, and get as many others to
join you or you may be eliminated
when the time comes.
The voting this week is likely to
throw a bombshell into many camps,
for the unexpected always happens in
the library contest.
The pendulum will soon begin TO
swing and It all depends upon the
voters as to how and where it swings.
II is the privilege of the Jr. o. u.
A. NJ boys to float on the surface at
least this week, for they rose to the
surface last Saturday and it is the
intention of its workers to be the only
head above the water-mark when the
big contest closes. 1t has reached
the hand-to-hand struggle point now
and you will see the weekly vote
grow and multiply at an astonishing
rate from now on.
Now that the big contest is on
numbers of dollars which have usual
ly gone TO Philadelphia merchants
will be expended at home, and this
is the proper conclusion. The CON
/ test merchants offer as great a vari-
ETY., as clean a value, and at smaller
cost. for expenses are materially
! smaller. The great book contest Il
the magnate which holds trade al
/ home.
The Jr. o. U. A. NJ holds fast the
! second week in the friendly war fol
/ good books and We congratulate then
upon this most commendable show
! ing. II is no mean achievement e
run the leader with such numerous
| competition, when we take into con
sideration the many aspirants 70
similar honors. The long list Sat
urday a week ago was greatly addet
to last Saturday and the coming an
nouncement of the standing will flint
a number of the contestants that weri
/ splitting their votes consolidated
which will. push some of them wa
up the list by comparison to wherl
they stood. We have in most instance
been officially authorized 10 do THU
and such organizations as have no
will do we'll to write A. o. johnson
80 Union Square, New York City ant
designate the name under which vol
wish to sail your colors in the future
The Loyal Order of Moose to Go Ate
Books With Increasing VigOr.
The remark was made in the pres
ence of the contest man when last 1
Wilmington that the Moose were
fine set of fellows and good hustler
but they had no show to win III
books because of the contendin
powers against them being so muc
larger numerically. How absurd tn
sounded and how little this fello
knew about an affair of this kind.
club of fifty members who are worl
ing FIFTY STRONG are invariabl
stronger than a membership Of tiN
hundred when there are about fort
Of them toting the load It is Il
mentable to confess, but this is II
: variably the case. You can seldol
get the rank and file of a large OF
ganization to put their shoulder
the wheel for there is always a bunc
of dead wood to consider, besides
+ crowd that shows the public ths
they are putting up a snappy an
consistent fight will win to their al
I a sympathetic vote simply becaus
they love a fighter Therefore II tn
Moose members have heard simila
comment tho should accept il as
further incentive for doing the thin
unusual and they will find themselvt
steadily ascending the contest ladde
round by round; everyone will ha
them as one of the leaders.
The bunch of workers who TAX
! the hint and make the most Of tn
next two weeks will be found far 1
the lead when the debris has bee
cleared away. They may have a lea
difficult to overcome. Therefore 20
had better plan to keep apace wit
the sprinters in order that the ba
tie may not be one-sided.
Let each reader resolve upon read
ing this to follow those suggestion
without deviating in a single instanc
so that when the JOURNAL come
out on Saturday and you see th
NOlt intAt lOA 1Oul AdNOl
tie you will have the keen satisfa,
ton of knowing that you contribute
your quota to the splendid vote al
pearing.
Yesterday thirty odd progressiy
and public spirited business men WEI
i again on the job, counting and coun
ing that the results may grow an
grow each week until the end, whe
the JOURNAL will proclaim SON
deserving and fortunate contestaI
the winner. Get busy. hustle. lose n
time if you want to be numbere
, among the shouters.
A contest has just closed for
similar library in Atlantic Cit
where the Fraternal Order of Eagle
won, casting 1,560,662 votes. bI
{ this won't touch the winners vo
: here. II was a great success, as
} always the case in the book war. A
/ together now and make the rest
) the week hum with the voting.
THE CONTEST MAN