Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-27

among the lower ones. Thus II went
| throughout the whole contest. first one
iHnd then another forging ahead.
but It was just as was expected tho
reserve votes Of the various candi
dates played the most imuortant part,
and was the deciding factor in deter.
mining the winners.
Everybody Satisfied.
That there should be no disappoint.
mont. and that the efforts of the will
ing workers should not go unreward.
ed, even though their candidates did
not win the Capital Prize, the contest
officials divided the territory into four
districts and offered equal prizes In
each for the most popular and ener
gctiC young women in each. This
proved the big feature of the contest
and resulted in satisfaction for every.
body. which was the chief desire of
the Bulletin.
Slowly at first the votes began to
come in, then increased gradually for
awhile until, when the workers got
thoroughly warmed up. they rolled In
in such numbers that the totals soon
amounted to enormous figures. The
friends of the contestants desired to
see them win, and insisted upon max.
ing the fact public by voting for them
and getting their friends to do like
wise. and the smallest girl or boy was
Just as powerful as her or his elders
in boosting favorite candidates. More
| than one man stole an hour or so
from his Office at intervals during the
| contest IL make personal canvass
for some friend. and many dinner
dish was left unwashed while the lady
of the house went calling and Incl.
dentally looking for votes.
Winners Feel Proud.
The winners may well feel proud of
the fact that they have run one race
IN thousand and have come out with
the deserved honor Of having outrun
and Outclassed workers VINO have
themselves done exceedingly well. and
would have, under ordinary conditions,
had enough, votes to win.
The honor attached to the winning
Is considered by some of the candi.
dates as being worth as much as the
value of their prizes. however valu-
tble. Friends of the contestants have
boosted them all along the line, and
nothing seemed too hard for them to
do where n subscription was to be Sc.
cured and the votes given to their
iayOrite.
There has been quite an army of
fair ladies' who have made II their
special business during the past two
months to early and late exploit the
virtues of the Bun etin. And that
they have preached gospel truth Is
testified to bv the results obtained. In
the city and in all directions through
out the outside territory there have
been many contestants, hunting at all
times, for someone who did not take
this paper. and II may be stated right
here that there are very few through.
out the TerritorJ who do not now
take the II u II ctin.
The contestants have all done
splendid work and some have been
I|Ore successful than others but this
is due largely to The ability to hustle
possessed by the winning candidates.
/ 7 he Benefits OF the Contest.
Every candidate, whether she cares
! 10 fight the battle of ballots or not. Is
/ letter able to fight the battle of life
/ today than she was when she entered
| the contest. Though she may feel
Tie disappointment keanly So mus
realize thp facing the wOrll does not
now seem near so formidable a propO-
SitiOn as II did few weeks ago.
! These who are successful are deserv-
inp Of the greatest congratulations and
raise. They have striven hard and
what they have achieved has been
largely tie result of untiring, unre.
hitting effort.
Early ana late for two months they
nave been piling up voting strength,
a few votes at time, until the bal.
lots mounted up high into big figures.
they will appreciate the prizes a
| tIOusandIOld more than they would
had these ~ en- laid AT their feet with.
cut any effort on their part, and are
better able to appreciate them at
something Of their real value.
Best Of Feeling.
During the progress of the entire
contest the best of feeling has pre-
vailed ana while today's list of win.
Eers Is quite lengthy, there are many
| other deserving workers who were
lot Fortunate enough to have their
names on ihC final list, but through
their efforts have made such a record
/, Gs to desrry G credit themselves, and
the Blu lie IN wishes to thank each
0nd every OAe of these, and every can.
, didate, fOl The honest and sincere eff.
fort.
| Without hitch the big voting con,
ltCsl came to final conclusion last
Saturday night, and the ballOt-bOX, af-
ter being given into the care of Mr..