Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-06


close one week from tonight III nine
p. m., and bids fair TO be the most
interesting Of the entire contest. Al
ready the subscriptions are pouring
in and 1t has been learned that many
of The contestants have determined
10 put forth their very best efforts
in making sure that they have cap
turc0 that diamond ring in case they
fail to secure the foreign trip.
Two new faces are seen in the
Roll Of Honor today again. There
was quite surprise in the First
District yesterday when Miss l.. Fio-
lett Proctor lead her district With
votes TO spare, but she was forced TO
second place today by Miss Elizabeth
King, who holds the coveted seat OF
honor. In the Second District Miss
Ileisley is leading her district, with
AiSs Anderson only 4 few votes be-
hind. In the Third District, Miss
Pullman is in the lead. and is the
first candidate in her district to reach
the 10000 mark.
Contest Only Started.
Theft rst period IS simply the pre-
liminary in the contest. During the
past week several new contestants
have entered the lists and these have
Just as good 4 chance to win as any OF
them, and it is probable that there
will be still more entries for fort
night yet. The candidate who gets
the most new subscriptions and the
largest amount. which means the
most votes. will be the one who will
carry OF the honor in each of the dis
tricts.
AS the contest will not close until
six weeks from last Monday night,
there is ample time for any live, hus-
Ting girl or woman to enter the race
now and come under the wire win
ner. But time is tleeting and those
who expect to win must be making
hay whilet he sun shines.
Good Time 10 Start.
Some OF the young ladies who were
little late in being nominated and
others who have been unable to Sc
cure votes seem to be OF the opinion
that they arc too late to begin now,
but in this they arc very much in er-
ror. Now is the very best time to be-
gin. The work done thus far has
largely been Of preliminary charac-
ter, and as the contest was 4 new
and unknown proposition. it was ne
cessary for the candidates to spend
q great deal Of time explaining the
rules and conditions to their friends
upon whom they called, but now near
ly everybody living within fifty miles
of Alexandria has heard of the con-
test and is watching its progress with
interest.
This condition will make suoScrip-
tion-getting very much easier than IL
was at the start Of the contest ana
tighten the task OF securing sufficient
votes to overcome the small lead that
those candidates who started earlier
have secured. If any lady who has
been placed on the list wishes to win
one OF these magnificent tours, all
she needs to convince her that she
yet has plenty Of time in which to
win is the encouragement she is sure
TO receive If she calls upon few
friends and asks them for their sub
scriptions to help her become win
ncr. Shew i'll see how easily she can
secure the few subscriptions that are
needed to place her at the head Of her
district and will soon have all he.
friends filled with enthustasm ovel
her prospects Of wtning.
Some contestants become discour
aged when sn opponent casts a bi.
heavy vote With that object in Wow