Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-28
ROLL OF HONOR
Second District
Miss Susan Fawcett.. ..l5,000
Third District
Miss Christiana Kemper. .2,O30

wore than 21,GJ0 votes were :ast in
the contest yesterday and as result
there are new leaders in all the dis
tricts-Miss Nellie Uhler in the First
District, Miss Susan Fawcett in the
Second and Miss Christiana Kemper
in the Third. Yesterday has the rec
ord SO far in the Gazette's European
Tour Voting Contest. The vote was
the largest of any day yet. The speci-
al ballots started to come in early in
the morning and continued until four
o'clock, when all balloting is stopped
for the day, and what is deposited
after that time is carried over to the
next day.
The contest has entered its second
week and it is time for anyone con-
templating entering the contest to
start at once while the field is prac-
tically unworked. Thus far interest
has exceededthe expectations. Nearly,
a score and a half lof energetic ladies
are exerting themselves to win the
three European tours offered as prizes
and as result, many subscriptions
are being paid and many new names
added to the Gazette's big family of
readers.
Regarding Coupons.
The ten-vote coupon which now ap-
pears in the Gazette each day should
be clipped out each day and voted and
not saved until the last Of the week,
as no candidate can be credited with
more than 100 of these coupons
(l,000 votes) on any day. If the cou-
pons are held back the candidates are
bound to lose lots of them at the end
of this week. These coupons must be
trimmed close to the border, placed
face up, heads in one direction and
fastened together, with the name, dis
trict and number of ballots in the pack
age, written on top of the coupons.
This will save the contest depart
ment much unnecessary labor and viii
be an aid to accuracy.
Business Men Interested.
Business men in the city have en-
tered into the interest Of the contest,
realizing that while it will require
some little time from the efforts of
their employees they know that they
will in the end secure better and more
efficient service from them after they
have had the training that the contest
gives each person in the race. Those
candidates who have no special pur-
suits have created an interest in the
home circles that has become an all
absorbing subject, and asubject, in
which each member of the home can
have full share in discussing and
lending their efforts to help their fav-
orites, knowing full we'll that the
grand and magnificent tour will fill
the winners with so much joy and
pleasure, and that the wonderful stor-
les which they will bring back home
with them will be the crowning fea-
ture added to the education the trip
will give and which will prove to be
stepping stone to higher pursuits.
Classification of Subscriptions.
Contestants should be careful and
not mark subscriptions "new" when
they really are cold" The distinction
is very plain. A person, firm or
house that was regularly receiving the
Gazette February 18th, the date of
the starting of the contest, is an "old"
subscriber, no matter whether they
took it from boy or not, but those
who were not thus regularly receiv-
ing the paper when the contest started
will be classified as "new" subscribers
when they give subscription for the
paper and they will be "new" on all
payments they make during the life
of the contest.
Will Be in Good Company.
The party of which the Gazette's
three ladies will form part, will sail