Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-21
CANDIDATE ARE
HARD At WORK.
Votes Pouring Into Gazette Office
Show Great Interest
in Contest.
SUBSCRIPTIONS RE C WE'D,
An Opportunity OF. Life Time TO Tour
Europe Free Of Expense prompts Ac-
tive Competition.

With rhe publication OF the stand
! ing Of those nominated in the Gaz
/ cites Tour Of Europe Voting Con
| test. really is just The beginning Ol
the contest.
There Is one point the Gazette
wishes 10 make clear TO The friends
Of the contestants: Hundreds OF
readers Of the Gazette are clipping
The coupons from the paper and
saving them for some favorite can
the close of the contest 10 have them
placed 10 her credit. The rules pro-
vide That no more than 100 or these
coupons 1000 votesJ can be count
ed in any one day and. as many differ
the lady and will dump them into
The contest ballot boxes by the hun
evident that thousands OF these votes
will not be counted. II you want
your coupons to aid your favorire
candidate. don't hold them, but send
them TO her. drop them in one Of
the ballot boxes either at The Ga
zette office or al Gibsons Drug store
every few days.
Since he first announcement of the
contest was made on last Friday of
the projecr TO send three young ladies
on a trip to Europe. the Gazette Of
flee has been beSieged by inquiries
by mail phone and by personal calls.
On every hand we have heard moth
ing but the most favorable comments
on the contest itself as method OF
determining The winners, manner in
which the contest is to be conducted
the division OF the districts. the itin-
erary OF the tour, the number of la
dies 10 be sent. and the opportunity
that il offers TO every woman in this
section whether rich or poor. 10 be
the winner Of Il tour.
Clip the Coupons.
The ballots which have been ap-
pearing and will appear until March
> in each tissue OF the Gazette, will
be good for ten votes each and are
combination voting and nomina-
ton ballot. For the past three days
these ballots have been coming in in
great lunches 1T Il time and phcn-
ominally large number were cast for
these candidates entered in the list
Tuesday.
Everyone who is desirous Of aiding
favorite candidate should clip ouI
the ballots from the paper and rush
them in while They count for ten
votes each. After March =. coupons
appearing in the paper will count
for less. If you wish TO give can
didate more vOieS. make a payment
on subscription. which will give yOu
special ballot. counting for 2'I
votes or more.
The number of nominations and
votes that have been received up &c
date show that the interest in me
contest is general and not confined
10 any one parr of this section.
Absolute Guarantee Of Fairness.
The system on which the great bat
! tie of ballots will be conducted i:
considered the best ever used in con
nection with an enterprise Of thi!
character. 1t has been used for sew
erla years by the largest papers il
the union. and TO date it has proved
TO be nfallible A careful check i.
kept on every special ballot turned il
during the contest, on every sub
scription paid, upon which these vote
are issued, and the contest depart
ment can, at a moments notice, tel
just where each subscription ballo
came from, who paid, how much, TIT
number of votes issued upon it ant
who received credit for the votes. Th'
order upon which the subscription l.
taken, the ballot going with the
subscription, must all correspond, ant
the money and the subscription mus
be turned over TO the cashier OF TIL
Gazette office before the ballots ma.
be voted.
Every special ballot issued will b.
carefully preserved until the end o
the contest, together with all tn
records, and they will be turned owe
to q committee of judges who vii
make the final canvass and deter
mine the winners.
At any time there is q question a
10 the accuracy Of the counting of tn