The Detroit times., 1913-07-23
ALL PRIZES ARE FINE BUT
OH YOU SHETLAND PONIES
Will Be Forty. Winners and No
Losers in Great Contest.
ADVANTAGE IN LOCATION
Importance EARLY StartHow to Start How TO Work and no"
IN Wn-A little Talk and Prospective hustlers

/ pair OF OON seats lot lth NolI'N' -
weeks al the Broadway theatre? TIN
I WEEKS, Did you get IL ma :
: over two months. Wouldn thst
mean a lot OF fun. though. Tor YOU ana
your sister or your brother or your
mother or a friend?
The nth prize will consist OF eIEh'
pairs OF these Broadway theatre boz
seats for ten consecutive weeks
No Advantage in Location
; If YOU are not familiar WITH the
plans for this contest YOU may De ais
( ccuraged with the idea that boys ana
r, girls living in a more lhicNly popu'
! lated section than YOU are residing IN
will have an advantage over YOU IN
! the game.
Don't worry. Your interests have
been looked after.
The city has been divided into sew
on districts and one OF each OF the
eight prizes will be awarded in each
district
You will not have 10 compete with
any one outside OF your own district
All OF the territory outside OF De
troll viii constitute one and the
eighth district.
You can see details as TO bound
aries Of districts elsewhere In TINS
paper Look for the display announce
ment.
First Step.
II YOU are not a contestant ana
want TO enter. the first step Is TO
cut out and fill out the nomination
blank TO be found in a copy of The
Detroit Times. Be careful 10 write
plainly.
Second Step.
Bring or send the nomination TO
the Contest Department OF The De
troit Times. and YOU will be credited
with 900 votes right of the reel
You will then be given receipt book
to be used in getting subscriptions
for The Detroit Times.
Third Step.
Hustle 81 eyour relatives, friends.
neighbors and all the people you can
ard argue the merits OF The Times
until YOU land your people. Send or
bring your subscriptions 10 The Times
with the proper amount OF cash. and
the votes YOU are entitled TO will be
issued to you.
Fourth Step.
Hustle more and harder.
How To Win.
There is only one way 10 win any
thing worth winning and that is 10 90
after it with determination 10 make
good and land the prize. Enthusiasm
and pluck are the elements that make
for success. Show the right kind OF
fighting spirit and your friends and
relatives and others will become inter
ested in you aud be anxious 10 help
YOU Go around with drowsy eyes and
IAN angle-worm movement, and you
will not be liable to arouse much in
terest in The Times the contest or
yourself
Before YOU start out, make up a
list OF The Times selling points Re
member that The Detroit Times Is
clean, that it stands for and fights for
lofty principles. that il is indepen-
dent. that il has Tom May. one Of the
worlds famous cartoonists who car
toons exclusively for this paper and
that The Times tabooes liquor and
fake patent medicine advertising, and
all other fake advertising. Find out
about all OF The Times attractive fea-
lures and commit them 10 memory
so that YOU can say them as easily
"a you can recite the first verse of
Mary Had a Little Lamb. But
don't tell your story as if you were
speaking piece on the last day OF
school. DO your talking in an Off
hand way. with lots OF vim and AS
though You meant business and in
tended TO bring home the bacon
No Losers.
There will be no losers in this con
test The Times doesn't want any OF
the boys and girls 10 work for moth
ing If you fail to land one OF the 40
prizes. you will either be awarded a
special prize or paid certain com
mission on the business you have
turned In. But don't figure on com
ing liz AT the tail end OF the process
sion. Plan on either being the drum
major or close to him when the con
test comes TO close at p. M. on
the Both day OF September. Make up
your mind that you will win one OF
the good prizes that you intensely
want. and don't think anything but
success
Read the page announcement else
where in this paper