The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
MASTER Mind"
CONTEST ENDS
First Essay Prize Of $40 Is
Awarded to Mrs. W. H.
Stewart.
ALBERT R. LAMB SECOND
Nearly ALI Contestants Declare Lueens
Should Have Told CORTLAND
Wainwright the Truth.

Truth has been the keynote Of the hun
dreds OF essays sent to the Master
Mind" editor of The Washington Herald
In competition for the prizes, amounting
TO $50 in gold, for the best essays on the
question. IF you were in Lucene's place
would you tell him alp Lucene is the
heroine in the play, Master Mind
which closes a weeks successful engage
ment at the Columbia Theater with a
matinee and evening performance to-
day.
The first prize, of $50. has been awarded
to Mrs. w. H. Stewart, 327 Sixth Street
Southeast, whose essay is as follows:
BY all means, Lucene Blount should
have put fear behind her and should
have told CourtIand Wainwright the
truth about herself before she mar
ried him. BY not doing so, she ran
the risk of eventually subverting his
career, of losing his respect. his faith
and his love, while by telling him the
truth she involved only the sacrifice
OF her own happiness.
In her case the only key to security
was truth. If one would dwell in the
kingdom of perfect love, one must not
barter truth for deceit and self-con-
sideration.
Marriage is-or should be-a per-
manent structure. built upon abso-
Lutte trust and a clean conscience.
Such confession and such forgive
ness. would have bound their souls
together in a union, which, truly no
man could have put as under.
Would Command Respect.
That act is the nobIest which is per-
formed through seIf-saCrifice. Surely,
Wainwright would have appreciated
the effort it cost Lucene TO tell the
truth. Moral courage commands re-
spect: doubt must surrender TO its
presence. No matter what the world
said. he would have been convinced
that she possessed qualities of char
acter which were priceless, and We
attract hearts by the qualities We
display: but, we retain them by the
qualities we possess.
Again. To err is human. 10 for
give. divine" II Wainwrights love
hid not divinity enough TO forgive
T.Icen- such faults as she had COM
mitteC. then il were better that she
made the discovery before she became
his wife. =
Love which lacks the quality Of for
Eiveness. must. in the natural order !
Of things. lack other qualities which 5
go to make it perpetual. So Lucene
would have experienced unhappiness
in any case. y
The second prize Of so has been i
warded TO Albert r. Lamb of the ]
'olice Department.
The third prize of S. goes TO Miss Lilly =
/. Gwin, Gallaudet College. b
The fourth prize Of s. is won by &
eva n. Grey. l.
The fifth prize OF seje is awarded TO
-rs. TheO. W. B. Brake, Of Petersburg. =.
a .
The sixth prize Of $50 is given to l
ose E Babcock, Rock Haven. George >
,wn.
The seventh prize Of $50 is awarded \
, Helen Wright. 1899 Irving Street O
orthwest /
The eighth prize Of $50 goes to Miss y,
Lynden, National Hotel. PennsyI- :
ania and Sixth Street Northwest ?
The Master Mind editor regrets the b
tie hour last night. at which the de- %
sions Of his CO-judGes and himself were d
'ached. prevented him from mailing the "
ght successful essayists their checks. "
he very first thing this morning The b
'ashington Herald checks to the order :,
each winner will be drawn and 10
allied. n