The Detroit times., 1913-08-07

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There is pleasure in reading about
things OF beauty or value In WhlCh
you are interested. but 1t is much
more delightful TO see and examine
these things.
Perhaps you have been reading
about the splendid and attractive
prizes being offered In The Detroit
Times Shetland Pony Contest. and
your appetite for seeing has been
sharpened by the reading.
II you are in Detroit or near De-
troit we want you TO enjoy the process
OF seeing the prizes.
II may be that you have seen the
shetland pony that has been on ex-
hibition from time to time for some
time.
Aren't you crazy about him."
Wouldn't you be beside yourself
with Joy IL you would own him. feed
him, water him, comb him, drive him,
ride him and love him?
II you haven't seen him, watch FOR
him or else find out at the Contest
Department as TO when and where
you can see the pony.
Other Prizes.
The Merkel bicycle, made by the
Miami Cycle Manufacturing Co, Is
now on exhibition at the store of the
w. e. wandersee Co., 1923 Gratiot-
ave- Eight of these bicycles are 70
be given as prizes in this big contest.
They can be had in either boys or
girls kind Each wheel will be
equipped with good tires, adjustable
handlebars, tool kit and dandy auto
matc coaster brake
When you are down town, wander
over to Wandersees and see and In
spect this bicycle prize. Examine 1t
and ask questions about It.
The gold watches. too. are now on
exhibition at the jewelry store OF the
j. II. Garlick CO.. at 16S Griswold-st
Look at them and see IL they GO not
tell you that II is time TO hustle hard
er than you have been hustling
Say. If you could win one OF those
fine watches, you would have some
thing to carry and enjoy for years.
Wouldn't 1t be delightful TO have
that watch to continually remind you
year after year of your boyhood or
girlhood triumph in The Times con-
test?
Wouldn't 1t be fine 70 show il to
your children few years hence and
tell them of the way you schemed and
worked and skirmished and hustled
to land the prize?
The second set OF prizes in The
Times list of forty consists of eight
full scholarships In the Business In.
stitute OF Detroit, located at 1853 to
1853 Cass-ave. The scholarship is
something that you cannot take much
pleasure In seeing. but something that
you ought to take a great deal OF
pleasure In contemplating If you are
interested In securing a good CONNER
cial education. Anyway, you can take
a look at the building in which this
excellent educational institution is
located
AS has ben mentioned before. the
Broadway theater is closed for repairs
but Will be open In plenty OF time for
the boys and girls who will win the
eight pair OF box seats good for ten
consecutive weeks. This Is another
prize that cannot be exhibited TO ad-
vantage.
Don't Get Discouraged.
Whatever you do, don't get dis
couraged.
A discouraged candidate is about as
much good and about as useful as a
pump without a handle
Did you ever hear OF discouraged
man. boy, woman or girl winning any
thing worth while when hobbled with
a bad case OF the blues?
Don't let anything discourage you.
III you get turned down by one pros
pect. hurry with a smiling and conf
dent face TO another.
No matter how many times YOU get
"stung" or how many lemons" are
handed to you, keep smiling"
Grit will get its reward sooner or
later
II competitor has good fortune
and succeeds In securing a few good
SUBSCRIPTIONS, thus passing you in the
race, don't let little thing like that
make you dummy If you happen to
DO acquainted with the competitor
who shows you his heels, slap him
on the back and congratulate him for
being a live one"
Then prove that you are another
live one" by making a determined
squirt and letting him look at your
heels.
Why. just think OF It, A two-years
subscription, new and for cash. would
set you ahead by $4,000 votes. II Sc
cured any time before Saturday
Aug. 20.
Get some of the two-years fellows
lots Of them are "getable" II you
go after them In the right way and
with the necessary amount of steam
First Period.
There are but fourteen more work
Ing days In the first period of this
Shetland Pony Contest, and don't you
forget II.
Subscriptions have their greatest
value In votes during the first period
II you are not working as hard as
YOU can. you are not workinr hard
enough. It's time to get tremendous
Is busy.
List Of Candidates Today.
The names OF candidates II publish
ed again today and will be published
again next Monday. II you are eligi
bile ~ enter the contest and have