Evening star., 1915-06-04
100 PRIZE CONTEST
WINNERS NAMED
Mrs. w. D. Mackenzie Gets
$50, Miss Mary 7. Mackey
$25 for Letters.
NEARLY $500 PERSONS
WRITE THEIR OPINIONS
Every Class Of Advertisement in
The Star Commented on by
the Competitors.

- In The Stars contest for advertise-
'ment readers. which closed last Tues
day, the first prize of $50 was awarded
to Mrs. William d. Mackenzie, wife of
William D. Mackenzie Of the War De-
partment- The second prize, SIS, was
won by Miss Mary T. Mackey of the
order division Of the Library of Con-
gress. and the third prize, $40, by G..
K. Wentworth, 207 D street northwest.
Nearly $500 persons took part in the
contest. One hundred prizes were
awarded, aggregating a total of s315.
The prizes were given to those persons
who sent to The Star the best letters.
stating which advertisements in The
Star Of last Friday interested them the
most and giving their reasons. The
interest in the contest was widespread.
Answers were received from persons In
each of the many spheres of life and
activity In the National Capital
About one-half of the letters received
were from women. OF the 100 prize
winners. forty-seven were women and
fifty-three were men. 1t is noticea BILE
that the first two prizes went to women
Each letter was limited to $50 words
under the rules of the contest They
vertising and We're interestingly writ
ten The advertisements selected by
the various contestants as being most
interesting to them covered every class
of advertising in The Star, from de-
partment store advertisements TO an
nouncements of help wanted" and
houses for sale"
Every Class Covered.
Hundreds of letters were received
which selected advertisements in a
single class of advertising, and every
class of advertising was covered by
dozens of letters Great interest was
shown in each of the following kinds
of advertisements: Department stores,
mems and women's clothing dealers.
shoe stores florists. druggists, bakers.
laundries, advertisements in regard 10
travel candy stores. pianos, financial
advertisements. groceries and pro
visions.
they had nearly $500 letters to read
and pass upon. A process of elimina-
ton was maintained by the judges unti,
there were only 100 letters left from
which to select the best for the hfs,
prize, the second prize, etc Then tbe
Judges voted upon each letter In this
way the final selections were made
The Star did not require essays on ad-
yertising, but simply the honest onin
ion of the contestants, as shoppers or
possible purchasers of the articles ad.
vertised.
The prizes were sent to the var,ou,
winners last night. In addition to the
first three prizes, five prizes of $40 each
were awarded. twelve prizes of SIS each
thirty prizes OF ~ each and fifty prizes
of 81 each. While the great maioritv
| of the prize winners have their bome,
| in Washington. a number of tbem live
| in Maryland and Virginia The addre.s
! of one prize winner is Schenectady N
| T., and of another. Dartmouth Coliera
Hanover. n. II.
List Of Prize Winners.
| The entire list of prize winners I. a,
| follows:
| First price S5O-Mrs. William n
Mackenzie. care William D. Mackenzie
War Department.
| Second prize. $25-Miss Mary r
Mackey. order division. Library of Con
! gress.
Third prize. SOC X. Wentvortb N,
| D street northwest
| Five prizes OF $40 each-Hunter Pom.
| Milford, 1895 l street northwest: Mrs
l.. A. Payne. 54l2 9Th street northwest
| Richard Lawton. l59 v street north.
east; r. c. Shaw. 6l3 E street north
east; II. A. Bartholomew. llS Evans
! building.
| Twelve prizes Of IS each-J. A. Ph.lan
242s goth street northwest; Robert y
Wright, apartment 8. 1910 Massachu
setts avenue northwest; e. Purdy, 261:
| University place: N. A. Fitzgerald, 20i
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