El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-12

eagle eyed man or woman a chance to
win $50 by identifying her.
The El Paso Herald viii give the
Z prize and there will be no delay. To
make the contest fair. no one person
Z ally acquainted with the woman Will
! be permitted to try for the prize. This
Z includes all merchants participating in
the idea through advertising and all
D statesmen or SalesWOmen with whom
she talks while on her daily rounds
next week. Furthermore no one less
than IS years old will be recognize
in the contest. All members of TIL,
FL PasO Herald force and their fam
lilies also are excluded.
How to Get the Money
To win the prize, the person first
q Identifying the masker must walk mp
{ to her and salute-bow If you are a
4 woman, tip your hat if you are man
After the salute the person making the
! inquiry must give the mysterious num-
/ Der and then the words, "HOw do you
do, Miss HeraIdine Harrar; allow me to
escort you to the office Of The El PasO
Herald The mysterious number for
/ Idula is arrived at by counting up al
J the numbers in the advertisements thai
/ appear IN the Black Mask ADS beGlh
ming with the Home edition Of The Her
aid for today and including the edition
of Friday, February is.
The use of the mysterious number is
absolutely essential in the salutation
and the winning of the prize. 1t is no
difficult 10 secure with a proper study
Of the ads for each advertisement vii
carry a masked face number an the
sum total OF these through February
Is, will give the open sesame to the
Must Obey the Rules.
II the formula is not said in the
manner prescribed then the identifi-
cation is incomplete and the masked
woman may continue with her prone
made until the right "shibboleth" is
used. The masked woman viii admit
her identity when rightly approached
and will accompany the successful anna
teur detective to the office of The Ell
Paso Herald where that person will be
Watch for the ads Keep the num-
bers in mind. Study Miss 'Heraldine
Harrar" as she goes to and fro in the
business section. See if you cannot he
the successful detective. You will have
ample opportunity to watch her and
observe her and your luck will depend
upon your memory for she will wear
many different costumes, but your luck
viii also depend upon your intuition
knowing the woman by close study I'M
til you would know her under any
conditions and under any skies.
Paints on street.
Miss Gentry, which is her real name,
passed Ryan's pharmacy at 3 o'clock
Friday afternoon on San Antonio street
and became faint She was carried into
the store by officer Robertson and re
vived in the office. She thanked the
proprietor and clerks for their assist
ance. Both during the morning hours
and the afternoon on Friday, Miss
Gentry wore gowns from the Every 7
bOdys store. Her morning gown was I
of sea green crepe de chine with braid !
ornaments, and during the afternoon /.
she wore a handsome black and white I
suit and carried a swagger stick TO =
match. Her hats were in the latest .
mode. To the Ell Paso theater last eve /
ming she wore a checkered suit and her 1
presence in the theater aroused con-
siderable comment.
The other Masked .'woman."
Promptly at 1880 o'clock. masked
man in skirts appeared upon the
streets He was attred in a dark
green broad cloth suit neatly clasped
together in the back by a buckle as
large as a fire hose coupling. To hide
his Adams apple he wore a shin
shin" collar. IT was impossible to hide
his feet 50 he wore brown colOred
shoes, encasing ankles that bid fair to
eclipse those Of Roscoe Arbuckles. on
his dome he wore a small black turban
with regrets and alfalfa.
As graceful as an ambling duck, this
fair one had not the form of Venus
and noobdy would dare say she was
too beautiful to live
As the fair one emerged from q
dwelling on Myrtle avenue faint voice
,alled him from window in the small
behind the Elks' club.
"COver Up the PimpIes."
be CAREFUL, dear laced YOU very
light Be sure and take short steps
lust like the folks at the store told Won
o do Keep your muff up around your
Ieclt to hide the pimples"
The masked Sherman" then stumbled
lalf way up to San Antonio street NV
low those shoes did hurt Now he mir
he main thorOughfare. Yes sirl {
Wasn't he a regular cut up? But. gee {
low her shoes did pinch him What
we're people giggling at?
ooh, Vincent" chirped one woman !
did you observe that woman's feet =
hey are the biggest Things we have
lad here in some time They are LARGE
han the broad brimmed hats worn Inv
he cattlemen at the convention"
Pipe "ShOrty-
Pipe shorty" echoed a news Kid
Amt he da limit?7 It was tber
lainly visible that the masked she
man,, unframed in the etiquet of
vomanhood gazed back over he
boulder with glare Of anger. Tho
unning fire OF the joshers was too
trone. the shoes pinched too crueij,'
nd the parade came to an abrupt end.
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