Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-08
prizes

Star-Bulletin news merchants. the
sellers and the delivery boys. celebrat.
ed last evening.
II was the occasion Of awarding the
prizes offered by the Star Bulletin
management for the best record for
delivery and subscription and the
highest record for the sellers.
The affair was unique in many
ways. One OF the principal features
was the appearance Of the Star Bulle-
tin news girl as one Of the prize win.
ner. The cheers of the boys ss Nellie
Goo was announced as the leader in
her class proves that there is no pre-
judice among the boys against the
girls as news girls. Another feature
Of the affair was the getting together
of the newsboys, carriers and mem
bers Of the circulation staff in the big
third floor assembly room Of the new
Star-BulIetin building. II was not ex-
actly the christening party-that will
come later-but an opportunity was
given to gshow what great value the
assembly place win be for the future
activity OF the boys working in CO.
operation with the Office.
The prizes were well worth while
and there has been some very lively
rivalry among the boys In landing
them
It shoold be remembered that the
record Of the carriers was made dur.
ing the worst period of stormy wea.
Their that the city has known for thir.s
~ years. sfThe prizes for. the carriers
were awarded on the basis of a mini.
mum number Of kick" and maxi
mum number of new subscribers
which the boys solicited. The program
was such as to spur the boys on to
give the best service possible and at
the same time make little more
money for themselves by turning sales
men as well as delivery boys.
Newsboys and tue news girl con.
tested on 4 straight selling campaign.
In order that the big boys should not
have a monopoly. the sellers were
divided into three classes. Roughly
speaking these classes represented
the big boys, the medium boys and
the little fellows.
Contest IL Keen.
Over hundred took part in the con.
test, but as Is natural in q campaign
Of this character, along at the end OF
the race the contest centered in about
four or FIVE Of each class and for the
last week they were hustling In great
shape. Some OF the boys had teams
that worked for them. The little girl
fought her battle practically alone,
and the fact that she came out at the
top shows her to be quiet hustler,
who works while some OF her boy
competitors may BE- playing marbles
or taking time on swimming or at
moving picture show.
Prizes for the carrier boys were in
gold coin. Fifteen dollars for the
nrst, ten dollars for the second and
I'VE dollars for the third.
Rewards for the newsboys we're diff
ferent. Each Of the first prize win
ners in each class was given q bicy.
cl. Even the news eIrl chose Q bicy-
Gle when given her choice Of the
bicycle or an outfit Of clothes The
second prize was an outfit of cloth
ing-suit. shoes. hat. neckties, under
clothes. the whole business
Awards Are Made.
The awards were made under the
direction Of w. B. Taylor of the cir.
cuiation department. be having kept
the records. selected the wheels and
taken the boys around to get them
properly fitted. The presentation was
made BY the general manager, who
told the boys some OF the things that
the Star Bulletin hoped to do for the
young workers, also what the young
workers could do 70 make more mo-
ney for themselves. The coin was
given TO the winner Of coin, the bicy-
cles TO the winners in that class and
then the boys receiving new suits
went into a room and dressed up in
their new clothes. Cheers were Civ
en- for everybody. Then ice cream
and cookies galore were served the /
boys, the little news girl and her two
sisters. And then the boys and girls
went home.
The Star-Bulletin plans always TO
keep the boys interested and enthus.
ed. This helps the boy to make mo.
ney and II improves the service for