The Washington herald., 1917-10-28
.C0BBLER'S Wife
WINS BIG AUTO
Mrs. ]. A. Cunningham,
1924 Sixth Street, Gets
Herald Contest Prize.


In the everyday world there are
worked out, from time 10 time, dssds
worthy of . novelist's theme-littis
bits Of life worth while that 20 TO
prove that he or she who dares can
do-if he or she but set down to the
doing Of n.
Two and half months ago J. A.
Cunningham conducted shoe repair
ing shop at lc1t Sixth strsst south
west He had prospered in that he
had added q machine to do his work.
but he pegged out . living for his
wife and child.
But the story 10 not about the
shoemaker who stuck to his last but
about the shoemaker's wife would not
be denied whenever she set her mind
on q given object. Born in the Blue
Ridge Mountains. Mrs. Cunningham
was of the undaunted kind, unafraid
of man or beast-or. bs It said, Of
revenue officers. Just here It II perti-
nent to remark that Washington has
become unpopular since Virginia
called her sons to the colorS.
Reads About Contest.
Mrs. Cunningham read In Tho
Washington Herald early IN August
that a number Of big prizes were 70
be given In q contest for votes. In
cidental. of course, was Q campaign
for subscriptions to The Herald. A
priest told a parishioner and the
parishioner told q policeman and the
policeman told the nswspaperman
that Mrs. Cunningham could do any
thing she set her mind to.
To shorten the story let rs have
Mrs. Cunningham tell the rest OF Il:
'Yes. won the Mitchell car, and
I won the 500 prize, and I won Q
laugh on my husband, and I got .
laugh out OF my neighbors-and I
had a good time" said Mrs. Cunning
ham and her husband adds:
"You can't stop these Blue Ridge
folk. She got me and now she's got
a car and four liberty bonds. She's
great woman, and doggone It,
know it."
Isn't that a fine spiritr Mr..
Cunningham was as pleased as Mrs.
Cunningham and Mrs. Cunningham's
neighbors called and were pleased.
Little Miss Cunningham laughed
and smiled as only q child can
laugh and smile-and everybody was
happy. isn't success a great tonic"
intoxicator," said another. But,
listen. again to Mrs. Cunningham.
She's no ordinary woman.
Wants 'sTin Liz.Ie.-
Now I have the car I don't know
what to do with it. We cannot af-
ideas about luxuries we cannot pay
for. I want to sell the car-so II
you know anybody that wants O
good car I'll sell it and buy q tin
Lizzie-that will do for us. Any
way, we can well be able to say we
motored to Baltimore in our Mitchell
-Oh-Ya-as in our 7-passenger car
an thatll help some"
Then Mrs. Cunningham proceeded
to tell how she won the car. THE
first house went to the LADY,
mean, woman, who came to the door
said, The Herald was q rag an she
wouldn't have it in her house. I
was setback some, but I gritted
my Virginia teeth and next door
the lady, she was a lady, said, Yes.
I'll take The Herald and she paid
me for a year and added, I think
The Herald Is a splendid paper"
So that was what Mrs Cunningham
calls a flfty-hfty.
She continues with her story say
ing, II went on, an on, an on-un-
til I got 4,5+4.6s7 votes. won Il
fair an with votes to spare.
II sold The Herald to friends a.
far South as Pensacola, Florida, as
far North as Maine. I made as
many as six calls to see some peo-
pie. Most everybody liked The
Herald an it was q pleasure to do
it."
Incidentally. when Mrs. Cunning
ham took the first trip in her mo
tor" she "motored" to the bank and
bought $500 worth of liberty bonds
with her cash prize.
No wonder her husband says, AN
there's woman for you"-and
again he added-"an' doggons 1t I