Arizona republican., 1921-10-06
ESSAY CONTEST
 IF STYLE SHOW
 CLOSES I 0DAY
Prizes To Be Awarded For B e t Descriptions Of Store Windows - Many Entries Already In

closes at o'clock this evening and which is being conducted by The Republican for the best descriptions pf the windows of 20 of the down. town business establishments which participated in the Fashion Show of Tuesday night and are participating now in the exposition of fall styles and lower prices which will continue until the end of the week. resulted In a stream of essays yesterday to this newspaper. and indications are that it will be one of the most pop ular contests ever institoted in this city.
 Those who are participating in the contest are informed that the de- Bcriptions need not be necessarily of all the windows of the store se- lected to be described, or even of an entire window. The contestants may choose, if they wish, even single outstanding feature of the display and write about that without regard to the remainder of the exhibition. The names of the firms whose win- dows are to be described follow, to- gether with the rules of the contest. which closes at o'clock this even }ng, when all entries must be In The Republican office:
 Arizona Seed and Floral company. Barrows Furniture company.
 The Boston Store.
 Cinderella Bootery.
 Donofrio Floral company.
 Diehl Shoe company.
 Mrs. Forts Millinery Shop.
 The Ford-Levy Furniture company Vic Hanny.
 The Hub.
 Hyder Brothers.
 Korrfcks'.
 McDougaH and Cassou.
 The Parisian.
 The J. c. Penny company.
 The Paris Shop.
 Ratners Apparel Shop.
 Southwestern Mercantile company.
 Pointers About the Contest
 There will be 20 cash prizes of $10 each. Every prize will be first prize.
 Contestants may write on any one of the windows of the concerns listed below and each entry will be in com petition only with other contestants describing the windows of the same concern.
 Descrirtions are not to exceed 300 words in length. A contestant may enter as many descriptions as he or she may care to, but no more than one description Of any stores win dows will be accepted from the same contestant
 Descriptions may be as original or unique as a contestant may care to make them. Perfection of English will be less judged than the general excellence of the description of The individual window. Neatness and the originality win weight also in the decision of the judges.
 Any person except employees of the Phoenix newspapers and employees of the concerns whose windows are to be described may become entrants, though, of course. employees of any of the concerns may enter any of the contests except that of the firm by which they are employed
 .There are, in fact, 20 separate con- tests. each of which has s10 cash merchandise prize for the best wln- dow description.
 Each contest will be judged by three officials, two from The Arizona Republican staff and one from the store whose window description is being judged.
 All entries must be in The Repub- 1ican office by D. m. Thursday to be considered in the contest
 Each entry must be accompanied by the name and mail address of the contestant and must be plainly marked at the top with the name of the concern whose window is de- scribed.
 Entries should be mailed in en- velopes marked:
 Fashion Window Contest
 Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 When the winners have been de- cided by the judges. cash orders fol merchandise, signed by The Arizona Republican, will be mailed to th' winners. In each instance the mer' chandise order will be written on tn, concern whose windows were de scribed by the winner.