The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-16
',ATRA VOTES TO Be
AWARDED FIRST BABY
IN DOK|ES' CONTEST

Tie frs, baby entering ,hc baby con-
,os, 20 Ne conducted by pahua temple.
D. O. X. X. Will he credited with -
extra votes Every twenty-lfth baby
registered thereafter will also rccc!r"
c5 extra votes.
\ surprise !s in sto~e for the l6+th
baby entered. according To tho commit
tee In charge OF the contest. lnasmuCh
as l64 is the number q: pahnI Temple.
4 10 considered quite lucky.
The Contest.
The following announcement relative
70 the contest. was made yesterday by
the com mittee.
Attention, mothers. fathers. sisters.
brothers. aun;s. uncies nc!ce& Dcphews.
grandmaa grandpa's, friends. neigh
hors and everybody. listen. this Is going
to be good Dahna Temple No. 1874.
Dramatic Order knights of Khorassan.
1.-THE Dokies) known the world over as
the sunshine boys have something to
say that Is worth hearing, read this
article carefully. cut II out for future
reference and get busy At once. Here
goes to the most popular girl baby IN
the Wheeling district. this means
Wheeling and surrounding towns. Dahna
Temple will give $500 in gold and
like sum 10 the most popular boy baby.
'Ffrtr dollars in gold in all Then
there Will he announced later r list or
other handsome prizes that will make
any person Set UP and take particular
notice. This contest 10 not going 10 last
a great length OF time. so word TO the
wise. get real busy At once start today.
Every baby has an equal chance. beauty
don't count. II all depends on the par
ents and baby's friends. they alone can
bring home the bacon No member or
Dahna Temple serving on tho committee
can enter his children In this contest,
II will be conducted just as fair and
square as the baby show given last
year under the auspices Of one Of the
Pythian Lodges was It will he remcm-
hcrcd that neither Of the first prize
haby's IN that event were affiliated with
tho Pythian Fraternity.
The contest will he known as tho
Dahna Temple. No. 16t. u. O. h. X.
Popular Baby Contest. 1t starts to-
day. Any baby one second old up until
three-years Of age can be entered
without the payment Of single penH.
all that IS required is little pep on
the part OF those interested in any par
ticular baby.
Mail Letter.
To enter your baby mail letter 70
the Dokey Popular Baby Contest. Editor,
p. O. Rox. 6S5, Wheeling. ". Va. stating
that YOU wish TO enter the little tot In
the contest stating it's name and giving
it's age and your address. Your baby
is then entered and has one vote to It's
credit, now the next and most import
ant thing to do is to have all babys
relatives and friends write the Editor
stating they wish 10 vote for your baby.
Thi. letter can be very brief As for
example: Mr.. Editor. cast my vote for
Johnny Smith, giving HIS address and
age. It Is simply case Of VIII" ever
gets the most votes wins. Eut ro-
member this. il takes q sepcrate letter
for each vote a communication received
with the names Of more than one per
son voting for baby will only be
counted az one Each voter must re-
member this and send in his or her own
vote. No one person can vote for the
same baby twice. but they have the
privilege Of voting for any OF the other
contestants II they so desire.
II YOU desire TO probably help hahys
chance to win. just mention when voting
how many Pythian knights will In your
opinion be signed up TO become bokIeS'
al Dahna Temples great Thanksgiving
Eve ceremonial which takes place az
the Py,h!an Castle soon. For instance
lust make a footnote on Your r"mmnhi-
cation and say: Fifty knights of
pvthias will become Dokics. for every
person voting for the winning contest
ants guessing the correct number OF
candidates ten additional votes viii II"
added. This don't have to be done bn'
n little guess work Is going To help
whole lot in this case Remember all
babys have an equal chance and thIN
emit he said OF baby show. No danger
of spreading disease by assembling IN
largo crowd. let tho baby take II easy.
and It's friends do the work. All hah\S
are sweet. pretty and popular. Rut
palma Temple. No l6t. Dramatic Order
KnIph.. or Khorassan (Thc DokicS'
wan, the public to decide the most I'M
nnrtant question OF popularity. Til"
following committee will &C; as tcllcrS:
J Reiuele. Vim. Falch. Philip Row.
= O Fricdrlchs. James MclicnrN. Gee"
Kraft Chas. T.. Wagner. Jim Reed.
Chde Upton. Harry Chew, &C." Hart.
Tong Geo. r. Butts. Fred McCla'n ana
others 10 be announced later.
The following newspaper men w'li he
asked TO net as judges: Lester T.. crow
,cnresen,inc the News. Z. II RonaT
rcnr.senttnS the Register, Dwight H.
rct.r representing tn" Inte!(tr"nc"''
md Lester ". Smith. representing III"