Show HAD NERVE BUT NO MONEY Unlucky Mano Modest Request for Pecuniary Assistance I Raymond Hitchcock the comedian while In Now Orleans a tow months ago took the opportunity at going to the races During tho afternoon ho cashed several tickets tho result of rood guesses Ho was feeling happy Tier the last race and started for the automobile which was to convey him back to his hotel AH ho was About to climb Into tho machine he felt a hand on his arm and a man I ahouted in his car Hello Hitchcock how aro you t Hoar you put a crimp In tho bookies today Hitchcock blushed and shook hands heoplnhly not recognizing tho man I I and not wishing to show It Say I want to speak to you con ndontlally said the stranger < All right what Is It asked tho comedian Well I am up against somo hard i luck today They cleaned mo and I want to get home Now dont lot any one of these people soo you but I slip mo enough for car faro will you 7 I youSure sold Hitchcock placing his band In his pocket Then ho paused And Quorled Where do you live Vancouver was tho answer T I Hitchcock took a flying leap for his machine and unless tho visitors at New Orleans are moro gulllblo tho Impecunious ono Is still looking for oar fare Harpers Weekly Rich Prize for Historical Work Ono million five hundred thousand dollars Is offered as a prize for a literary liter-ary composition tho biggest prlzo of Its kind on record Tho award will bo made at Bt Petersburg on December 1 1925 to tho writer of tho best history his-tory of Alexander I of Russia Arakt chelcf founder of tho military cola t nips of Novgorod left a fortune of 60000 gold rubles 125750 to provide for this unique prIze The prizegiving day Is tho centenary of the Czar Alex anders death by which time the monoy will It is estimated have Increased i In-creased to 2000000 One fourth of It will bo used to defray tho cost ofl publishing tho work which wins tho prize n |