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Show . lniTO" FAIRYLAND :v; : ; ' 011 TWELVE GIRLS AS- . ! GUESTS OF TELEGRAM 0 9 1 ELEVEN GIRLS AND CHAPERON ' ; r WILL GO TO PORILARD EXPOSITION. . ' 1--v-:' -. ... . Eight -different contest will be given. Girls will run against girls ' of their own town. Here are the contests: ' . DISTRICT NO.' 1 Salt Lake and county (four girls). . ' DISTRICT NO. 2 Ogden and county (one girl). . DISTRICT NO. S Provo and county (one girl). . ''-' DISTRICT NO. 4 Cache.' Box Elder. Rich. Morgan, Davis and Sum- mit counties (one girl). (S . DISTRICT NO. $ Tooele. Juab. Millard, Beaver, Iron and San- pet counties (one girl). DISTRICT NO. Wasatch. Sevier, Carbon, Emery, Uintah, Grand, San Juan, Wayne, Garfield, Kane, Piute and Washington counties (one , girt). ' . . . . DISTRICT NO. 7 Southeastern portion of Idaho (one girl). . DISTRICT NO. 8 Southwestern portion of Wyoming (one girl). 1 " r . ; A small army battled at the doors of XThe Telegram offices -yesterday. - The 5hour was S:30. But the crowd was not ;tent on vengeance. It was an army Df peace. The excitement, however, was 'intense and -momentarily grew more 'rife. It was like a scene around the massive 'war department at Washington Washing-ton when our armies are in the field. ' .' In each case the desire of all was to ascertain news of some loved one. Mo-knentarilly Mo-knentarilly the Interest grew apace. .Then came the flood of papers and the ' ifcxcltement soon began to be allayed, i It was the vanguard of the army of . lybung ladles interested in the day's re-isnlt re-isnlt of-the .battle of votes in the great - -Lewis and Clark exposition and Pacific jTour Contest inaugurated by The Tele-!gram, Tele-!gram, all feverish with desire, all anx-lieus anx-lieus to see the day's tables giving the ipositlon of each in this wonderful con- . ftesL ' . . - I Ten Thousand Votes a Daj. j Never in the history of newspapers in I the great Intermountain country has a icontest awakened auch Intense interest. " !This contest embraces contestants from I the three great States of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. Think What it means 'when nearly 10,000 ballots are cast in the space of twenty-four hours. The grand total is now .well around the 10000-mark and the contest a little y .morTTaan a' week old. Think what this Imeaas when there U but one ballot printed in each issue. s . And why Is it? Simply because a similar' sim-ilar' contest that was so equitable and fair to all" has never been inaugurated by any leading newspaper In the wonderful won-derful .West, This paper in brief will send twelve young ladies to be selected by popular ballot on a trip of a distance equal to ONE-FIFTH THE DISTANCE ' AROUND THE WORLD. Think of it! Ponder - it well. A Journey by rail, water, coach and carriage. A Journey with royal accommodations that just . money cannot procure. A Journey that will last nearly three weeks. A Journey that is absolutely FREE to the fortu- air, those that have close contact with nature through nearly all the year, who revel In sunshine and high mountains and impressive forests primeval, lead the people of more artificial surroundings surround-ings In craft creative, In hand and brain development. In painting. In sculpture; In literature, aa well as In all athletic sports and feats of daring. Ediicational Advantages. And thus the guests of The Telegram will -travel through many States and at the great exposition observe many foreign countries' customs and thus be enabled to virtually see how every section sec-tion of the great country lives and thrives. There is the great Stanford University Univer-sity at Palo Alto, but a scant thirty miles below San Francisco. San Francisco Fran-cisco is Indeed a City of Destiny. The outlook promises, and facts help prove that here is established one of the cities of the ages that will take its place in the roll-call , with Carthage, Constantinople, Rome,' Venice, London, Paris and New York. Those that win membership in this great contest will be placed in a position of instructive and pleasant recreation that will be like a veritable inspection of the show places of the world for indeed in-deed a visit such as The Telegram will give its guests to the great exposition "and elong the Pacific coast and through the inter-mountaln country will In full truth be an inspection of every custom of the globe. ' , But the pleasures enumerated are not by any means the only ones . in sisht. Space cannot possibly chronicle them. It is a trip that bankrupts the English language. A trip that even a moneyed-magnate moneyed-magnate could not excel. A trip that will be the snvy of the richest people in the land. A trip that wiH live always in one's memory. A trip that will be talked about around yule logs for years 1 to come. A trip that will make the fortunate for-tunate young ladies the center of the greatest distinction and henor th.it I could possibly be bestowed upon them, as their position thereby coupled with their standing and beauty and grace j will warrant. v ' ' Honor to Fair Guests. ' . They will be known from one seaboard sea-board to the other. TJiey will be the recipients of attentions that money could not possibly procure." They will be paid homage that a Queen of title might .enjoy and "envy. It will be like a protracted dip into fairyland. None should I030 the opportunity to embrace it. All it requires is perseverance and application. Enroll and . then notify your friends. You will be surprised to find how gladly they will embrace the chance to show their loyalty to you. You may win far easier than you imagine. imag-ine. All you need is to be up and doimr. Watch no one's chances but your own. Now is the opportune moment. Don't delay. Write to the Contest Manager, or call, and find how easy and simple It all Is. ' It Is the opportunity and Joutney cf a whole life and vou should be one of the party. The matter is of your own choosing and in your own hands. While others swelter in the heat you may be enjoying ihe health-giving sea breeze that gives the glow of health to your cheeks. And all at nn cost. Don't you think this great free trip is a suitable reward for the eflort you may expend in your own behalf to win 1 Enroll at once and when you do "GO IN TO WIN." How the Voting Went. The rain of ballots caused considerable sifting in the standing of the contestants yesterday. Miss Alice Hsrt secured first place again by a rally of 7KJ votes. Miss Clara McCloskle Jumped from nineteenth to thirteenth position In the same district (No. 1), by receiving 1U5 votes, the largest single vote of the day in that division. . Miss Rebecca Evans of Poeatello. enrolled en-rolled In district No. 7, polled the highest single vote of the day, and as J result Is entitled to the honors of thfvtlay for being be-ing the chsmpion vote-getter. Ballots were cast in the big ballot box in The Telegram office yesterday for the following: Misses Grace Thomas. Evelyn Slaughter, Edna Pettie. Zllpha Wall. Mattie Lillis. Lillian Brennan. Mary Knighton, May Hoffman. Mayme Lindsay, Lind-say, Mabelie Rupfer. Frances German, Maggie Bonner. Katherlne Gease. The respective ballots were placed to the credit of the young ladies Intended in the districts in which they are enrolled. To suit convenience ballots may be deposited de-posited in any district for candidates who are not living In that district, and the ballots will be placed to the credit of the young ladles In the district In which they are enrolled. Widespread Interest. As an Instance of how the' interest In the contest is spreading in the intermountain intermoun-tain section the following will show: . Miss Stella Johnson received some votes from Tucker. I'tah. Miss Evelyn Slaughter received a package pack-age of votes from Beaver. Mies Grace Thomas received a package from Robinson. Miss Louise Potter received a bundle of ballots from Wsllace, Ida. Miss Mayme Lindsey received a package pack-age from Milford. Miss Polly Lewis received a batch from Sandy. The Provo ballot box contained votes for Miss Lillian Brannon. nate ones, for The Telegram pays every possible expense. v Absolute Fairness. " ' There can be no favoritism shown. A system bo perfect that no one can obtain ob-tain an unfair lead over another. A ' Journey that .cannot be'procured by undue un-due use -of money, for there is no possible possi-ble way of "buying-votes." Each Is absolutely on an even basis. The influential influ-ential have no prestige over others. The contest books are open for the inspec-' inspec-' . tion of all. This great truth will be : readily apparent by' even the most cursory perusal of the records. The Contest - Manager will explain fullest details.- Any communication will be answered. Do not feel that because others have entered before you that you -have not as good a chance to win as they. Enter now. The race is not al- ; ways to the swift. It is, however, advisable ad-visable to enroll at the earliest possible opportunity. Now In the psychological moment. DO IT NOW. "The1 Beat of Everything. . The Telegram will transport you nearly 5000 miles at no charge to yourself your-self or friends. At each place visited will be procured in advance the best roldes. - The best suites in the best notels will be at the disposal of The Telegram's guests, the finest railway carriages and the finest staterooms on :the palatial steamer "Columbia." The week t the exposition itself will "be one of the great, events in the itinerary. itiner-ary. Everything will be FREE to The Telegram' guests. This newspaper has planned this trip months In. ad ;vance. The reservations at each point ; have already "been made in the best of i best places. ' No expense will be -even considered in living up to the one idea "'of giving The Telegram's guests THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. ; In Crblnatown in San Francisco they win bft shown the famous Oriental quarte ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND. Every mile of the thousands 1 to be traveled will be new. The route -j back will be by another course than the one used in the going. 1 There will not be a possibility of a . moment of monotony or going over the same ground twice. It is the desire to aee that this trip will not only be one of pleasure and recreation, but instruction as well. The young ladies, however, will be catered to in every respect and 'their slightest -wish respected. They may change the Itinerary at will and .make whatever side trips and excur- ' slons they may wish. Glances of San Francisco. Think of the- far-famed sights to be - seen in San Francisco. There is the Golden Gate over which poets have sung: there is the ' noted Fisherman's wharf: the round-the-year Flower Market: the famous Spring Valley building: the great Union Ferry depot; ' the Mills World's model office building: the- tower-like Spreckels building; the Mark Hopkins' Institute of Art, affiliated af-filiated with the University of California Califor-nia Angel island: Gplden Gate park; the Dutch wind-mills; the largest Government Gov-ernment coin mint; Pioneer monument: Robert Louis Stevenson's monument; Donahue monument: seal rocks; Ocean beach: the magnificent harbor front, and the thousand and one noted places that have made San Francisco to be classed with the cities of the world. In every city visited The Telegram's guests will be conducted about in carriages. Think what an education in itself a trip of this .nature In all the places visited will be. Take California alone. Few. communities of the same age and period of growth can excel San Francisco Fran-cisco in arts creative and in educational advancement. "It's in the air," is the common saying, whenever one hears of . some prodigy of painter or poet whose conception challenges admiration, and perhaps it is, for certainly world hls- tory shows that the people of the open |