Life — October 14, 1897 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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“Le is the first time Lire has made public any information concerning its Klondike contest, which has been going on for some weeks. It involves filling in one of our Klondike coupons. To fill in a coupon the person who does it has to secure a copy of the paper by pur- chase, theft, or otherwise. The cou- pon has to be filled in and sent to us. This means cutting it out of the paper and fooling any newsdealer who might be so dishonest as to send us a return copy which had already been voted upon, and thus spoil our chances of showing an increased circulation to our advertisers Here is the coupon: 09090000 00000000000 LIFE’S KLONDIKE COUPON. @ @ 3 3 I am in favor of sending to @ the Klondike 2 @ ° (Here name of your choice.) 3 on condition that he does not 3 return. @ © Name 4 3 Address. ; OH OOOO O000 09000000000 000 09999000000 H 0000000000: The person who receives the lar- gest number of votes—that is, whose name is upon the largest number of coupons received at this office—will receive not only his expenses to the Klondike (GOING) but also a beautiful SOLID SILYER-PLATED BICYCLE on which to make the trip. The vote, up to the time of going to press with this issue, is as fol- lows: Joho L, Sullivan... Richard Mansfield . Charles A. Dana, . William McKinley. 1323 49 2,072 396 Lydia Pinkham....... Joseph Pulitzer. Dr. Parkhurst Charles Frohman, Steve Brodie lan Maclaren Mark Hanna , Anthony Comstock. H, C. Vreeland. Billie Hears! Hall Caine. 246 Dr. Andrews (of Brown). 14593 Grover Cleveland. 4s Captain Chapman + 94867 Mayor Strong... + 6 Seth Low..... i William J. Bryan, Oscar Hammerstein William L. Dingley Thomas C, Platt General Weyler. Henry George. Whitelaw Reid... . Chauncey Depew. 51647 651 3,023 10,127 6,432 4,636 9442 $6,993 3,003 42,983 37687 26,909 4,938 68,986 632 99239 407 The principal condition of the con- test is that the recipient of the most votes shall ride the bicycle to the Klondike and remain there. These are the closing days of the contest, and no votes received after next Friday will be counted unless special arrangements are made with the business manager. N. B.—This contest is strictly on the level. The result will positively be an- nounced in next week's Lire. A Boudoir Romance, HE Side-combs loved the Slippers Just as soon as they had seen them, But their love soon changed to dull despair When a woman came between them. Geo. Totten Smith. The Wrong Hat. PERKINS has been visiting his wife's relatives up in Maine. While there he attended church one Sunday. He did not want to go, but his wife thought it would do him good. The sermon was long and prosy, and Perkins went to sleep. As he did not snore, his wife did not notice that he was in the arms of Morpheus. She was busy taking mental notes of a bonnet worn by a lady from Boston who occu- pied the pew just in front of them. The sermon came to an end at last, but Perkins slept peacefully on. The deacons began to take up the collection. When the hat was passed to Perkins, his wife was surprised to sce that he did not respond. She nudged him violently to bring him to his senses. Perkins sat up with a start. Gazing ina bewildered manner at the extended hat and then at the deacon, he shook his head sleepily and said: “Thatisn’t my hat. lining.” Mine had a blue “A CRICKET MATCH."