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School Teachers’ Second ContestNEW COUPON EVERY DAY.COUPON FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 11TH.pp*»»mNo limit to number of votes. Vote as often as you like. Every coupon cut from THE COMMERCIAL TRIBUNE entitles you to k vote.This ballot is godd for one vote in The Commercial Tribune’s 8chool Teachers’ Contest, which is a free trip to the Parts Exposition under contract with Messrs. Crawford Floyd, of Boston, whose Western representative is A. A. Andrldge, 12 Berkshire Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.I VOTE TO SEND TO THE PARIS EXPOSITION(Name of Teacher)--j -(Name of School)-—--ADDRESS CONTEST EDITOR COMMERCIAL TRIBUNE, CINCINNATI.-y All Coupons during week ending March 17 must be in The Com-J mercial Tribune Office by Tuesday, March 20. Send in your votes i at once. Please be careful to cut out each coupon neatly. It I greatly facilitates handling the ballots and the count.MISS AHLENSTORF WINS THE PRIZE.The friends of the various teachers who have been contesting for the Commercial Tribune prize of a free trip to the Paris Exposition will be surprised at the announcement made in this article today.The contest started with Miss Morhard’s leading a list of over a hundred, and leading so far that it was a good guess to say that she would win the race at the finish. But for some reason, which Miss Morhand has never permitted this paper to publish, she withdrew from the contest som* weeks ago. That left two other ladles as the most likely winners. Ten days ago, or possibly two weeks ago, It was concluded not worth while to continue the names of more than a score of the contestants. The others seemed to have exhausted their resources for obtaining coupons. Then later along there were but five of six who were far ahead in the race and had left the remaining fifteen ladies out of sight In the rear, so that for the last week of the contest Miss Ahlenstorf, of Avondale; Miss Neff, of Woodward High School; Miss Walsh, of Newport;(Miss Rennlck, of the First Intermediate, and Miss D. Grace Smith, of Elmwood javenue, Walnut Hills, were the only ones with any sort of a prospect of reaching the coveted goal. When the votes were published last Sunday Miss Neff leu. When the votes were counted Monday she still led. To the average thinker fhe had every reason to believe she would come In with flying colors, ready to deceive the congratulations of the Commercial Tribune and her hundreds of friends, who have been working for her. Still the Commercial Tribune Is quite well acquainted with the history of movements of this kind, having seen many and many a queer reault happen in politics and witnessed the most sanguine candidate go down to defeat. So it h61d its judgment in abeyance until the last vote was In and counted.The following flgufes tell the tale most eloquently:Total Vote Votes Rec’d. Tuesday,Up to Mpnda March S.6 p.m.Miss Ahlenrtorf. Avondale....................... 18,196Miss Isabel Neff, Woodward H. S............... 25,341Miss J. Walsh, Newport ........... 9,364Miss Susie Rennlck, First Intermediate........ 4,338Miss D. Grace Smith, Elmwood av., W. H... 2,385On Tuesday friends of Miss Neff and friends of Miss Ahlenstorf made repeated inquiries at this office for information, such as they thought could fairly be given out, the hope of obtaining some club that might enable them to workmore definitely, but to all these Inquiries the Commercial Tribune could not aid any Candida ever, on last Sunday, and several times prevgiven that somebody might hold back and thijs mislead the lady who had forgedfar ahead of the others and might take her byMarch 6,Grandup tototal12 p.m.vote.17,16735,9629,35734,5981,59211,1562774,5151702,755same reply was given, that the e by the slightest hint. How-ious to that, the warning wassurprise at the last hour. Therival. Miss Ahlenstorf seemed wo or three days of It, and there-warning was given publicly, to be used by e|ny candidate who chose to speculate upon the method of the campaign of her to have slacked up in the race during the lastby possibly led her chief rival to have overcon Idence. On Tuesday, the day which closed the polls, Miss Ahlenstorf’s frlenc s marshaled their entire forces, like General “Bobs” has been doing In South Ajfrica, and they rounded up every coupon they could lay their hands on. Tuesday evening they poured In a veritable avalanche, though Miss Neff put In nearly 10,000 on that day. Miss Ahlen-storf’s friends put In 17,187.At 6 o'clock Monday evening Miss Neff was 6,446 in the lead, by midnight Tuesday night Miss Ahlenstorf had not only ^iped out the 6,446, but had turned in besides that enough to overcome Miss Neff’s votes of Tuesday, and leave a balance of 1,364 in excess of her rival’s gradd total. So that the winner Is Miss Ahlenstorf, of Avondale, with a majority bf 1,364.It must necessarily follow that the highestj loser and her friends are disappointed, but this remark is applicable to all tlte other ladies who failed to win the prize. It is a story as old as the time of jAdam. There can only be one first, and the rest must take their place in the -ranks in the rear, but there certainly is immense satisfaction In the fact that all of these five ladies know they constitute the most popular lady teachers in1 this whole community. There Is the grandest of truth and common sense philosophy in the lines:On grain the glory lie*In the struggle for th£ prise.That Is the true spirit, in which this contest doubtless has been made. Surely it must be of immense gratification to Miss Neff to know that she is such a popular lady, as it is a pleasure to the Commercial Tribune to know she is deservedly so. i ,The Commercial Tribune congratulates Miss Ahlenstorf. The announcement of the arrangement for the Paris trip wllj be made later. It will interest host of her friends.HERE’S ANOTHER CHANCE.A Second Contest To Be Made To Select Ariother School Teacher for Paris.The success of the first contest of the Comrhercial Tribune to determine the most popular school teacher has been remarkable. Though the Interest In the great Paris Exposition had hardly begun to excite the attention of the general reader two months ago, there are thousands nojlv who are beginning to read about the Exposition Universelle and who are contemplating a trip to the gay French capital. Or, at least, a good many are dreamingf of such a pleasure, whether they ever expect to realize it or not.The Commercial Tribune proposes to send inother teacher to the exposition. Today it opens a second contest, and the opportunity is offered to any lady teacher In Cincinnati or Hamilton County or the towns immediately across tfie Ohio to secure a free trip over and back as a coifnpliment to her at the hands of her friends, admirers and acquaintances. Thd contest will run just one month beginning with today. The gates of the exposition will be thrown open April 15.’ So that the winner of the prize will have ample time to make preparation for her journey. When school lets out In June the greaft show will be In full blast, which will be the most advisable season in which toi view the many wonders 'of the world’s greatest of fairs.Now let the contest begin at once. Boys and girls, friends of the boys and girls, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, !aunts, uncles and cousins, all get to work and show your favorite teacher how much you appreciate her many good qualities. Make her the winner If you can| but if she can not win, give her the very high compliment of pronouncing her orje of the most popular of teachers who ever presided over a schoolroom.The first coupon will be found at the head of! this column today, and each day hereafter a coupon will be found in the same place. Please read the conditions about the coupons and follow them explicitly. |
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Mar 11, 1900
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