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WMI EASTER FINERY
5500 in Prizes to Reward Win
ners in Show of Spring
j Clothes
Phllnclelplila -will have its own board
walk promenade" on Easter.
Instead of Kotiisr to Atlantic City to
ditrplay the beauties of their new rvrtg
clothes, folks can do It this year right
here in Philadelphia. About $600 In
prces will be given for the best dressed
peoplo and the prettiest Rlrls. Tho IJaster
parade In thla city will be In tho nfternoon.
Tlie route will bo from Broad street and
Falrmount avenue to the Park entrance
and return alortc; tho Parkway to City
Hall.
The plan was hatched today by tho
Falrmount Avenue Uuslncss Men's Aero
elation. "New Vork has her Eth avenue, Atlantic
City her Boardwalk, but Philadelphia has
never had any definite Hanter parade, and
il'fl high time to Ret staitcd," Bald Oscar
Dahns today. Ho is chairman of the Com
mittee of Arrangements. Tho'prlxcs are
on display In his chicken store, at 2023
Fairmount avenue.
" There Is a gold watch and a larjrc dia
mond stickpin that will be presented to tho
best-dressed couplo in Philadelphia's first
annual Easter parade. The girl wearing
, the prettiest hat will bo presented with a
beautiful gold bracelet. To tho prettiest
. 18-y car-old girl Will bo given another gold
! bracelet. It .was not explained how this
nge could-bo definitely determined. Prizes
(will also bo given tho Best-dressed boy
and girl not more than 12 years old, Six
judges will bo stationed along the prome
nade. Whenever a likely prixo winner Is
upled ho or she will be asked to sign a
card, wltli the name nnd address.
Largo department stores, millinery
stores and others nre co-operating with
the idea, and will tako advantage of the
chance to display their newest and most
attractlvo finery in tho parade. Many
other business men's associations nro
enthusiastic over the Idea, It was said,
and will see to It that a goodly delega
tion from their respective sections aro in
lino on Easter.
Get ready your high hats nnd silk
spats.
Anti-Cobdcn Club to Elect Officers
Tho annual election of tho-Antl-Cobden
Club will bo held tonight at tho club's
headquarters, 10)4 Germantown avenue.
Tho polls will Ira open from 4 to 9 p. m.
Tho following officers are unopposed candi
dates for re-election: President, David
Martin; first vice president, Edward liuch
holz; second vleo president, William W,
Turner; recording secretary, John Leon
ard; financial secretary, William II. Tur
ner; treasurer, Rudolph B. Dutt; Imnrd of
trustoes (flvo to bo olected), Edward
Buchholz, Godfrey Luckhardt, Ervln
Rosenbcrgcr, Oeorgo C. Faber, Joslah
Thompson. Tho election officers nro:
Judge, Nchemlah L. Miller; tellers, "Wil.
, 11am II. Finch and William Deacon.
CRYPTIC CROSS HAD NO
TERRORS FOR HUNDREDS
Workers in Demand at Ilammonlon
IIAMMONTON. N, J., April 13. There
Is a good demand hero for femalo help, as
tha rosult of tho operation of the AVllilam
F. Taubol hoslory plant, tho Tlieodoro F.
Baullg underwear manufactory and tho In
auguration of work at tho plant of the
Aaron Diosa Suit Company, which has
Just leased Bollervuo Hall and Is installing
machinery. Tho11 situation will bo further
strengthened by the building of a $12,000
factory by Mr. Baullg, 40 by 143 feet.
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Continued from Pane One
38 1 Broad Street Station, this city. Mr.
Elsesser won tho second prize of $Bfl.
It wns hot until more than n week later
that the next correct solution was de
ceived. Tho morning trinll on March 20
brought a letter from .1. H. Tracy, Wj-n-cote,
Pa., that won him the third prize
of $B. The fourth prize the first pf tho
$10 awards was received on March 29,
and tho remaining four early the next
morning.
MANY SOIA'E IltDDLE.
Mrs Bertha IC. Moore, of Harrington,
N. T, : Mrs. lloyt, Merlon Pa. J Mrs. "W.
Aubrey Merrick, N'ewtown, Pa. ; Joseph
A. Carraeha, 7.13 N'orth 4Sth street, Phila
delphia ; Miss Kthel M. Thomas'. Bureau
of Highways, Pity Hall; F. M. DJorttp,
2Slt South Colorado street, Philadelphia;
Victor V. l.eem. 126 Pine street, Harris
burg, Pn.. ond Scott. -B. MJIy, Swarth
more. Pa sent In notations to tho cryptic
cross that wcro only one degree removed
rrom perfect, before the Instalment tell
ing of tho destruction of the Monte
Crlspcn Iron Works appeared in tho
Evening Ledobr.
That such a large number of people
were able to solve tho crytogram almost
perfectly without niiy clue as to what It
might bo nil about is considered remark
ablo by experts. A particular fenturo of
note Is tho large percentage of women
who were among tho first to send In those
solutions. Tho widely separated points
from which answers were received shows
tho. great interest that was taken in this
contest.
The points of tho compass from which
responds came wero no further apart
than tho kinds of persons who sent in solu
tions. Lawyera, physicians, educators,
publicists and engineers vied with day la
borers, trainmen, tradesmen, mechanics
and students.
MORE ADVEKTUBES OF MONTE.
In view of the widespread Interest
aroused by the story of Monte Crlepen,
tho Evrmino I.nnotJtt will soon print tho
second of tho Philadelphia hero's adven
tures. It will deal with Monto Crlspen
In Kensington. More detailed announce
ments will nppear from time to time.
Despite tho publicity given to the an
nouncement that no solution could be con
sidered which reached tho Evenino
Lcminn after noon of Saturday, April 1,
n largo number wcro received after that
time. Thcso wcro not considered In
awarding tho prizes.
Tho correct solution to tho cryptic
cross Is ns follows:
BR PItOPEUTlES HELD IN TI5UST
M. C. IKON WOIIKS: WEST
M 1 1, Li DCHTUMMIINKD; EX
TBA HEAVY DYNAMITE
CHARGES; WIRKIjESS; 33, 34,
20. 88. 77. TEXTILE MILLS:
STRIKES FOR HIGHER WAGE.
SHORTER HOURS ARRANGED;
68, 35, 77. SHIPYARD: OPPOSI
TION TO NEW NAVY PRO
GRAM; 35. 77. HEIR NO BUS
INESS E X I' E R I E N C K OR
CAPACITY. NEGOTIATIONS
PROGRESSING; COMPANY OF
FICIAL WHO SEEKS TO IM
PAIR VALUE PROPERTIES TO
BUY THEM CHEAP WHEN M.
C. QUALIFIES ACTUAL OWNER
UNDER UNCLE'S WILL.
The melhnU of solution wns fully ex
plained In tho courso of tho story.
HOW HE READ THE RIDDLE.
Paul E. Elsesser, of 1832 South 17th
street, an 18-year-old youth, Philadelphia
born, employed as accident flic clerk In
tho tolegraph department of tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad In Broad Street Station,
who won tiio grand prizo of $50, speaking
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MONTE CIUSPEN WINNEPS
Above i3 P. E. Elsesser, who won
the second prize of $50 in tho
Evening Ledgeti serial puzzle
contest. Joseph II. Tracy got the
third prizo of $25. Both are
Philadelphinns. The first prizo
of $100 was won by a New
Yorker.
today of tho method ho pursued In solving
tho cryptogram said:
"I had never tried anything of tho sort
before, hut as I havo been reading the
Eviinino Ledoeii since It first canto out,
I thought I would see what I could do.
So on tho 10th of March, when tho story
of Monto Crlspen wns first unnounced, nnd
I read that I could get tho first instalment
In a llttlo book form, I went down to the
Evening LEDUEtt olllco and asked for one.
"That night at homo I snt down and
looked at the cross for about half an
hour beforo trying to find where to be
gin. Then I laid out the alphabet In
a line and placed under It tho cryptic
alphabet. Then I started In, beginning nt
every possible corner of the cross, without
getting anything that would make sense.
"After at least a hundred beginnings,
that showed virtually from tho outset that
I was on tho wrong truck, I suddenly con
cluded that tho 13 set apart In tho corner
was perhaps tho key. So, taking tho first
letter D, as shown In tho upper right hand
corner of tho bar of tho cross; I tried se
lecting tho 13th letter following the first
letter D, which would bo Ql These two
when transferred to tho corresponding let
ters in tho cryptic alphabet gave mo
'Re'; and, following along this line, I
knew Just as soon as I had a few words
that made senso that I was on tho right
track. Tho rest was easy. It took me
about three hours in all. T sent tho so
lution In to the'EvtwiNB LWKjr.n office by
messenger tho next morning, March 11.
"I certainly nm glad to have won the
second prize, and 1 shall always read tho
Evenino. LEtiacit In tho future, as I havo
in tho past. Hero Is a copy of my solu
tion, with the alphabets under Hi
Re properties held In trust StC iron
works West Mill double mined c::tra
heavy dynamite charges wireless .18,
S4, 2G, G8, 77. tcxtllo mills strike for
higher wage shorter hours arranged
G8, SB, 77, ship yard ppposltion to
new navy program 35, 77. heir no
business experience or capacity ne
gotiations progressing company offi
cial who seeks to Impair Value prop
erties to buy them cheap when M.C.
qualifies actual owner under uncle's
will.
(M.C. means Monto Crlspen)
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N O P Q R S T V V W X Y 7,
B C D E F O II I .1 K L M N
Mr. Elsesser Is only a year graduated
from the Southern High School, his pre
ceding education being In tho lower grades
of Philadelphia public schools. He has
been out of High School for about a year
nnd with tho Pennsylvania Railroad since
August last. Previously, he had been in
the employ of tho Heed Duplicating Com
pany, of Philadelphia. He lives with ills
parents.
POE'S "GOLD BUG" A KEY.
Edgnr Allan Poo's short story. "The
Gold Bug," wns tho means Joseph II.
Tracy, of Wyncotc, employed to solvo
tho cryptogram of Monto Crlspcn. Mr,
Tracy's solution, -which was tho third to
reach Uio Evcvino l,r,DOEn, won him the
third prizo of $25.
After deciding "The Gold Bug" and tho
directions tho story contains for decipher
ing codes wns tho best way to set nbout
attempting the solution. Mr. Tracy found
his work easy. He finished It all, work
ing out the correct answer, In n Utile
more than nn hour and a half, ho said
today.
Into "Tho Gold Bug" Poo put the
knowledge ho had gained In many years
of studying cipher and coden. The story,
dealing with the discovery nf a fabulous
fortune burled by tho pirate, Cnptaln
Kldd, on nn Island on the South Carolina
const, turns on tho solution nf a cryptic
message which gives directions for In
cationg tlie treasure. Poe solves the mes
sago.in the story nnd explains In detail
how it Is done. It was this that gave Mr.
Tracy his key to tho Monto Crlspen cipher.
"I had looked over tho story," said Mr.
Tracy, "nnd when the cryptogram ap
peared I thought I'd try to work It out.
It meant nothing to mo until I thought of
getting 'Tho Gold Bug.- Poo prints a key
which he says will solvo any cipher. He
gives a list of the letters that occur most
frequently In ordinary words, in tho or
der of their frequency.
"I simply used that. It was compara
tively easy. I saw almost at onco that
tho cross should bo read downward In
tho vertical columns, beginning at tho
right. Using the key from 'The Gold
Bug,' and working out tho letters In or
der In the vertical columns, it was not
long beforo I hnd a skeleton Idea of the
message. I checked this ocr two or
three times, adding letters, nnd presently
had tho solution. It would have been
much more work without' 'The Gold Bug'
to help me."
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Find Missinu Woman's Rodjr
Tho body of Mrs. Anna Coyle, nf lf3C
Mifflin street, was found lloatlng late yes
terday afternoon off tho Milllln street
wharf by the crow of the pollco boat King.
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