Miss Lois Smith Gets Many Letters From Strangers

Miss Lois Smith, of this city, who recently won $2,500 in the Canadian census guessing contest, is now probably one of the best known young women in the United States and Canada.

Since the decision of the contest, Miss Smith has received a great many letters, some congratulatory, some sentimentally inclined and others of a business nature. She has had a few, too, asking for her assistance in the present revenue guessing contest that is now attracting so much attention. Her letters represent the north, south, east and west, having received them from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Philadelphia and many prominent points in Canada. Many who entered the contest have written their congratulations to her. She has received offers to invest her money in bonds, stocks, mines and even patent medicine firms, many of which concerns she never heard of before. The character of the third class of letters Miss Smith accepts as a good joke. About a half dozen or more are exceedingly sentimental, although they are not direct proposals, they were written with the great hope of being answered. In some stamped envelopes were enclosed. Two of the latter were from physicians in prominent cities and the majority of them were indicative of intellect and refinement. 

Miss Smith frankly admits she has not taken notice of any of the letters, whatever their nature. She is a very attractive young lady and as her picture appeared in the Free Press and other papers, undoubtedly many of her would be correspondents were influenced by her likeness as well as her money. One of the letters stated that in all probability the paper could not do her justice.

Miss Smith has made no plans in regard to the disposition of her money, but is waiting for an opportunity of safe investment to present itself.