The evening times., 1899-11-29

Immediately above this line the reader secs
three lines of incomplete letters. which, II COM
pIete would spell four words. Only the lower two
ffths of each letter appears, the other
having been cut off. What are these four wordsf :
They are all taken from this very advertisement.
The words are not separated from each other; out
neither are the incomplete letters mixed up at
all. There is transpcstions CT other Trick
Taken one letter right after the other from the
first to the twenty-third. they spell four words
Each word appears but once in the advertisement
They are four distinct and separate words. They
appear in different places in the advertisement,
not in sequence. and no two words appear In one
line of the advertisement.
The winning contestants must decide what are
the four words which the letters above, if COM
plete would spell, and in just what line of the
advertisement each of the four words is. 1t u
a most interesting contest. There is no chance
about il. Ii requires only ingenuity and pains
taking care in its solution. The four words may
be determined and located in five minutes, or it
may take an hour or two to decide what they are,
and to find them. The prizes aggregate Five
Hundred Dollars. TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
will be paid for the correct solution; ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS for the nearest correct: FIFTY
DOLLARS for the second nearest correct, and
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS each for the next six
nearest correct. If the prize in any given case
shall be won by more than one. the prize will
be equally divided among the winners
All results should be addressed to Brain Con-
test Editor. The Penny Magazine, 4s9 Fifth Ave-
nue., New York City. The contest will close Jan
uary ID, and the announcement of the result will
be made in the February number Of THE PENNY
MAGAZINE, the winners receiving their prizes
before February l.
As most people know, THE PENNY MAGA.
ZINE is one of the greatest successes OF recent
times in the publishing World Its fourth ami
versary was recently celebrated by a banquet
in The Union League Club. New York City, given
by Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who has been
interested in the Magazine from the beginning.
Its editor and manager is Thomas C. Quinn,
formerly of the editorial staff OF the Boston
Globe and the New York Press He is the
man who first suggested and popularized. while
national idea of having the American flag display
cd all public schools and public buildings
every day. -"
THE PENNY MAGAZINE is an able brilliant,
and patriotic magazine, whose aim is to give to
all the people publication OF the highest quality
at the lowest possible price. Its subscription price
is only twenty-five cents year, for which sum
it is edited, illustrated printed, bound, and de.
livered anywhere in the United States, without
This present contest. is inaugurated to introduce
THE PENNY MAGAZINE into new homes. Each
person entering this contest in order to be
eligible to receive a prize, MUST SEND WITH
HIS OR HER ANSWER TWENTY CENTS, for ono
years subscription to the Magazine. All competi-
tors in this contest may be assured Of absolutely
just treatment. In sending answers to this con-
should write out in full the line in which each
word appears. and should enclose twenty cents
with the answer 10 pay for the subscription to
THE PENNY MAGAZINE, necessary to enter the
contest. They should also give the name and ad.
dress OF the person for whom the subscription is
intended With these conditions fulfilled. there Is
nothing to prevent the winning Of the prizes
and the receiving Of the prize money.
Now, who can win OF the prizes. What are
the four words? Address