The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-01

Have the Longest Lists Of Words.
Read the Rules Of the Contest and
Send in Your List as Early as
Possible.
Here is what the children have been
waiting for Here Is an opportunity
to earn some Christmas presents, all
by themselves. The Tribune is going
to play Santa Claus again this year
and give twenty valuable Christmas
gifts to twenty of it's brightest little
readers. They are goittg to be given
through it's second Junior Educational
Contest. which is very similar to the
one conducted last year, only not
nearly so hard. The Tribune calls this
an "Educational' Contest because it
will help the little ones in their school
studies and learn them lot of things
about the construction of words that
they would not learn even in school.
1t is called a Junior" Educational
Contest, because it is designed particu-
larly for the Junior members of the
family, and they are the ones who are
to receive these twenty Christmas
presents.
All Presents Will Be in Cash.
Instead of giving whole lot of diff
ferent things this year, The Tribune is
going to make its presents all in cash
the three first in gold. Last year.
you remember, there were watches, and
sleds, and skates, and a whole lot Of
other things that We're very attractive
to the little ones, but Santa Claus does
not always pick out just the things
that the little ones want, and in this
case they will have an opportunity to
take the money and go to any one of
the many attractive stores and buy
just what they want. You may have
received a pair of skates last year
when you had rather have had a sled,
but somebody else ahead of you had
taken all the sleds. This year you will
get your Christmas present in cash and
you will be able to buy sleds, or skates,
or anything else that you had rather
have.
Last year The Tribune's Christmas
presents were given to the little folks
making the largest number of words
out of Scranton Tribune" This year
they will have an opportunity to see
how many words they can make out of
the letters in "The Home Paper" Last
year there were fifteen letters, while
this year there are only twelve, and
four of these are duplicates, leaving
only eight separate letters. So there
won't be nearly as many words this
year as there was last. OF course there
are whole lot of words to be made
out of the letters, such as 'hat,''
''hem,' ''meat" pet and the like,
but who can find the most? That is
the question.
Twenty Dollars in Gold.
But what are the twenty prizes to
be-" you ask. Well, the first one will
be $40 in gold. Isn't that a Christmas
present worth trying to win? The next
will be $40 in gold. the next S. in gold,
then there will be two of $3.50 each,
five of 81 each, and ten of fifty cents
each. This makes a total of $50, div
ided into twenty presents, and these
twenty presents are to be given to the
twenty children who make the largest
number of words out of the letters in
'T-H-E HOME P-A-P-E-R."
1t costs nothing to enter this Junior
who enter will be we'll repaid for the
time expended in thinking out the
words and looking them up in the die
tionary. Even those who do not get
one of the cash gifts will find that
they have been well repaid in the ad-
ditional knowledge gained concerning
the construction Of words and their
meaning. Besides, it is lots of fun, and
will furnish amusement for few of
the long evenings.
Rules of the Contest.
Presents will be given to the boys or
girls, whose parents or guardians are
subscribers to The Tribune. building
the largest number of words ont of the
letters contained in 1.-The Home Paper"
No letters must be used any more
times than they appear in these three
words. AS an example, only one "a"
could be used, but there might be two
HIS or three 'E's.".
Only words defined in the main por-
tion of Webster's international Diction-
ary" edition of 1899 will be allowed.
Any dictionary can be used, but in
judging the contest The Tribune will
debar all words not found in Webster's.
Proper names, or any other words ap-
pearing in the "AppendiN" will not be
allowed.
Obsolete words are admitted if de-
fined in the dictionary.
Words spelled two or more ways can
be used but once.
Words with two or more definitions
can be used but once.
No cinola lat ttarS counted a words
except "a" and 90"
How to Write Your List.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Write very plainly; if possible, use
Write your name, age and address at
the top OF your list.
Write the name of parent or guard
ian with whom you live and who is a
regular subscriber to The Tribune.
Fold the list-do not roll.
Contest closes Saturday, Dec. 20, at
5 p. m.
Perhaps you don't happen to have
Webster's Dictionary, OF course it
would be better to have the one by
which the contest will be judged, but
If yours should have more words than
Webster's, why the additional words
would only be crossed out and your list
would be just as good as If the other
book had been used, 1t is absolutely
to select some one book to
judge the contest by, as the contest
editor would not be able 10 look up
every word in all the dictionaries in
existence. That would be an utter inn
So Websters International
Dictionary is selected again, as it was
used last year, and quite number of
The Tribune's readers bought this
particular book for that particular con-
test