The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-11
CONY|CTS TAKE PART
INPROVfRB CONTEST
Prisoner Sends His Answers
With Number for Sig.
nature

ttereSt IN the proverb contest con-
uucted e,e by The Globe permeated
LICK walls of the Saltwater peni-
eLtidry. While the people in thou
~ ~Salus OF happy homes throughout the
niroIu Ul =" est were spending the family
erh SSfeniIgs IN studying the prov
IT'D which would fit the daily MIC
SuIe' the features of men wearing the
So So oI MinneSota's penal institute
o,. mete Frightening as they pondered
oNer those same pictures.
Stetudy set of solutions to the
nf pictures came to the manager
VI tne proVerb contest 1t was most
marked saltwater and il was accom-
follows: WHICH, read as
We are sending you in this nack-
ase the solutions which we have hit
1pon Ior your proverb pictures. We
o1 9n .t suppose they are right, enough
are not sending them in that bona
we nave no book Of proverbs in ths
PRISON library and so We had In cr,,ass
at all OF them. We are lust saSdfna
them that we may let YOU know. TIE
we, and dozen or so of other M
Iorutnates that are here with me
may let you know that we appreciate
the contest. 1t was wonderfuI re-
lef to the monotony of life here. " h n
y b e is always welcome with us
The contest has made it more so
VIII not sign my name-tOo MANY
people would know it, I will lust
sign. -Numha,. 4so9
saltwater, Mimi, April g. 1905"
One of the Many
The letter above was, by all odds.
the most remarkable of any that have
come TO the contest manager since
the institution of that great educa-
tiohal feature. But it is only one of
the many which have come within the
last few days carrying words of an
probation from those who have mar
tlclpated in the contest. Here are q
few excerpts picked from letters Sc
| lected at random:
1 send you my answers to the
proVerb pictures. 1t is the
| most interesting contest that I have
ever participated in, and I must saw
"Moorhead. Mimi"
'Inclosed please find two complete
sets of solutions to proverb contest.
L have enjoyed working out
the proverb pictures greatly. They
were liberal education in themselves.
Miss Airline NJ.
Fargo. n. D."
Please send me papers containing
proverb pictures Nos. Z, % and AZ.
think have new solutions for all of
these. am getting more interested in
the contest every day, and begin to
believe that l know more proverbs
right now than the man that invented
them. R T r.
"Crookston Mimi"
Work Was a Pleasure
Here are my proverbs answering the
pictures. l hope that they will make
a creditable showing, but 1 must tell
you right now that 1 won't be in the
least disappointed If they do not. 1
have gotten so much genuine enjoy
ment out of the pictures, as have my
that L feel doubly repaid for the pleas
urable hours 1 have expended over
them. Mrs D. F, T.
BLUE Earth City Mimi"
Such are the sentiments expressed in
| a score or more of letters accompany
ing letters already received by the
manager of the contest.
The answers are coming in in great
volume already, and as there is still
week left during which time they may
| be submitted before the close of the
| contest at o'clock in the afternoon of
\ April IS, 1t is to be expected that there
| Will be more. But, however that may
| be, the ever increasing crowds of con-
| testantS who come to the office to pur-
4 chase back numbers of the paper, or
| who write for back numbers, and the
1 crowds that frequent the reference
rooms of the public library. studying
proverb books. testify well to the popu-
| larity of the contest in the hearts OF
the great mass of the people.