The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-21
MANY PROBE DEEP. '. =.
IN PROV[RB LORE
Contest Results in OverhauIlng
Pithy Sayings of All
Times


appears the seventh proverb picture in
the guessing contest inaugurated by
G b e one week ago tomorrow.
The first week of the contest is ended
and that first week has clearly demon
strated the fact that the contest is a
success from a popular point of view.
Letters received from readers of
he G. o b e all over the Northwest
and in almost every part of the coun-
try evidence the interest which is be-
ing displayed by the out of town sub
scribers, Numerous telephone queries
and personal calls from city readers
show that the contest already has a
firm foothold in st. Paul. This inter-
est is very apparently upon the in
crease.
Many of the inquiries, particularly
from the city people are in purport:
I'VE didn't save the first copies of
L n q o e. How can We start now
We are very interested in the contest
and would ask if we are too late to be
eligible for the prizes"
Never Too Late
The answer to all this class of ques-
uons is simple. 1t is never too late to
start.
Back copies of The Globe, con-
tanning the proverb pictures published
up to date, may be obtained at any
time at e Glob e business office
or through a mail order from out of
town subscribers. 1t is well, however,
If one is behind thus far in the contest
to begin Immediately to work out the
proverbs which have already appear
ed, for. as the list of unanswered
proverbs becomes larger the work Of
answering them grows harder.
Fortune does not stand waiting. at
any mans door for very long. 1t is
waiting now. Fortune helps them
that help themselves. There are go
ing to be about 123 fortunate ones in
this contest who will receive parts of
$500 in gold, and it is the wish of T h e
u o e that as many compete for por-
ton of the $500 as there are G. o b es
pr1nted-which is good many.
Keen interest in the contest is being
manifested by the students of the ST.
Paul public and parochial schools and
by the pupils of the rural and small
city schools throughout the country
Numerous inquiries have been received
at lie G lob b e office from students
In the St Paul high schools asking de-
tails in the competition.
= No Limit to Number
AS general thing they ask ques-
tions which a careful reading of the
have made unnecessary, and there is
one point which they touch so often
that it may be we'll to emphasize it in
this column. Again and again the
query is repeated: May we combine
In working out the proverbs, or have
the answers got to be the result of in
dividual labor?" The answer to this
question is contained in the printed
rules governing the contest, but for the
DllrnOCa in &c
out even more clearly it may be said
that 1T matters not to The Globe
now many persons contribute to the
solutions of single series of fifty an
swers. The whole family may Join
heads in solving the proverbs and
send the answers in under the name of
some single member of the family, or
a whole school may combine in guess
Ing the proverb pictures and select
some one to send in the answers un-
der his or her name
Contestants may enlist any outside
aid they may wish, so far as the rules
governing the contest are concerned.
The contest was planned, originally
and primarily, to encourage individual
effort, but where Capitalization of ef->
forts promises better results this is al
iowaple. And centraliZation seems to
be in practice already.
A teacher in a rural school near
Fergus Falls writes: MY pupils have
become greatly interested in The
q o proverb contest, and am glad
to note this, for l believe that IT will
serve to educate them in the best
which English literature contains.
nave instituted regular afternoon
feature of the school work in which
my pupils study proverbs and try to
solve the proverb picture appearing in
Il L h q I
cess in your contest"
Contest Is Instructive
This teacher, to use the vernacular
of the pavement, has the proper hunch.
There is nothing that so instructs the
younger pupils in country school as
an educational contest
The youngsters become interested in
the difficulties surrounding the accu-
rate solutions of the proverb pictures
and learn more proverbs in a few DAYS
than they might learn in a whole term
OF School II they were set to the task
or studying them without some definite
object in view. And a knowledge of
the common proverbs of the English
language is invaluable; this no one
will deny.
Proverbs are the wisdom of ages.
Ihey express In concise wording and
the greatest thinkers and the greatest
truths in mans greatest blessing
life
opportunities neglected are ire
tr!evable. The opportunity is now in
L n e G o b e's proverb contest. Moth
ing is hard to willing mind; nothing
is easy to the unwilling. And SO 1t is
with The Globe proverb contest.
Get busy!