The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-09
pos AND DONTS FOR
QUOTATION SOLVERS
Bushels of Mail Containing Hundreds oil inquiries
Regarding the Great Contest o'lll eon''"1s
to Come in to the Quotation Editor

..sx~ernl should be drawn by caste
iuw lots and prizes awarded In the
order of their drawing-hrst prize
to arst name drawn and second
prise to second name drawn, ana
so on.
1You can readily see that under
vour Rule 10 a contestant might
send In all quotations correct ana
still receive a prize of only ieW
dollars, value, while one sending
In only ten correct answers could
win prize valued at several hun"
dred dollars"
Well! Well! 1t is quite possible for
one or more persons to tie for first
nrize. BUT IT Is NOT AT ALL Pos
sIBLE. NOR EVEN PROBABLE, for
such tieing contestants to send in sets
of answers which will stand on the
same basis of grading. For there will
be spelling, punctuating, construction,
plainness and uniformity of writing,
neatness and scholarship and the MAX
ing I'D of the package to be considered.
These little adjuncts will assist the
Judges. in case of a tie, to make dis
tinctions. and provides for JUST SUCH
EMERGENCIES. In similar contests
which have been conducted on our
metropolitan newspapers 1t has very
rarely occurred that any one OF any
number of contestants have ever sub
mitted an entirely correct list. But
why is l. NJ. Charlotte so fearful of
having so many ties? 1t is both POS
SIBLE and PROBABLE that this par
ticular contestant will have a change
of mind in regard to feeling so abso-
lutely sure about the correct answers,
little later on.
Tn regard to drawing for the prizes,
that would be entirely out of the ques-
ton, as it would then put the contest
on the basis of lottery which would
be unlawful and illegal. We assure l.
NJ. Charlotte that we are quite well
satisfied with rule ten and further as
sure all contestants that such ties as
stated in the above letter are QUITE
PROBABILITIES, QUITE IMPOS-
SIBLE.
Mr.. NJ J. Treacy, Of II Orchard
street, city, writes the following letter:
"Quotation Editor--My wife has
boarding house md ] know that
several of the guests are trying
for prizes in your Quotation Con-
test. Now, ] would like to know IL
there are any objections to several
people trying for prizes from our
address. As far as ] am concerned
will give NO one in the house any
assistance. for ] shall try very hard
myself. do not believe in sharing
prizes, and l am writing you be-
cause sometimes those Offering
PRICES bar relatives and others
living in the same. house from en-
tering such contests. 1 do not want
my prospects of securing n prize
spoiled because my wife is runniBg
boarding house,"
| We don't see any objection to people
living In boarding houses, hotels or
apartments of the same street address
in competing for prizes in this contest.
| Only people of the same family or
household are to be confined to the
awarding of one prize; guests or per-
sons residing with Mr.. Treacy are not
members of his family, and, therefore.
all have an equal right to compete.
| Another contestant, Sec. of the Cen
tury Club asks: s61 81
"Quotnfion Edifor--Our club has
ninty-six members, all interested in
| the series of puzzles, but we are
| uncertain as to whether the conn
| mon expression or the correct quo
| tatfOn is to be used. As, for ex-
ample, Love is blind or .And
| therefore Is cupid painted blind
the last being one from a book of
| quotations"
The common expression. Read the
Introduction to the rules carefully.
| 'tCan "a contestant give more than
one answer to a puzzle i'm the
papers MISS L. v. AGENS.
| SO New street, Bloomfield.
If you have more than one answer
1t must be written upon a separate
coupon, completely filled in.