Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-19
Prizes Worth $4,000 Insure
Fine Reward for Persistent,
Painstaking Effort.
AN INTERESTING GAME FOR
ALL MEMBERS OF FAMILY
Conditions OF Competition Put
School Child on Equal Basis
with Sayant.

The great Proverb Contest to be con-
Quoted by the EVENING STAR for the
entertainment and profit of its thou
sands of readers possesses qualities
which make it unique among newspa-
per enterprises of the kind The prizes
offered to the fortunate and persistent
contestants aggregate in value $4,000,
and there are enough of them to make
Il almost certain that honest painstak-
Ing effort will not go unrewarded. Thus
the STAR is planning to furnish fac
cinating game, certain to attract as
regular daily players every member of
the family. to which zest is added be-
cause tho lucky ones will be rewarded
with gifts OF great value.
There is that element in this contest
which puts the bright school boy or girl
OH an equal footing with the most
learned saVant. English proverbs, the
honlely common sense sayings which
every one has heard since babyhood
arc common property No one has an
ypption on them. They are part of the
verpacnlar, supplementing daily con-
versations, so that the r1an with a
masters degree might even labor under
handicap in that he may have for
gotten the bits of everyday wisdom in
reaching after his own specialized
brand. So the proposition narrows
down to the question of comparative
ability in quickly and correctly apply
ihg what everybody knows to the con-
ditions of this contest.
Illustrations Daily.
Every day, beginning January 81. for
bfty days. an illustration like the SAM
pie ones which are presented on other
pages will appear in the STAR. The
man., woman, boy or girl who solves
shese proverb puzzles will have an equal
chance to win the first prize--a 35-horse-
ooYsr surrey-seated Model tR'' Mitchell
automobile, worth $1,100. The other
big prizes, which are to 20 to those
who are declared second, third,
fourth. fiftH.f sixth, etc, in the con-
test, are all of great value. Among
these large PRICES are two Grand
Player Pianos worth $50 each. q run
about valued at 5000. a handsome four
siece full mahogany dining room suite
costing $3.50, a $500 Victrola talking ma
chine. and Thor motorcycle costing
5000. The list of the big prizes is
further rounded out with seven- n-piece
bedroom suite finished in bird d's-eye
maple, massive sideboard which cost
1885, two 500 diamonds, two 500
watches, and enough more useful and
valuable articles to make the aggre-
gate value $6,0o0
Conditions Tomorrow.
1t is hardly necessary to point out the
basis for the assurance which Is felt
that every reader of the EVENING;
STAR Is to become player in this
most interesting and richly lowered
game. Conditions governing the big
contest will appear tomorrow, and those
who are to attempt In earnest to win
some Of the splendid prizes should take
no chances about getting the EVE
MING STAR regularly, but should or
der it sent directly to their homes each
day. Phone your regular newsdealer or
call 1890 Market and the proper ar
rangements may be made in a moment
or two.
iHtCi SSb III tiiC GOilcSl Will II 10 DC
lieved, develop to that pitch where the
family as whole will be working to
win one Of the prizes Thus the contest
becomes q most interesting game for
winter evenings with no one left out
Suggestions concerning the proverb to
fit the picture will come from every
member of the household. and after
Bnal process of elimination each day the
choice will represent the best Judgment
of all. The quick wits of the younger
members of the family will supplement
the memory OF the elders and thus the
completed list of fifty proverbs viii
have represented the combined mental
agility of all the members Of the family.
Read carefully. when they appear, the
simple conditions governing, the contest,
that you may get an even start with the
thousands Of other readers Of the STAR
who will be playing against you.