Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-04
Some Correspondents Think
They Should Have Been
Awarded Prizes.
ANONYMOUS WRITERS
SEND PROTESTS TO EDITOR
EVENING STAR Willing to Have
Answers Examined by Any
Who So Desire.

That every one of the twenty-one
thousand contestants in the EVENING
STARS great Proverb Contest, which
isfied with the findings of the judges
was not TO be expected There must
always be some who have never
equipped themselves with a full work.
ing knowledge of the rules governing
such contest, or who have forgotten
those rules. to sound a note of discon-
tent
Several contestants have written to
say that they believe they answered
enough of the problem pictures correct
ly to warrant them place among the
prize winners. To such of our cor
respondents, and others of the con-
testants who feel as they do. the EVE
MING STAR gladly extends the PRIV
ilege of examining again their own
work Any written request TO the
to look at his own list of answers will
be readily granted.
There are other contestants who feel
confident that they have in the neigh
borhood of 40 out of the 80 proverbs
correct, and believe-that such show
ing entities them to a place among the
prize winners. No one of the fifty
nine winners had less than AZ out or
the so proverbs correct. That this may
be made absolutely clear it has been
decided to publish the exact standing
of the flfty-nine contestants who won
prizes. There are four groups OF these
prize winners. The first group in
cludes the winners of the first and sec
ond prizes who answered 46 of the
proyerb pictures correctly. The second
group includes those who answered 40
correctly: the third those who got A OF
the proverbs right, and the fourth those
who guessed right 40 times. Confess
tants guessing less than 43 of the pro-
verb pictures are not included in the
list of the prize winners. The full list
of the winners and their relative stand
ing is published below
Some Contestants Letters.
Most of those who lodge complaints
against the promoters oi the proverb
contest and the judges have answered
themselves. Their letters are not worthy
of space in any serious review of the
contest for any serious purpose. We
have decided to publish characteristic
extracts of few of them that those
who conscientiously learned the condi-
tions of the contest and sought place
among the prize winners may see how
readily such letters may be -passed
over. Without exception, by the way,
these letters are anonymous. One such
l.. .lxtr,, . i,,er t,1.
gins:
Just word from a disgusted
proverb hunter. The whole affair was
prearranged, cut and dried. in spite Of
the able judges who were obliged to
pull their caps over their eyes in work
ing final decisions. The contest was
rotten and the public ought to wake
up to the fact f3ooklovers contestants
beware of repetition OF unfairness."
This person, like others of other ilk,
nodestly refrains from signing her
communication, eontenting herself with
the appellation Disguised"
Another letter signed 'Proverb
Solver" was typewriter. 1t began:
1--WE cannot help making remarks
concerning problem solvers issued in
tonight's paper. 1t is strange that all
well-known persons were winners. The
poor had no share. We are going to
give your last puzzle problems chance
and watch the results. The first con-
test you had some time ago we entered.
We had great number correct and,
like this time. no results. Why?"
It is unnecessary to point out that
the proverb contest was not undertaken
for charitable purposes.