New-York tribune., 1911-03-01
Thousands OF Readers Scanning
Puzzle Pictures in Effort to
Win Share of $4,000.
CAN MAKE ENTRY AMY TIME
Only Necessary to Secure Back
Copies of First Two Proverb
Pictures to Make the
Series Complete.

/ fascinating prONeiD competition. tHe COLI
test manager Is receiving many letters Of
| hearty comment and praise for the at
tractive and instructive features that the
| illustrations provide. Everywhere persons
| have caught the idea quickly. and the con-
| test promises TO cover wide scope of ter
| ritory. In fact. in the last few days the
! demand for copies OF The Tribune has been
so large that it has been difficult to supply
| them promptly.
Every reader who follows the contest Fill
! he doubly repaid in the knowledge he will
| acquire OF these popular and well known
! English proverbs. They are the wise ana
witty sayings OF famous men and women
who lived long ago, and, rs Shakespeare
expressed it, arc like jewels, which
upon the stretched forefnger Of time. will
sparkle forever"
| Then there Is the entertainment and re-
! creation 10 be gained from the studying of
the proverbs. Tho pictures make you think
and concentrate the mind until version
Of the proverb is brought to your memory,
and before you know it, YOU are quoting
the proverb and telling your friends all
about it, Yes. II certainly is interesting.
and once you get started 10 thinking these
proverb puzzles out you will find IL so al
Turing that you will not want to stop.
Tens of thousands have already entered
the competition and are clipping the pict-
| lures and coupons that appear every day.
Some contestants seem TO think that it IS
necessary TO send the picture with the
answer written in the blank underneath it,
but it is not. Only the answers are re-
quired. or course, where contestants de-
lci~ 10 bo r,fa .t.ffb
swers there will be no objection.
II you haven't already entered the con
test YOU should start to-day. Simply begin
by solving to-days picture, then write the
Contest Manager of The Tribune. incios-
ing a Scent stamp. stating that YOU wish
TO enter tho contest, and he will send you
the first two proyerb pictures which APP
peared in Monday and Tuesdays Tribune.
After that all you need TO do is 10 in
struct your neWsdealer TO serve you with a
| Tribune every day from now on until the
close Of the contest. The pictures are Sim
pie and are being drawn so that they VIII
recall these well known proverbs to the
memory Of the reader at a glance.
Some one is going to win big prize and
make money easily, and that some one
might as well he You. There is no reason
why you should not make your brain do
the trick
| There is no manual labor connected with
the contest, no soliciting, no voting, nor
Interference with your regular daily occu-
| patton. You can devote fifteen or twenty
minutes each day to the making out of the
problems. and IL will be time well spent.
The prizes, superb and carefully chosen.
are magnificent. There are more than a
thousand OF these valuable rewards, and
they appeal to every one The first grand
prize is "A magnificent five passenger N,@cc
Jackson touring car fully equipped with
top. lights, windshield and speedometer. IT
was purchased from the Jackson Motor
Company, No. 16o3 Broadway
The second grand prize is one OF the late
Paige Detroit passenger. fore-door
touring ears. Of the very latest production
of automobile manufacture. II is a remark
able car for durability, speed and power.
A car that sells for $lCGQ, and was pur-
chased from the Empire City Automobile
Company. No. 1890 Broadway
Next on the list OF grand prizes comes a
fine Krakauer player-piano. one of those
deep. rich sweet-toned Instruments, of
Krakauer fame and reputation, purchased
from krakauer Brothers, No. II East 14th
street.
The fourth and fifth grand prizes are two
fine Halett &, Davis player pianos. The
fourth prize Is an $500 instrument in mis-
sion style. while the nfth prize is one OF
their popular $50 players in handsome ma
hogany Both of these instruments are of
the finest quality that money and skill can
produce, perfect I'm tone, touch and player
piano simplicity.
The sixth grand prize is a fine 500 Con-
way player piano also in mahogany. and
! l-,markable for its rare musical qualities.
Each Of these three instruments was pur-
chased from the Hallet & Davis Piano
Company, No 5o5 Fifth avenue.
The seventh prize is another high grade
Krakauer piano at $500.
For the eighth grand prize The Tribune
has selected a beautiful massive quartered
oak, hand carved. ten-piece dining room
suite. a perfect beauty and worth $50 II
was purchased from the Brooklyn Furnit-
ure Comcany, No. $50 Fulton street Brook
lyn.
the ninth grand prize is q S22j late model
| kruack motorcycle, strong. speedy and
durable: machine that will give perfect
satisfaction under any and all conditions.
II was purchased from thc New York
Sportinr Goods Company, No. Il Warren
street
Tenth on the list OF grand prizes IS a
high grade Palmer motor boat, that sells
for $3.50, and II will give the winner an
abundance Of pleasure and enjoyment
throughout the summer seasons.
The list ~ grand prizes is further rounded
out by a fine 500 diamond ring, massive
and elegant owen daveno suite in leather,
scholarships, trips. leather dsvenports.
leather rockers, etc. Then there are one
thousand other prizes in ten. six and four
volume sets Of popular fiction and two hun
dred high-grade fountain pens.
The Trihunes Proverb Book, which VIII
contain all of the proverbs TO the sixty
three iliustrs tons 10 nc published, win he
on sale in few days. The price ot
the book ~ the Office Of The Tribune. No.
l4 Nassau street. IL - cents; by mail
cents extra Orders may be sent I'm now
. and they Will receive prompt attention as
quickly as the books are out. In ordering
the book by mail contestants should adj
dress the Contest Manager, The Tribune
New York city
Proverb No il printed to-day, and it is
a good one To begin the contest with, 50
don't wait any longer but start now, while
the competition is young.
AWARDED $4,000; WON'T GET 1T
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