New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
BIG PROVERB CONTEST
OFFERS CHANCE TO ALL
In Addition to Valuable Rewards
Contestants Acquire Liberal
Education in Proverbs.
FEB. 27 THE OPENING DAY
Prizes Approximating Sl3,oOo
Comprise Two Automobiles,
Four Player Pianos and
Many Valuable Articles.

The srea. provero contest 70 be con-
Quoted By The New-York Tribune for the
entertainment and proht Of its thousands
OF readers possesses qualities which make
II 2 leader among newspaper enterprises
OF the kind The prizes offered 70 the
fortunate a. / persistent contestants ap-
proIimate more than $1,000 IN value. ana
there Will be enough Of them 20 make "
almost certain that earnest. painsta king
effort will not 90 unrewardec
IN addition 20 the long list OF grand
awards. which are announced to-day on
another page OF The Tribune there rtll
be one thousand other prizes for the rortu-
nate contestants who stand next IN Inc
for them.
The Tribune has planned 70 furnish n
interesting and fascinating game. certain
20 attract as regular daily players many
thousands Of persons everywhere There
Is that element in the CO est which places
the bright school boy or girl on an equal
footing with persons Of higher education
English proverbs are common property.
and no one has an option on them lhey
are part Of the vernacular that supple
n1ents daily conversation, II IN az the
right moment and round out an argument
in the most forceful manner. man with
a. masters degree might even labor under
a handicsp p in a contest Of this nature in
thst he NAV have forgotten these well
known and popular bits Of every day ais
dom in reaching after his own favorites-
The proposition IS thus narrowed down
TO q question Of comparative ability, clever
wit and common sense-iudemen. In cor
rectly applying what nearly everybody
knows The rewards ufll be presented 70
the winners Of the contest who stand In
line for them according 70 the rules. ire
speciive Of age. seX or place o. residence.
The man or woman, hoT or girl who
solves the proverb puzzles will have an
equal chance 20 win the first grand re-
ward 5D-horsepover Jackson touring car.
fully equipped With top, lights. windshield
and speedomet-r--a car that cells regularly
for 81 An
The second grand reward Is : fore-door
Paige-Detroit touring car. one of the lat
est and most efficient foyr-ps ssenger cars
on the market and valued al ;l.fp
The other big rewards which ara 70 30
to those who are declared third, fourth,
fifth. sixth seventh, etc. are all Of high
value Among these rewards are four
grand piayerpisnos. ranging in prices from
SIS down 70 500 Then there is piano 81
500: massive qusrtered osh and beauti-
fully hand carved. tsn-piece suite ot dinins s
room furniture, costing $50: diamond rims
at 500, motor boat At S0H, three-piece
leather Daveno suite. motorcycle leather
rockers. trips abroad. and many other val
liable articles.
II is hardly necessary 20 point out the
basis for the assurance which II felt ma
every reader of The Tribune VIII recon-,
4 competitor IN this intereSuns ahp ': ,'ss i's
governing the competition VIII appeal II
fo.morrow's Tribune, and those VINO are ~
attempt in earnest - win some OF w
snlendid rewards should take no cNsh'e'
.bou, getting The Tribune regularly, on
should order IL served to them each "a!
from their newsdea Ter.
Read the announcement on Page ot 10
days Tribune and don't forget 10 orHe'
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