New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
PROvERB CONTESTANTS
INCREASING HOURLY
Great Battle of Wits for the
$4,000 in Prizes Enters
Upon Its Third Week.
GET BACK PICTURES NOW
NJ, Yet Too Late to Join Army
of Puzzle Workers-Proverb
Books Valuable Aid in
Correct Wording.

usvs YOU felt the mysterious vibration
4, ,ns air this morning? The intangible
.s-ohhinr. hun1r1ing sound that strikes on
A.. s,hcorscious ear? Wen. his unheard-
:. condition Of affairs is caused by the in
s,s.r,ous working of many thousands Of
.-.,,s each one Of which is striving 70
eat, one of the coveted prizes in The Trib-
ur.,s great Proverb Contest. Is your brain
.veuing this symphony of rulsating vibra-
,o, and intangible sound? Remember, you
-, start in the struggle at any time be-
o.. g. ends. and only fifteen of the entire
,,v,v.three proverb pictures have yet ap-
reared
The contest enters upon its third week
,o.6.v and the number Of participants IS
s-,wing every hour OF the day. II would
s.a safe wager thai before tho end Of this
,.ek the number Of men. women and chill
dren enrolled in the great contest will form
.n army OF such magnitude as would easily
ovsll any disturbance that is threatened in
Mexico 7, IS not too much 10 say that II
.vsrv contestant in Tho Tribunes great
game OF brains were TO take his or her po-
stion every hundred yards apart along the
entire Mexican border they would extend
" an unbroken line from ;he Gulf Of Mex
,co 70 the broad Pacific.
~ Widespread has become the sway Of
-
,lesrv hamlets in the centres Of teeming
cities and I'm the hucolic quiet Of the SOM
rolert country places. that almost every
where can 10 heard the query. Are YOU en-
tered IN The Tribune's great Proverb Con-
,ss,7" You surely must have been asked
This leading question or have perhaps given
u,teranca 20 the words yourself. II Won
have rot vet enrolled I'm The Trihunes
s-rv ~ brain workers YOU will eventually.
rAv. there are who viii he able 70 escape
,be lure Of The $1,000 in prizes which are
the goal toward which every person en-
tered has SCI his ambition
The frst thing YOU must do who have
ro. vet become PLAYER in this fascinating
fruitful game Is 70 send or call for the first
fourteen Troverb pictures which have al
rsadv appeared. The pictures can he had
2, me Tribune's main Office No 154 Mas
sau street al one cent each for the daily
END Hge cents each for the weekly issues
II YOU want them sent through the mails
4 will require two cents extra for postage
You NAY send the money in the form Of
stamps
An anrarentlv unlimited supply Of The
rrlBunes proverh books is now on hand.
These are necessary in solving the prov
trbs and irsurinE the correct spelling and
su-ctuoton. and they may he had at The
tribune Office for . cents each or by mail
for e0 cents If the books do not reach
Won by the mail in which you expect them.
t'tase remember that a force Of expert
tl.-ks IS working night and day 20 satisfy
the demand. and that everybody who de-
slrss ore viii eventually receive his copy
ever If 1-r~ie sam does rebel az the burden
a. ds'yerin- them.
TIE contest manager has received a few
requests from the puzzle workers entered
IN the contest 20 change the rules in some
rssrsrts Every such communication gets
due consideration. as it Is the object Of The
Tribune % run the contest on as fair and
Unbiased 2 basis as is possible Of course,
where there are So many thousands of per
sons al struggling for the same thing. there
are bound 90 re many different opinions rs
70 Just now the thing should he managed.
Nothing will h- done that has not received
tre persona judgment and attention Of the
contest MANAGE and the experts allied
with him in promoting this great struggle
of wits
IN tho mean time the automobiles. the
motor boat. the motorcycle. the PLAYER
piano. the books and all the other prizes
that are gong % some OF the fortunate
entrants in the contest are resting quietly
IN their respective showroorns. awaiting the
touch of the hand that VIII spur them into
life. Get yo-r wits IN working order and
b. e winner