Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-04
FIRST PICTURE TOMORROW
Bees Booklovers' Contest to Be In
augurated in Morning.
GAME TO INTEREST EVERYBODY
NO Restrictions on COntestsnta IN
way Of Money or subscriptions,
and All People WIN Have
Equal Chance.

You have heard about II by this time
some OF your friends have told YOU Of T.
II is going to start tomorrow morning I'm
The Bee. Everybody is talking about The
Bees Booklovers' contest and everybody
is interested in 1t. Prizes-more than s.. 600
worth-are going 20 be given away free
to the enterprising people who simply
name the titles to books that will be rep
resented in pictures which WIN appear
daily in The Bee.
The wonderfully interesting game starts
tomorrow, too, and all win be looking for
the first picture. with this illustration
will be published complete rules govern
ing the contest. II you do not understand
what the great game is now, read The
Bee tomorrow morning.
The best feature Of this Booklovers' com
petition is that II is game which all can
play-and It costs not a cent No sub
scriptions, no money-and, indeed, nothing
hut industry and common intelligence are
required to make you eligible for this ex.
citing and entertaining contest.
For seventy-five days, beginning tomor-
row, 1t will run. During that time seventy
five pictures. representing titles OF books,
will appear in The Bee. One will be pub
will appear a coupon with blank spaces for
filling in with the title Of book. n4rne
Of author and name and address Of con-
testant
Coupons Must he TOEetheP.
All coupons and all pictures must be
kept together and not mailed to the
contest editor until all Illustrations have
appeared in The Bee. Coupons will not be
accepted before the contest closes.
If you do not feel sure of one answer
to picture you may add four, making
in all five, answers to each picture. No
more than five answers, however. will be
accepted. Incorrect answers will not
count against contestants IL the correct
answer is given
Each picture represents only one title
TO a book. The title Of each picture will
be deposited I'm a local bank, with a copy
Of the picture, before illustration appears
In The Bee. For example: The title of
the picture which will be printed in The
Bee tomorrow viii be deposited in a
sealed envelope and placed in a local bank
today.
All titles Will be kept in the bank and
none will be taken out until the contest
board Is ready to award prizes The only
person who will know the title Of the
books will be the contest editor He Will
suggest drawings to the artist, but this
man Will not know what the picture repre-
sents.
By this arrangement the wonderfully
interesting game is made a fair one for
everybody. No single person has any ad-
vantage. Employees of The Bee are not
eligible for the competition, but all other
people living in the following territory may
take part: Nebraska wyoming, that por-
ton Of Iowa west Of but not including Des
Moines, and that section Of South Dakota
known as the Black Hills district
Some Pictures May PuHEIe.
Naturally some OF the pictures will be
puzzlers and some more or less obvious
But, II there are. pictures which do not
suggest titles that are plain to you there
is no need to be in a hurry about answering
You may take your time That is the
beauty about this contest; you have plenty
Of time in which to make replies. Prob
ably one Of the hard ones win take several
days for a solution, but you may rest as
sured that no one will get ahead of you
for none Of the answers must be mailed
until all seventy-five pictures have APP
peared.
There are four leading prizes and thirty
five cash prizes. The first prize is a 5000
Apperson Jack Rabbit touring car. II
is model four-thirty with a capacity OF
five passengers. Second prize is a $50
eighty-eight-note Kimball player-piano
Third prize is a $500 lot, 5OxlSO, in Hers
addition, Omaha Fourth prize includes
500 Columbia Regent" grafonola and $50
worth Of latest records. The cash prizes
are five OF so in gold. ten OF IS in gold
and twenty of 81 each
These prizes will be awarded the con-
testants who have the largest number OF
correct answers. II two or more persons
have the same name Of correct answers.
the one who has the neatest bunch-most
plainly written and most best arranged
will be given the first prize.
IL VIII Interest You.
If you enjoy good game; II you played
authors" or any of the other Of those
fascinating contests of childhood YOU will
desire to get into the spirit of the book
lovers sport II is the greatest game of
them all, and II costs nothing to play II
you have children who want to take part
In this contest be sure you get on the
sidelines and root. You will get in shane
10 take your place on the bleaehers and
do your duty this summer when the
Rourkes are struggling for first place The
children may need your assistance. ana
you should give it.
You tell Kane how to play first base or
Gonding how to catch. Remember how
you have yelled: Graham. land her on,
old boy You can do H. Make It take 10
the grove That's the caper, King. old
chap. You Just drive one right between
short and second"
II you are a good coach at the ball game
why will you not be a good assistant IN
this game? Organize your family into a
book lovers club for the season OF 1871,
Here is seventy-five game schedule. The
race is Just ready to start Maybe Won
can pick a pennant winner PLAY the
inside game" for awhile Championships
are said to be won by playing inside
ball" Use your bralns-and play the book
lovers game TO win. Win Il for yourself
or for your family. Think Of all the good
times you could have with one OF those
four leading prizes, or think what fine
supper. or hat, or pair OF shoes you could
buy with one OF those cash gold prizes.
1t surely is delightful to think about this
wonderful game. II is much more delight
fu to play II. Join the book lovers con-
test tomorrow. Remember. II costs Won
nothing, so you cannot lose