Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-24

When the confident contestant was
assured that only English problems
would be used and those so pictured
that there would not be "catch" in
the whole fifty. he said:
"I could give you my name and ad-
dress right now for that Jackson auto
mobile" But there are some thousands
of Others already as confident as this
chap as shown by the letters and per-
sonal calls at the office of the Evening
STAR.
Aro1scs Unusual Interest.
Never before were the amateur guess
ers of puzzles in Newark so frankly in
terested in a battle of wits. The real
American, whether he's native or
transplanted, has itch in his bunntt'
to figure out something hard that'll
make his brain work when he doesn't
have ANYTHING else to do with il and
when he can go home and spend
happier night with a picture and
reference book in front of him than he
could spend in any other place in town.
But it is the home-making feature
of the Evening STAR contest that will
appeal to every Newarker. In the first
place, the Evening STAR offers the
splendid Jackson touring car as an ad-
ditional piece of furniture" to the
best guesser in the contest. But even
the prize does not amount to as much
as the abstract fact that for fifty days
the family will gather in the evening
each night to solve those proverbs, that
the kids won't get out on the street,
and won't want to, and that the wife
and the husband and all the other folks
will SPEND THEIR TIME AT HOME
i'm the peasantest distraction that can
occupy whole family's mind.
Splendid Profit Involved.
Then, of course. comes the splendid
profit inolved-honest in profit gained out
of pure fun.
And if the first prize comes your way
it will mean as pretty, as substantial,
as luxurious and as speedy an auto as
fits about New Jersey. And if it's the
second prize it will bring into your
home the $3.50 Lauter Humana Player
\ Which means the handsomest musical
Instrument any discriminating man or
woman could wish to make a part of
home life.
And if your guess is not quite so
goo as the two best others, there's
still the fourth prize of the $3.50 Hallet
pride of a concern that stands well in
the forefront of NewarlS's piano manu-
facture-s.
That it is a home-making contest is
shown by the nature of it's prizes. The
fifth is also splendid piano-the $500
Wissner, and If picking out fifty pro-
verbs will help you to win one, it Is
unnecessary to say more than that
some 500 of the 1est hoE-es in the city
count them as prizes in their parlors
now.
Contest Opens Wednesday.
The contest opens Wednesday. 1t
lasts for fifty days of unmitigated re-
taxation and untrammeled fun; and
even IL you're not proficient at proverbs
Il won't harm you to enter, for if the
champion auto goes to somebody else
look at this other list of prizes with
more to come when the proverb battle
opens in the Evening STAR next
Wednesday afternoon:
Sixth prize, 1925 golden oak, nine
piece dlning-room suite; purchased
from Ludwig Baumann & Co., 1851
Market street.
Seventh prize, $3.50 diamond ring;
purchased from j. Wiss & Sons, 665-667
Broad street.
Eighth prize, $l1O seven-plece bed
room suite; purchased from Christian
Schmidt Furniture Company. 1919
Springfield avenue.
Ninth prize, $100 ladies' or gentle
mans 14-karat gold watch, set in dia
monds; purchased from Frank Holt &
Co., 739 Broad street.
Tenth prize. $50 mahogany buffet.
purchased from Cowperthwait & Van
Horn Co., 1875 Market street.
Eleventh prize. $40 mahogany china
closet; purchased from Cowperthwait &
Van Horn Co., 1875 Market street.
Twelfth prize, furniture from Crown
& Co., 74-76 Market street.
And other valuable prizes will be
added later; also ten $40 gold pieces.
Tonight. Elks' big benefit. Krueger Auditor