New-York tribune., 1911-03-03

An army Of school children has entered
~ Tribune great Proyerb Contest, anu
,,o,r keen young minds viii henceforth he
Di,ted against those OF tacir elders m the
-s-s for The $1,000 Ia prizes offered for the
so,rtion Of the slxtv-threc picture proverbs.
Although the contest has only been m
prosress since Monday. February p, II did
not AXE the children LONG % ind err that
here was an opportunity. or rataer one
thousand opportunities. for them 10 garner
,hei~ share OF the prizes offered The
,-ovsrbs have been so sci 2cted that they
will afford those puzzling them our unlim-
i,es chances for finding ont many subjects
~ which they have heretofore been m
ignorance.
Parents and school teachers should ind
,-.so Assv matter 20 interest the little
,sopie especially az there IS no rule which
rrobioits child from receiving all the
rAlp he or she wants IN solving the prob
ems vvhar could be a more pleasant oc-
c,oation taan an evening a home exereis-
ipz The brain over the interesting pictures
with al The family 70 assist You
Nanv OF the school children IN this city
srd IN nearby towns have started 70
work with vengeance TO solve the sixty
trres proverbs correctly and they possess
one great advantage over their elders IN
ths contest m that they have the trained
minds OF their teachers 10 help them.
When combination of young. fresh
mind and a trained perceptve one gets TO
working over the problems IL can easily be
seen that it win take q very dificult prob
lem % eer the better Of them
Aside from being a fascinating game In
itself even we're there no other reward
than the satisfaction Of sowing the prov
erbs every child should bear IL IN mind
that the prizes offered are such as have
never been put up before ir a similar con-
Test Think Of owning a high grade auto
mobile. the market price OF which is s., 900
or Of having a beautiful PLAYER piano IN the
drawing room Of your home. Then. 700,
-he-e are 80 many other prizes waiting for
owners that 10 seems thar almost every
one VINO puts real CONSCIENTIOUS effort into
bis work VIII come within siriking distance
~ least OF prize. II ycu succeed in an
svsrng the greatest number Of proverbs
10 the contest. even though you 90 not
ind the answer % all Of the siXty-three
you will stand az the TOP # the list and he
entitled 70 claim the handsome automobile
which goes 20 the winner
Il was hardly thought when this contest
was srst started that such a dcluge OF
queries a5eut the conditions OF the contest
would pour into The Tribune office. II has
leen found necessary 90 enlist the aid OF
half dozen more clerks 10 attend 10 the
mass OF mail which is dumped every hour
-nto the contest editors room. Every town
city and hamlet within a radius OF FIVE
hundred miles OF New York City where
Tribune readers are living IS beginning
20 wake Up 10 the vast possibilities iyirs
before it Thousands o. orders Tor extra
copies of The Tribune are being received
every day. giving convincing proof that this
contest IS one of The most popular and
attractive ever conducted by a newspaDer.
Newsdealers from every quarter are be-
ginliug 20 md that they need more copies
Of TIE Tribune on their stands and there
fore they have begun 10 send IN frequent
appeals 10 replenish their stock.
Those W no al first think that the proverbs
ere und1lv difhcult 70 solve and are almost