New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-13


,.,h PrTe-Gtorge ~. Narhurst. No. 299
Vsncock street. BROOKLYN. S2oO da-
mond ring 40 (.
T,liy street. BROOKLYN. $500 Three
piece pa,eno suite.
The Judges of The Tribune's great
p.ovsrb contest have finished their task.
,c.- twenty weeks Of hard work, they
-, ready to award 1850 prizes. totalling
u.oao in value. TO the successful con-
..sap,s as announced this morning.
The committee which has passed on
81 the entries with painstaking care
,o-sists Of Charles H. Kenaston, vice
,-ssidept and general manager OF the
o'Neill-Adams Company. Frank Pres
s-sy. president Of the Frank Preshrey
conranv. and Charles r. White. Com
missioner Of Taxes. in their work they
have been assisted by The Tribune's
Contest Department. consisting of the
managers and clerical force Of twenty
FIVE
Aud thrss men Ceel that they have
been rewarded for their toll by the wide
interest aroused i'm the contest among
,eople OF an ages aud occupations ia
Nery part Of the country This is well
Illustrated hy a glance at the personnel
. 49, ,.r.,-4 r.ri1, usuIrvc
Who the Leaders Are.
Clifton j.. Davenport. who. as an
rounced above. finds himself this morn
ns the owner Of d Sl.400 automobile. is
an oil broker Of Boston. The winner Of
he second prize. a $1,000 touring car is
Robert II. stevens, Of Brooklyn, a clerk
the Royal Bank of Canada. a woman
ranks third ln the list and is rewarded
sIih PLAYER piano She is Miss Louise
Earney, clerk in the Forbes Litho-
graphing company Of Chelsea, Mass.
Henry J.. Cro,kor. who also receives a
Dkyer piano. ls am cnployc Of Aspinwall
{ Lincoln. Of Boston. These four made
OILY two errors apiece out Of the sixty
three their priority being determined by
tho number Of coupons submitted.
Miss Hazel Viola Wildes is a cashier
"a the grocery house Of O. W. Brown &
Co. Of Jamaica Plain, Mass. Another
'oung woman on the list is Miss Maude
iTaylor. d stcuographcr. The legal pro-
'ession is represented by the winner OF
he seventh rize-Frederick jenkins. Of
his city. Edgar J. Thayor is travelling
salesman.
Ninth among the winners is little
shoo girl only eleven years old. She
Helen Trcacy, Of Newark She is now
entitled 90 ride q motorcycle to and
ron school II her parents object to SO
roSn-Up and masculine a vehicle, she
can easily sell it for 1925, its listed value.
Curtis g. Neyers is also an employe
AspinWau & Lincoln, Of Boston. and
Albert W. Thayer is civil engineer i'm
ne New York state Department Of
highways al Albany. George II. War
asTst is salesman. Miss Elizabeth
Morgan, winner Of the thirteenth grand
i''e is sterographer.
The complete list of prizewinners and
U'r relative standings IS published
further Oh.
Ho" the Contest Was Managed.
The contest began on February -
'hh the publication Of the first proverb
"e'urts. following that, sixty-three pict-
.'% were published on succeeding days,
~ last appearing on April 30 Each Of
asse ~as An illustatlon II a commonly
go English proverb. About none was
mere any trick or catch to deceive the
'oltestsnts.
IRON the very start interest spread 50
epqiy that even the managers were
'prised. Thousand Of newspaper read
~ began to food the department with
.%HeS not only from all parts Of this
71nfy and Canada, but from abroad as
III Many readers in England and
rance took part
o' bF day the department received
evidence Of the intense interest
'Oseo Families took it up As an even
amusement in place of the we'll
"A games Some who confessed that
had no idea ~ winning prize, but
~ II up for the fun OF it, will find
"selYeS among the winners this
hhg IN fact, so numerous were the
"es sent in that when the contest
49,, Hst over 1t became necessary 10 es-
''Ah query department. which has
hard az work ever since.
nus carefully corrected and official
Proyerb answers, all taken from
inDune's book Of English Proverbs.
Ssiected by three persons, each un-
~" 20 the other From day 10 day,
a. uc contest was in progress, one
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