The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
THEATRE CONTEST
IS WON BY MRS.
TOMPK
Best Set Of Answers to Series
of Questions
MRS. DAVIS GETS SECOND
Announcement of the Prizes In "The
Old Homestead" Competition
Play Tomorrow Evening

"The Old Homestead" theatre tick
ct contest for free seats at the opera
house Tuesday evening closed Satur-
day night at o'clock. Twenty rec
tickets we're offered for the best set of
answers to the following Sc: of ques-
tons.
/. Why is Denman Thompson's
THE Old Homestead" Americas great.
est play?
q Why do thousands see 1t year af-
ter year?
g. Why is The Evening Banner
your favorite newspaper?
4. Why is The Evening Banner the
best advertising medium in Vermont?
Fifty-fve sets of answers were re-
ceived and the work of looking them
over and picking out the best proved a
considerable task. Seven prizes were
offered. The first prize is box at
the opera house tomorrow night With
six seats. The second prize is four
seats for the performance. The other
five prizes were two seats each for the
next FIVE best sets of answers. The
winners of the prizes are as follows:
First prize Of box with six seats.
Mrs. V. l.. Tompkins Of North Ben
nington
Second prize of four free seats, Mrs.
George E. Davis of r. F. d. No. l.
Five prizes of two seats each: B. r.
Madigan, 1893 School ST., Addie McEc-
ron, 1O5 Bradford place; Miss Mar
garet Mathers, Booth Terrace; M. G.
Russell, Box 1872, Bennington; Albert
Elicit, Bennington.
Mrs. Tompkins answers to the four
questions are as follows:
% 1t speaks to the heart OF every
one who has known the joys OF home
and loving parents.
(2) II joins pathos to humor in a
sweet, wholesome story Of real life. al
ways well presented by good com
pany.
90 1t is my town paper. contains
local news, good editorials and relia-
BILE news of world events.
(4) 1t has an unusual circulation
for a paper Of its size and nothing but
reliable advertisements are printed.
! thus inSurlng buyers.
Mrs. Davis answers to the same
questions, winning second prize are as
follows:
% II shows rural life as 1t Is in
America and has a good moral.
| (2) The characters are like old
friends and one likes to see them all
again.
90 Because it gives us our town.
state and world news in truthful and
condensed form.
(4) Because it has large circula-
ton among prosperous people who be-
lieve in the patronage Of home mer-
chants.
Some OF the very best answers to
single questions won no prize for the
reason that while one answer was first
class, the answers to the other three
questions did not average up. For
instance one of the very best answers
TO the first question was that by Miss
Dorothy Jones of Park street, whose
reply to this question was Because II
is a play Of every day life and deals
with ordinary people" Miss Jones
however, failed in her other three an
swers.
The most apt answer to the fourth
question was given by Peter Belrose of
Jefferson avenue, who said that The
Banner is the best advertising medium
in Vermont because 1t circplates In
the best town in Vermont" Had his
other answers been equally good he
would have been winner.
or the answers to the third ques-
ton. Why is The Banner your favorite
newspaper? the editor of The Banner
esteems most highly the answer given
by Miss Margaret Mathers who said:
Because II is free from Islander and
exaggeration and prints both sides OF
public questions" The Banner takes
pride in the fact that while II Is a
small country newspaper Of limited op-
portunity and limited space, II prints
as far as possible. all sides OF all pub
lie and political questions.
One OF the best answers to the second
question is on an unsigned coupon,
because those who see II carry Its
charm to those who do not"
Taken as a whole, the contest has
proved interesting and valuable, and
those who have failed have no reason
to regret, for trying is always the hrst
step toward success IN any enterprise,
and an honest effort always helps him
who makes II.
"The Old Homestead" will be at the
opera house tomorrow night as COM
plete as ever. and with all It's varied
interest, value and charm.