The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-30
State Journal VIII Award Win
ners of Essay Contest.
Two Boxes at Grand First and
Second Prizes.
THEME: CITY and COUNTRY
Papers Must Not Contain More
Than 200 Words.
Boxes at Clyde Fitch's Greatest
Play, ~The City,"

Two entire boxes with six chairs
| each at the Grand opera house will
be given away by the State Journal to
the writer of the best two essays on
1.-The City, and 1.-The Country" One
| box as first prize and another as sec
ond. The boxes will be good for the
evening of December IL, when Clyde
F'itch's greatest and last play, 1.-The
City," will be played in Topeka.
Anyone can enter tSis contest. 1t
is open to men, women and children.
No conditions or restrictions. The
winners will be given the boxes. They
can use the chairs for their friends or
family-it makes no difference.
The essays must be combination
affair. That is, the writer must sub
nit two essays, one on the city and
the other on the country. The
themes must not contain more than
200 words. A person can write 100
words in each essay or $50 in one and
so in the other. Just so not more
than 200 words are used on the dou-
BILE subject.
Address your manuscripts to the
Essay Editor" State Journal office,
Topeka. The papers must be in this
office before 10 o'clock Monday
morning, December 8. The winners
will be announced shortly after that.
In all probability number of the
best papers will be printed. Send
your manuscript, typewriter If pos
sible, plainly written at least, accom-
The editor of the State Journal will
read them and select the first and
second best.
Here Is a Sample Essay.
Just to give you an idea of the kind
of a paper wanted, here is type:
1.-The Countrywide place where the
real, big, blissful moments of freedom
are drunk into the very soul-where
they live-really live, in the clean, wide,
free sweep of an unbounded horizon
and breathe untainted air, limitless as
the sky itself. 1t stimulates, builds
bone, sinew and muscle. Nature put
this tonic in the country for you
..sunshine''- "rain"-"the smell of the
earth''-"the spices of the pine''-''the
odors of the hemlock.'' Take it! it's
yours.
1.-THE City''-SeIfishnes itself-every-
one for himself and the devil for US all
"a few miles from the country-a
cramped, little spot, where you breathe
tainted air, burdened with fears, Bit
terness, trials, sorrows and disappoint-
ments, all ground into the walls around
you, stamped into the floor you walk
on. The city turns ambition into sell
fish greed. No matter what you get.
YOU want more. And when. you've got
more-and God knows at whate price,
cts not enough" You stiIl want more.
The fastness of life makes temptation
sought after You lie to yourself, even
to God, to gain that which is required
to keep up with your neighbors- Cheat
ing. lying, stealing almost becomes a
pleasure, because all you want of the
city is what you can get out of it. |
Every walk of life in the city is a
Marathon, but the goal is not station |
ary It's like the horizon, mo man
can reach it" -.
The contestants may favor the city |
and knock the country in contrast |
or vice versa. If they are versatile |
they may favor both and win the
prizes The contest is open to all
long, short, lean, fat. old, young. male |
or female.
But remember these simple rules:
% Not more than 200 words.
(2) Send address with themes.
90 Write a double" essay, one on
"City'' and one on Country"
"a Have them in State Journal Office /
before Monday morning at 10 o'clock, |
December q.
90 Write plainly, typewriter if posi- |
BILE.
Co Favor, city, country or both.