Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-26
Great Book Compiled
for Use of Con-
teStantS.
MAY BE PROCURED
FOR NOMINAL SUM
Fifty Prizes TO Be Competed for
May Be Won by Eve
ning's Pastime.

\ proyerb, so the dictionary says. is
q brief sentence expressing some prac-
tical wisdom. JON tue proVerp con.
test" therefore. by this criterion, is a
proverb. for nothing could be more
practical and wise Not only does it
offer to those who enter a great deal
OF pleasure and wholesome enjoyment
but 1t may also be turned to great
profit. That thousands of Evening
Star readers realize this is seen by
the numerous new subscriptions being
daily received at this office and the
flood of orders pouring into the hands
of newsdealers FOR the Evening Ia
The contest will be quite simple
None but the best known and most
familiar proverbs will be represented
in the pictures. In order, however,
TO facilitate the deelpnei ,iel-, o. tie
illustrations and in order to insure
absolute fairness proverb book has
been compiled and published for the
use of the contestants. This book will
contain every rroVerb used in the
contest, and may be procured for II
nominal sum at the main or branch
offices of the Evening star.
Rewards Attract Many.
In newspaper contests, as in all Of
life's competitions. there are lots of
people attracted by the re,,arus or
fered, dazzled by the honors to be
gained, but crippled by the thought
that they are not qualified to win.
This thought is responsible for
myriads of failures in every walk of
life, and the successful person is the
one who tramples it down. STILES It,,
and, freed of its bonds, goes on to
victory.
There is a story OF a spineless char
acter who upon his travels reached a
small creek He was a swimmer and
good jumper. but he said Alas,
this is where my travels end; the
creek is too wide to jump and current
is too strong for me to swim across" "
and he turned back. Presently an
/ other traveller came along. He could
neither swim or jump. But he had
initiative and--nerve, and boldly
plunged inland walked across. The
creek was only a foot deep.
There may be those who will refrain
from entering the Stars Proverb Con-
test, thinking ii too wide or too deep
or too something else. If they had
the character of the second traveller
they would not hesitate, but plunge
into the work and find, like he, that
the going was very easy.
Possibilities of Fun.
The possibilities of fun and enter
tainment in the contest are unlimited
What could be more entertaining than
a ''Proverb Contest Club which met
once a week to pass an enjoyable eve
ming in going over the proverbs that
aDpeared in the Evening Star the
week previous? In parties of this
kind parents will take an active in
terest when they see what instruction
can be gained by the study of the
simple pictures. For social reasons,
too. the parties will gain in popu-
larity.
For the whole family the contest
offers like opportunities OF evening
enjoyment. As every person knows,
IL is with great pleasure and personal
pride that puzzles and riddles are
solved and so will it be with the
proverbs. Once started on a diiilcult
proverb, the whole family Will IN all
probability lose track of the heelng
hours bv their interest in finding the
solution to the picture, Lights VIII
hurn late. and a few weeks after the
contest has been declared open IL WIN
probably be most difficult TO disturb
the head of the family with important
business matters after O'CLOCK.