The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-13
WILL ANNOUNCE
AWARDS TOMORROW
SILVER DOLLAR CONTEST OF THE
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
WAS VERY POPULAR.
DELUGE OF ANSWERS
ABLE INGENUITY DIS
PLAYED ny SOME OF THE CON-
TEsTANTs-yIRGIN AID
CAUGHT CROWD.

From every nook and corner OF
the State, to say nothing of Rich
mond, answer TO the interesting "sil-
Yer dollar" contest of the American
National bank, inaugurated week
or more ago, have poured in. Miss
Madge Montgomery, advertising man
nger of the bank, In whose fertile
brain the idea was evolved, said yes
terday; Il am literally swamped with
answers every mali has brought us
deluge. and so many % them are
correct that the proper award of the
prizes would puzzle a Philadelphia
lawyer. We shall probably have to
give several frst prizes because OF
| the distinctive merit and originality
oispla by many of the conte ~Ahts.
The task has been greater than / an
ticipated, and it Will not be possible
| TO announce the names of the prIze-
winners until Thursday morning, The
| prize winning answers will be display
| cd in the LOBBY of the bank Thurs
/ day"
/ A Display of Ingenuity.
! And many of them are worthy OF
exhab bit because Of the ingenuity OF
! conception and the taste and skill
| displayed In execution. Mrs. Mary
| h. Taylor, of I'll lstst Leigh street,
] submits an answer IN the shape of
scenic effect, showing the miniature
| silver dollars piled against a card
board Autograph reproduction of the
/ bank building; a pile of the minia-
| ture dollars and another, the h8ure
! Of man treading the miniature
| dollars placed edge to edge. Win
each illustration is the answer to the
question. c. Ralph Ludwig, of 1921
last Main street. submits his an
swers In the shape of original pen
and ink sketches in panel form sus-
pended by ribbons. The sketches,
which show interesting comparisons
arc splendidly done, and proclaim
! the fact that If Mr.. Ludwig Is not
an artist he has missed his calling
Virginia Lee Crump, c. -iI0 NJ street.
submits an answer that ranks along
d side of Mr.. Ludwig's, so far us arts
tic work goes. Miss Crump's sketches
are on a smaller scale, and are used
as paragraphs on the note paper on
winch the answers are submitted, out
are really interesting. For instance.
the capital of the American National
bank, If il were piled in silver dol
lars. one upon another, would make
fifty-three piles as high as the sky
scraper In UhicA the bank makes It's
home, and there would be still $780,
left over Placed edge to edge, the
same silver dollars would make an
unbroken path 439 yards beyond Pc
tersburg If the pedestrian started from
Richmond.
Where The yirginian Leads.
Miss Montgomery stated yesterday
that a majority OF the answers II
the contest, which has been adyer
tised in ali the Richmond papers
were inspired by the advertisement
in The Nirginian.
The most attractive answer from
out Of town came from Mrs. AnnS
L. TuHoh, of Millboro. in the shap'
of an oval hanger with a border o.
dollars with the questions and an
swers attractively arranged in th'
center Unfortunately, Mrs. Tullof
/, / made an error in one of her answers
, watch tiisquaiiiies her for prize
Some of the contestants ran Il
poetry in their answer, and one o
| these efforts--the production of Mis-
Mary e. Rogers, of Sussex county, Il
deemed worthy of reproduction Hers
| Ii ia;
An Answer in Verse.
Because I'd like a bank account.
ri try in the silver Dollar" contes
To win the highest prize.
The weight of the capital stoc
would be,
If heaped In a silvery mound
One million strong, on "A trusty scal'
Just sixty thousand pounds
The height of the capital stoc
would be.
If piled one million high,
Eight thousand, four hundred forty on
And eight inches toward the sky
And If piled the height of the ban
How many piles would there be?
sixth piles.
/ AS any one can see.
And when we place 1t edge to edg
In long and silvery line,
Twen,,- +'+~re End eighty nine one
thirty-second miles
1t wou4a r.acn and glitter and shin
And If placed on surface broad an
How many square yards would
|, cover
One thousand seven hundred an
II thirty-s.x
/ And just one square foot over.
And the real meaning of capital stoc
or the American Ma 'ional Bank
Is security and service OF highest ordt
! For which we all give thanks
And the paper THE Richmond VII
ginian,"
; Is the best In the State and the cit,
) For il Is accurate. fair and clean,
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