The Washington herald., 1912-04-09
bOOKLOVERS ASK
MANY QUESTIONS
Editor in Charge of the
Contest Answers All
Queries.
PUBLIC SHOWS INTEREST

Publication of the first problem in The
Washington Herald BookloveTs' Contest
yesterday gave, ample assurance of the
interest of the public in the unique COM
petition for valuable prizes.
Although The Washington Herald had
published numerous statements of the
rules and regulations of the contest, pros
pective entrants were apparently unwill-
ing TO leave in uncertainty any detail
as to the requiremets. The principal
point on which there was doubt was the
| time at which the solutions OF the pic
lures are TO be submitted to the Book
lover Editor This question the editor
had to answer many times. his response
being that the pictures. with the coupons
attached, must be submitted after the
publication of the sixty-hfth and last
picture.
While It may be seen readily that the
work OF solving the pictures can best be
done IL each problem is solved on the
day it is published, the conditions of the
contest are that the solutions are not
to be submitted until the end OF the
contest, the pictures and coupons. folded
fiat. being then sent 10 the Booklover
Editor.
1t should be remembered that entry
into the Booklovers' Contest can be
made at any time by any one not con-
nected with The Herald through the en-
ployment OF ones self or ones relative.
Questions Are Varied.
The questions asked about the contest
were varied as well as numerous. One
pretty voice asked IL the answer to yes
terday's problem were not such and such
a book by this and that author.
THAT solution is so easy / am afraid
il is not correct" said the pretty voice.
Yet another voice, quite as pretty, de-
clared the picture evidently stood for
quite another book.
OF course. the Booklover Editor could
not give the desired information TO either
questioner. He could only state that none
of the pictures was intended to mislead
the contestants. and that. though the
contest would be stiff one. none Of the
solutions would be so concealed that the
problems could not be worked out.
The BoOklover Editors answers. II put
together. would have sounded very
much like a sermon, and not bad one.
either.
BE dnigent." said the Booklover
Editor. BE patient. be industrious, be
persistent and consistent in your en-
deavors. Exercise those qualities. with
native wit and ingenuity, and you will
win"
He also explained that no special
knowledge of literature or wide read
ing is necessary to success in the Book
lovers Contest.
List Of Prizes.
As for the prizes, the Booklover
Editor referred fnquirers 10 the state
ments made in The Herald every day.
The first of them is a fine Sl.OOO build
ing lot in Randle Highlands. convenient
to car lines. schools, and churches, and
within a short ride OF the heart of
Washington. 1t will be an excellent
foundation for n home for the winner,
or a good investment value.
The second is "Kingsbury" inner
player piano manufactured by the Cable
Piano Company and valued at $50. Percy
s. Foster, of the Percy S. Foster Piano
Company. 1890 G Street Northwest, Sc
Iected it for The Washington Herald. and
the instrument is on exhibition at the
Foster store.
Quite appropriate TO a BookloVers' Con-
test is the third prize, 500 collection OF
books, selected by w. w. Norman man
aGer of BrentanO's at Twelfth and i
Streets Northwest. This library. as Mr..
Norman has chosen it. is admirable. but
tastes differ. and opportunity to make
changes in the list will therefore be
given the winner of this prize.
Eighty cash prizes, in the form of
credits at the Citizens Savings Bank,
1906 New York Avenue Northwest, will
be given as consolation prizes,'' the
value aggregating $50. There will be ter
SO savings accounts; twenty $ savings
accounts, and fifty 81 savings accounts.