Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-29
Evening Stars Great
est Contest Will
Begin Tomorrow.
BIG EVENT, ALL RIGHT, TO
GET ON FIRST PAGE TODAY
So Be Sure to Improve This
Fifty-fold Rich op-
portunity.

Any suffragist will tell you that the
pen is mightier even than the Keen
edged sword of oratory. and that, by
the way. is a proverb you should re-
member--it may be represented by
one of the fifty pictures of the con-
test series To resume, the superior
power of the quill and printing press
being recognized, the champions of
the equal voting privilege proposition
have temporarily forsaken the stump
and taken to the strenuous task of
getting out newspaper, superintend-
ing and taking charge of every de-
partment, and that, by the way, re-
minds me.
Managing Editress Mrs. M. j. Rey-
nolds, / have a little story about the
proyerb contest. Can / get first page
on it?"
Decidedly not, the first page is en-
tirely taken up with the"
Yes. but you know this story is
interesting so many that"
"Well. write it. and maybe I'll lift
Experiences Of a First Voter to
make room for it."
WE'LL reader, I've done my best; if
you don't find this story on p. look
on p. 2. It's in the paper somewhere,
and when you get tired of reading
about "the cause" (Which ! hope you
won't--note by female copy reader),
just read about the newest proVerb
contest which starts tomorrow
Have you sent in that subscription
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dealer to reserve copy of the Eve
ming Star for you? If not do so next
time you go out. You really must not
pass up this opportunity to acquire
so much for so little. Remember
there are fifty prlzes--all more than
ordinarily desirable---and II win take
so little on your ptet to wiz one that
you will regret II if you fail to enter.
You know about the particulars.
Here they are briefly again, SO you
will be douby sure:
Beginning tomorrow there will ap-
pear in the Evening Star each day
for fifty consecutive days a picture
representing a simple and well-known
English proverb. The way to win a
prize is to cut out the coupon which
appears with the picture and write
the solution of the proverb upon it
together with your name and address
The first prize will be presented to
the contestant correctly declphering
the largest pumber of pictures.
Here is a partial list of the prizes
the full list will be published shortly:
First Prize-$500 in cash.
Second, Third and Fourth Prizes
$3.50 upright pianos.
Fifth Prize-$250 piece bed
room suite.
Sixth Prize-$225 Columbia talking
machine, including $25 worth of rec
ords.
Seventh Prize-s225 motorcycle.
Eighth Prize-$225 dining-room
suite.
Ninth Prize--$200 Columbia talking
machine.
Tenth Prize--$175 lady's diamond
ring.
Eleventh Prize--$l75 gentleman's
diamond ring.
Twelfth Prize-$15O three-piece ma
hogany parlor suite.
Thirteenth Prize-$l15 dining-room
table and six chairs
Fourteenth Prlze-$lO0 sterling sill
yer tea set.
Fifteenth Prlze-S75 ladY's gold
watch.
Sixteenth Prize-s50 Eastman
kodak.
Seventeenth Prize-S25 sterling sill
yer mesh bag
There are thirty-three other prizes,
varying In value from s25 to S.. It's
the easiest thing in the world to win
one of them, but you must start when
the contest starts, tomorrow, or you
will be unnecessarily handicapped.