Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-13

chance. Some of your pictures in the
Proverb Contest had as many as ten
answers which would fit them. Why
could we not have had 200 also?
Proverb Editor:
Just a word of praise" for the
gentleman who suggested the pictures
to represent these two proverbs in
your contest just closed, Nos. so and
5S. Can you imagine where he got
his ideas from? No. so represents
two men in conversation regarding a
building to be erected on a vacant
plot; the owner desires a thirty-story
building erected; the builder does not
say whether this project is possible
or not, yet the answer published as
being correct reads, Nothing is i'm
possible to a willing mind" Can you
see the semblance between the pic
ture and answer? / am sure it must
be obvious to you, as well as others,
that the answer Is ridiculous. Your
proverb book contains a proverb
which reads "a house built by the
wayside is either too high or too low"
Surely this proverb answers the pic
ture better than the one selected The
answer to No. So deserves just as
much criticism as No. so.
Contestants do not expect pictures
tildl are easily SOlNeQ, In6X do
expect sensible answers
Your opinion on this matter, printed
in the Evening Star, will be appre-
eiated. A CONTESTANT.
Proverb Editor:
Reading your, answers Nos. AZ, A,
46, 40 and so, published in the Star,
would say that according to pictures
printed to represent said proverbs, are
very much wrong. No. 40 Did John
Gilpin hire the horse that carried him
away? Also had he ridden before?
No. AZ: The man pictured is not
living on air. No. A: Faded flowers
do not bend or crush their stems. No.
As: A constant beggar is surely not
guest, or do you think Chief Long
would be interested in a guest of
household? No. 40: Two young ladies
pictured are very busy with what APP
pears to be lemons; therefore,
Sweets to the sweet" is not appro-
PIRATE, No. so: Could q willing mind
build a thirty -story building on a
river, bay or lake?
AS you advertised this contest to be
strictly fair and honest. / do not think
you are keeping your promise. I my
self am not a contestant, but / will
take it upon myself to publish any
unfairness that l may find. Very
truly yours,
Our answer to the above follows:
We announced this to be a contest
of wit, brain and ingenuity. If we
made the picture apparent you would
all be first-prize winners. We think
(and so notified you many times dur
ing the contest) that to gain 1000 in
cash is worth consistent and con-
scientious effort, and that those who
used their brain, their wit and in
genuity to the best advantage would
win.
Again, If some of the pictures seem
vague to you and not to the point,
when considered with the proverbs
they are made to represent, they
seem vague to all. If some are hard
to one they are hard to ALL 1t is as
fair for one as for another. Remem-
Der, also, that to win the big prize
it was not stipulated that all prov
CRIBS should be answered correctly.
but that the one who answered the
greatest number correctly would be
+he winner.
BY reference to our daily announce
ments of the results of the eXamina-
ton of the answers submitted you
can see that, thus far. the highest
number of correct answers in any one
set is fifty-four, or six incorrect.