Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-13
AN ANSWER TO
PROVERB-HUNTERS
Who Object to Our Published
List of Correct
Answers.

Since the publication in the Evening
answers to the sixty proverb pictures
that formed the basis of our recent
most successful contest, several per-
sons have written us and found cause
upon which to base objections. Some
claim unfairness; others a vagueness
in some of the pictures when viewed
in conjunction with the answers
thereto.
In fairness to all we publish these
letters here in full and our answers
thereto:
Proverb Editor:
have before me the list of answers
to the proverb pictures in your re-
cent contest, and desire to say that I
want to admit candidly that I missed
a large number of pictures; in fact,
1 missed about the same number that
] ordinarily do in 500 pictures by
other newspapers, and must admit my
inability to see how the answers pub
lished apply to the pictures.
In other words, if | was submitting
my answers today, / would not give
the answers that you have published,
and | am quite positive that there
are SOIllS Cotot5 Wh0lO yOu lidft 1lDl
received the correct answers from
anyone participating in the contest.
/ expect to go in the next COM
petition of your paper. / am not writ
ing this letter in any spirit of COM
plant, but simply as a matter of en-
lightenment l would ask you to tell
me how pictures Nos. 80, 46 and AZ in
dictated in any way that the answers
were such as you published as being
| - he
pictures like Nos. az and Sc that were
hard to understand.
If you will kindly give this letter
| some consideration L am sure that
! you will satisfy hundreds and hun
| dreds of contestants in this city who
have repeatedly been in Star contests,
have devoted many hours of intelli-
gent effort, and are yet unable to
secure what you term the obvious
answers. Yours very truly, c. G.
Proverb Editor:
Judging from the courteous consid-
Grafton your paper has given in the
past to letters of criticism. ETC., re-
ceived. I am writing as follows, hop
ing this letter will receive similar
consideration.
Regarding the list of correct an
swers published in the Star of Feb
ruary g. wish to call your attention
to the following:
No. 90. cover shoes, over boots. -
| This picture does not show the snow
either over the well-dressed mans
boots or the poor mans shoes. On
| the contrary, were the snow over the
poor mans shoes we wouldn't be able
to have known that they We're poor
shoes.
No. At, According to your purse
govern your mouth" There is abso.
lutely nothing in this picture to show
that these two rubes'' are either
contemplating buying or saying any
| thing. How are we to judge the pic
lures If the answers are absolutely
unsuitable to what the pictures con-
vey?
No so, Nothing is impossible to G
willing mind" Where is the sense II
this? The man says, John, I want t.
put a thirty-story office building OF
this plot" Because he wants to, doe!
not mean he can do this. l want II
own the Standard Oil Company, bu
that doesn't mean because / am will
ing to own it that I can. This an
swer is utterly unsuitable.
No. 46, "a constant guest is nevei
| welcome" Would you consider a beg
| gar guest? This Is absurd.
Heretofore in all your contests tn
answers have in almost every par
ticular been just and fitted the pic
ture, but l certainly do not conside
that the above are either just an
swers or fit the pictures. Very trul.
yours, e. CLARK.
[ P. S.-Had we been allowed as man,
answers as the new ttntest IS allow
'ing-200-we would have stood NOR