New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
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FRANKLIN Quiz Contest as follows
when a representative Of The Ne"
xo,,, tribune informed me that was
among the lucky first ave prize WIN
ners of the Ben Franklin QUIZ ana 'e
.uasted me TO explain my method OF
solving the photographs 1 might say
,hat q results count for anything
think all win agree that can pick the
tight answer far better than l can ""
how ] did =
ain my case 1t seemed to be q COMM
nation Of hard work and good luck that
nroduced results. In the evening y.
each. cay the Photograph was puoisneu
would 20 through Poo Richaros
Almanack. jotting down every possioie
answer no matter how farfetched
some OF them seemed. Then came the
elimination and the real hard WORK.
Sometimes 1 would have dozen posi-
HE answers twirling around in my
head. each one appearing as good as
The other. but finally they would
straighten themselves out until 1 was
able TO cut the number down to the
maximum Of six or less.
I'm my last analysis Of the picto-
graphs did not look for any ulcks
or subterfuges, but simply chose prov
CRIBS that to my mind most suited the
general idea as expressed in the picto-
eraph. Being one Of the winners l
NAV be prejudiced when say the cor
rect answers as published TO me seem
particularly fair. though in some cases
I sent the full six answers allowed, the
correct ones seem TO be the only prov
CRIBS for which the photographs could
have been drawn. / feel that / nave
been benefited in more than one way IN
the contest. First, Of course, is the
cash prize, which, being currency, can
be converted in any one of thou
sand ways to the advantage OF the
winner; then there are the enjoyable
and interesting hours spent in finding
the correct maxims and the genuine
educational value Of the contest. Sure
". / would never have gone over and
over the quaint, homely and pithy say
ings Of Ben Franklin, many Of them
becoming imbedded in my mind for
ever, had not entered the Quiz"
Mr.. Montgomery EIated.
Charles H. Montgomery, winner Of
the third prize, who is employed in the
Custom House here, had this to say:
U~r;h Co.
number OF years, l watched the previ-
Gus contests conducted by The Tribune
and became interested in the Ben
Franklin Quiz through the activity of
my fellow associates in trying to solve
the pictures which appeared in connec-
ton with these contests. This was my
first venture in a contest of any nature,
and had no idea that would be any
way near the top. Realizing the i'm
mense competition that I would have
to contend with. 1 thought if L was
lucky enough TO win even a dollar l
would be satisfied. 1 do not want to
conceal the fact that l am elated over
my success.
'T want to congratulate The Tribune
on the fair and impartial manner in
which the contest was carried on, and
] want to say that 1 found it a most
entertaining and instructive as well as
remunerative pastime."
Miss Mabel V. Servis won the fourth
prize of $3.50 in cash. In an interview
with Miss Servis it was learned that
she will soon be married. She regards
her success as a happy augury for the
future. Miss Servis said:
"The Tribune should be congratulated
on the manner in which the Ben Frank
lin Quiz Photograph contest was con-
proved most interesting TO me, because
il brought TO my mind so many Of the
wise sayings Of Benjamin Franklin. In
choosing my answers tried to imagine
myself in the artists place, asking
Were 1 to illustrate this proverb would
it ever have suggested this picture to
my mind?' ! want to say that it has
been a great pleasure for me to par
ticipate in this contest"
Surprise for Mrs. Maekey.
The winner of the fifth prize was
Mrs. Walter r. Mackey. She was
very surprised woman when a repre-
sentative of The Tribune called on her
and told her she was one OF the first
: five prize winners in the Ben Franklin
Quiz contest. Her first remark was:
Poor Dicks Almanack was the con-
test of all contests. have always had
great admiration for Benjamin Franz
lin and his sayings, so when The Trib-
une announced it was going to run a
Photograph contest illustrating them
was very much interested.
Il have had some experience in
working out other contests of a similar
nature, though l have never before had
such good fortune. l spent many
pleasant hours studying the pictures
and the Almanack, and even though
had not had the good fortune to be one
of the prize winners, l would still feel
that the time l spent was pleasant and
profitable"
The Ben Franklin Quiz Contest be-
gan on Sunday. March %. with the
publication Of the first of the series OF
fifty photographs. Each was drawn to