The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-22

SIS IN PRIZES.
Second prize .''.-.-..-.--
Ten prizes of a pair of tickets to
the motion picture, Foolish
Who WGpoi were the twelve most "Io DOL
ish Wives that ever lived?
The first one was easy, wasn't It?
ALL of you probably guessed the
identity of the first Foolish Wife, -
whoSe picture was printed yesterday,
without even referring to the list OF
40 famous women.
Well, here's the second one.
It may not be so easy to make out
who this this young woman Is. But
all that's necessary is to study the list
Of foolish Wives" which is printed
on this page, because if you know VIII o
each of them was it will be like
rolling off log to identify the one in
the picture.
It's quite a revelation to learn how
foolish some Of Wives Of the past
were. You'd be surprised
And don't forget one thing: If you
are going to win one of the prizes,
from $40 down. making s45 all told,
it's UP to you to supply a suggestion
for the missing 50th wife. So while
you are looking through those books
to identify the picture Of the Il
'eFoolish Wives" the second of which
appears today. give all the women
you read about the careful once-over,
and pick out candidate for the 5Oth
Foolish Wife"
Read the rules of the contest care
fully, and get aboard at once. Clip
out the picture and coupon carefully,
or else write the name on a separate
piece of paper, together with the
number Of the picture it Is supposed
to describe.
KEEP ALL. THE PICTURES UN-
TIL ALL TWELVE HAVE BEEN
together, with a letter of not more
than so words, containing your sug-
gestion for the 50th Foolish Wife,
You can send in as many sets of
answers as you like, but each set
must be complete.
If you have any questions to ask,
address them to the Contest Editor
of The Times.
Following are the names Of 40
mythology and fiction. One of these
is represented in the accompanying
picture. If you familiarize yourself
with the principal facts in the lives
of the following 40 you will be able
to identify easily the figure in the
illustration.
The fftieth Foolish Wife" is
missing. you will notice. Each con-
testant 1S asked to suggest fftieth
name.
Shakespeare's COMEDY of Errors"
2. Alceste. wife Of Admentus and
daughter of Pelias, who was brought
back from Hades by Hercules.
8. Alamena. wife of the Thebian
general. Amphitryon. and mother OF
Hercules.
A. Anime. sister of zobeide and
wife of fha nm IF al RaSchid
in the Arabian Nights entertain
ment.
s. Amytis. wife of Nebuchadnezzar.
s. Ann Boelyn,. wife of Henry VIII.
Pickwick for breach of promise, in
Dickens "Pickwick Papers,"
8: Candour. Mrs. in sheridan.s
School for Scandal"
9. CausJIbon. Dorothea. in George
E1iot's "Middlenarch."
10. Cleopatra. the Serpent of the
Nile"
II. Clytemnestra. wife of Aga
IL. Copperfeld, Dora, in Dickens
David Copperheld."
1s. Dejanira, wife of Hercules. in
Greek myth oiogy.
IA Desdemona, in Shdkespeare's
"OtheHo.''
Is. Dido. queen Of Carthage. in
VirgiPs "Aeneid."
H. Elsie. in Longfellow's Golden
Legend"
II. Eve, the first woman.
49, Fatima. seventh wife of Blue
beard.
1s. Flanders. Mol. in Defoe's ''Mor
Flanders"
20. Gradgrind. Louisa, in Dickens.
Hard Times"
21. Guinevsre Queen. wife of
King Arthur. in medieval romances-
%. Helen, wife of Menelaus, and
the cause of the Trojan war, in Greek
mythology.
%. Hernione, wife of Cadmus..
daughter Of Mars and Venus, in
Greek mythology.