The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

HOME LIGHTING CONTEST GAINS
 IN ENROLMENT
Birmingham Leads In Its Class In Number Of
 Participants

Birmingham is leading practically every city in its population class in the number of contestants enrolled in the better home lighting contest which be- gan here October l, as part of the in ternational movement sponsored by the electrical industry to conserve eyesight and reduce the menace of defective vision.
 A check made this week by E. R. Wall, vice chairman of the Birmingham better home lighting committee, revealed that nearly half the school children Tn Birmingham over 10 years of age are now enrolled According to MT. Wall, there are 1S,560 school children in Blr- mingham over 10 years of age who are eligible to compete for local and inter national prizes. Practically every one of the original 5000 primers ordered has already been distributed and orders placed for several thousand additional primers which are expected at an early date. Birmingham is leading many cities of much larger population m tne number of contestants out for prize awards, Last reports from Kansas City showed only 5000 enrolled there. Ac- cortling to latest information from the lighting educational committee, Oou Fifth avenue, New York, there are now ever 2.OOO. 900 children in 2,95O towns and cities in the United States and Canada enrolled to date.
 Arrange Displays
 Beginning Tuesday electrical jobbers and retail dealers who are supporting the local movement will arrange attraG- tive displays showing cardboard models of the $15,000 electrical home, whlch IS the first prize in the international con test. A replica of this home Will pc N shown at the New York electrical snow this month at the Grand Central palace. N The forty-four local prizes, donated py the Birmingham better home lighting committee will be on display Deginnlns Tuesday at the following locations
 First prize (girls), $100 wrist watch, T3ombere Jewelry company; first prize II 1hovs1, 111 radio set complete, Clark and Jones Piano company; second prize II Iairls). $50 wardrobe trunk, Blrmlng 4 ham Trunk company; second prize I (boys), $50 bicycle, Wimberly ana N Thomas Hardware company; third-prize II (girls), $25 trayelng bag, BirminghHanm1 Hn1 N Trunk company third prize l6oysl, $So .l travelling bag, Birmingham Trunk fac X tory: fourth prize (girls), choice or Il either hat box or parasol; forth prize 1SoTs, choice of football and helmet, Hnnching bag and platform, court ! tennis outfit, basket ball outfit, Vim I harIv and Thomas Hardware company 1; l f;fth nrize (girls), IS different prizes to \ 1Q winners. choice of beaded bag or 4 I,oudoir lamp; fifth prize (boysl, 1S different prizes to IS winners, choice or roller skates, pearl handled pocket 'Knlle' | football.
 In order to assist contestants Tn cut ting the pictures of lighting fixtures out of the home lighting primers ana
 nostinp. these fixtures in the right po- II sitions in the rooms portrayed m tue nrimers, arrangements have been maae with down town furniture stores 10 show rooms equipped with the fgnt | lighting fixtures. All contestants aLe sI advised by E. R. Wall, vice cna1rman sE of the Birmingham Better Home n!ght- iE ing Committee, to see these e4nIDltionS'
 Reginning Tuesday Oster Brothers Furniture company will present an at tractiye window display at its store, II 10o0 Third avenue, North, showing lighting fixtures appropriate for the dining room. Modern bed room lighting fixtures. of various kinds, will be shown in n bed room exhibit at the Haverty
 Furniture company, 1914 Fourth avenue, AL.
 North, and living room fixtures at tne
 R. B. Broyles Furniture company, ZOZ1 M Second Avenue, North. Hood-McPher-
 son Furniture company at Ensley Will
 oIso arrange a special exhibition in its windows at this store, 1902 Revenue E,
 EnsIev. for the benefit of Ensley con
 testants. The Haverty Furniture com
 many also announces that complete better home lighted bungalow will be
 arranged on the fourth floor of its down town store. aA Principals of Birmingham schools as \ well as local headquarters. Of the cam
 paign have been besieged with requests M for primers, which form the basis on \ which the contest is being conducted
 Each child who signs up for the con
 test must first read the lessons m tne
 primers before starting to w-rk on his
 rontribution. He then visits two of
 his friends homes and marks on table
 in the primer the kind and amount oi
 lighting that he finds there. On the
 same table he does likewise for his own
 home. Next he must cut out pictures
 of lighting pictures of two of the pages E of the primer and place them in what
 he thinks are their proper places on
 pictures of the various rooms of the K house in the primer. The next and last
 thing is to write GOO word essay on
 how to re-light his own home better \ The completed primers and essays arc I submitted to the principals of schools
 where, they are gathered to be turned \ over to the local judges. When the ' local winners have been selected, theil
 essays and primers will be sent on tC ' New York, where the internationa
 judges will review them together witt FVaaf fnr
 States and Canada, and award the frs
 prize of . $15,000 home and ten schol
 arshipsS-