The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
TWO S10O zA|V.
AD PRIZES
DUE
"How long has this been going

on?"
ners in The Times Zain AID Test
wanted to know today after receiv-
| ing q handsome prize for writing an
ad about diamonds.
'Easy3 I'll say it Is" said an
other. 1T took me about 10 min
uutes to write an ad that won me
q prize that I'll be talking about
for years
a pen or pencil, a little thought, an
envelope, your signature and the
1 trick is turned.
Today's big news in the ad test
is that the judges are busy reading
! the ads submitted for the third and
fourth period Of the test. This
means for the third and fourth
weeks.
Because two weeks were punched,
II doesn't mean there will be only
one set of prizes. There will be two
sets Of prizes-two 500 checks and
/ $50 prizes.
- some May Go Over
The next period win end next
/ wednesday night at midnight. il
vour ad or ads were late last night
| IN getting into this weeks Judging,
thew will be credited on the fifth
period which began today.
\ The Judges decision will be an
nounced in next Sundays Washing
1 ton Herald and in Mondays Wash
And say-won't 1t be great TO-
show your friends and other mem.
hers Of the family your check or
/ other prize or prizes that YOU VIM
The test has four more weeks TO
% 1t ID not too late to set IT
now. Send as many ads on each
! firm as you want.
There are 80 firms participa ting
| IN the test. Clip the list out OF TINS
| edition of The Times and carry
| around with you. At the most IN
| expected moment some motto Win
come good slogan or phrase may
pop up in your mind. a II aoes'
.,ri+e Il down and win prize.
saw wouldn't It give you thrill
Far one of the big business houses
IN thls contest to call YOU on the
nhone and ask IL you would accept
1 big paying job writing their aus!
That's what can happen, you know.
Read the rules and regulations
several times, You might overlook
some important angle Of the test
- INST reading them and then
Going 10 work. Make sure you uIl-
derstand them from start to finish
and then 20 ahead with your az
writing and prize-winning.
Professionals Not I'm lt
You have no competition from
professionals, because newspaper
men and regular ad writer's are
haired. Others competing for these
prizes are just like yourself. they
are housewives. Government clerks,
department store clerks, taxi drivers,
street railway employees, school boys
and girls and just plain folks.
Yol1r friends and neighbors are I
winning these prizes and collecting
the cash money each week. They
are no better ad writer's than you
are.
prize of S1.O0U for the hest ad sub.
r1itted during the campaign. The
"A which wins the 500 prize or q
smaller prize may win the grand
prize Of 81, 900 and 81 900 Will so
q. long way toward giving you the
first real vacation you have had in
wears or it win pay off p lot OF
debts you have worried a lot about.
Since you have submitted ads for
the period ending last night. don T
stop and see IL You win the prizes,
hut get busy and start writing ads
FOR the next period OF the test.
write as many as you caEl--the
law OF average is certain to mako
you win one or more prizes. You
are bound to hit the mark IL YOU
shoot often enough.
Get the whole family at york.
Make game and play it every
night In the home. Give a prize
to the boy or girl In the home who
thinks up the snappiest slogan or
motto. Start the game tonight.