Judge, 1912-04-20 · page 16 of 24
Judge — April 20, 1912 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents the fourth and final installment of Judge magazine's picture puzzle contest, themed around "Well-known American Fish Series." Contestants must identify six American fish species from visual puns or illustrations. Picture #1, revealed as "Sun-fish," demonstrates the format. The contest spans four issues (March 30 through April 20), with 24 total puzzles to solve. Winners are selected based on penmanship and neatness, not just correctness—emphasizing this as a skill-testing exercise rather than pure guessing. Prizes include $20 for first place, plus additional cash and magazine subscriptions. The humor lies in the visual wordplay representing fish names through illustrated scenarios, typical of early 20th-century puzzle entertainment. This was popular recreational content for Judge's readers, blending education with amusement in a contest format designed to drive repeated readership across multiple issues.
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JUDGE’S PICTURE PUZZLE CONTEST. No, 4—Well-known American Fish Series. The Last Series of this Contest. HE six pictures above represent the names of well-known American fish. That you may know how to solve these puzzles the answer for No. 1 is given you. Itis‘‘Sun-fish.’’ A similar set of puzzles has appeared in each of the three previous issues of Jupcr. The above is the fourth and last series of this contest. A Check for Twenty Dollars will be sent to the person sending the cor- rect solutions to the twenty-four puzzles appearing in this, and the three last issues (six in each issue), which in the matter of penmanship, neatness, ete., are considered by the editor to be the most worthy. In addition there will be a second prize of $10, four prizes of $5 each, 5 subscriptions to Jupce, and 10 subscriptions to JupGe’s QUARTERLY, twenty-one prizes in all. All, whether regular readers of Jupce may Send in your or not, compete. answers‘to the four sets of puzzles as soon as possible. Answers received later than May 11th will not be considered. The winners will be announced in the issue of May 25th, but prizes will be awarded shortly after the completion of the contest. The following form of answer is sug- gested, though not required, but the ex- aminations of the answers will be ex- pedited if the blank herewith is used. a This is not a guess- ing contest. There is but one solution to cach picture, this solution chosen by the editor and on file in our office. Address your answers to Puzzle Editor, Judge, JUDGE'S PUZZLE PICTURE CONTEST, APRIL 20 = Street No. . 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. Similar seta of puzzles appeared in the issues of March 30th, April 6th and April 13th. Contestants should send solutions to the four sets together. comicbooks.com