Judge, 1912-05-11 · page 17 of 26
Judge — May 11, 1912 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page announces a four-part puzzle competition in Judge magazine (May 1911). Readers must identify six fruits depicted in cryptic illustrations—picture 1, for example, shows a tall building with a small figure, representing "Plum" (pun: "plumb" = vertical). The contest offers a $20 grand prize for the most neatly-submitted complete solutions across all four sets (24 puzzles total), plus additional monetary prizes and magazine subscriptions. Notably, the contest emphasizes this is "not a guessing contest"—there is one official answer per image, established by the editor beforehand. This reflects early 20th-century magazine culture: puzzles were popular reader engagement tools, and Judge (a satirical weekly) used contests to build subscriber loyalty and encourage careful reading across multiple issues. The emphasis on penmanship and neatness reveals contemporary values about proper presentation.
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JUDGE’S PICTURE PUZZLE CONTESF Second Series. No. 1—Fruits. TH six pictures above represent the names of common fruits. That you may know how to solve these puz- zles the answer for No. 1 is given you. ‘Plum.”’ A similar set of puzzles ppear in the next three issues of A Check for Twenty Dollars will be sent to the person sending the correct solutions to the twenty-four puz- zles appearing in this and the next three issues (six in each issue), which in the matter of penmanship, neatness, etc., 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 JuDGE’S QUARTERLY, twenty-one prizes in all. All, whether regular readers of JupGe or not, may compete. Send in your answers to the four sets of puzzles as Next Set will be American Woods. soon as possible after the last set has appeared, in the issue of June Ist. An- swers received later than June 10th will not be considered. The winners will be announced in the issue of June 29th, 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. This is not a guess- ing contest. There is but one solution to each picture, this solution chosen by the editor and on file in our office. EE JUDGE'S PUZZLE PICTURE CONTEST, MAY 11 Street No... Address your answers to Puzzle Editor, Judge, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. Do not send them until you have answered the last set in the issue of June Ist. comicbooks.com