Judge, 1912-05-18 · page 16 of 24
Judge — May 18, 1912 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page presents a competition from *Judge*, a satirical magazine, featuring a visual puzzle contest. Readers must identify six American wood types from illustrated rebuses (visual puns). Picture 1, solved as "Elm," shows a man pointing at the letter "L" and "M" on a blackboard—a phonetic play on the tree name. The contest offered $20 to the winner, plus cash prizes and magazine subscriptions totaling twenty-one awards. Entries were judged on correctness (there was one official answer), penmanship, and neatness. The contest ran across multiple issues of *Judge* through June 1st, with winners announced June 29th. This reflects early-20th-century magazine culture, where reader participation contests were popular entertainment and circulation-boosting devices. The puzzle format—visual wordplay identifying natural resources—suggests light intellectual amusement for middle-class audiences.
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WUDIGE’S PICTURE PUZZLE CONTEST Second Series. No. 2—American Woods. 4 THe six pictures above represent the names of American woods. That you may know how to solve these puz- zles the answer for No. 1 is given you. It is ‘*Elm."" A similar set of puzzles will appear in the next two issues of Jupce. The first was contained in the issue of May. 11th. A Check for Twenty Dollars will be sent to the person sending the correct solutions to the twenty-four puz- 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. zles appearing in this, the la next two issues (six in each is 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 JupGe’s QUARTERLY, twenty-one prizes in all. All, whether regular readers of Jupce or not, may compete. Send in your answers to the four sets of puzzles as Next Set will be American Flowers. 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. JUDGE'S PUZZLE PICTURE CONTEST, MAY 18 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 4.2 e. 6 eta