Judge, 1912-05-25 · page 16 of 24
Judge — May 25, 1912 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents a visual word-puzzle competition from Judge magazine. Contestants must identify American flowers from cryptic illustrations—for example, picture 1 depicts a "Pansy" (a man in a pan, looking sad/pensive). The remaining five puzzles use visual puns: image 2 appears to show a baker (likely "Sunflower" or similar), image 3 involves a government building (unclear without solution), image 4 shows a plant or vine, image 5 depicts automobiles with text about national policy (possibly referencing Depression-era concerns about automobile ownership), and image 6 shows a large spherical object. This was a legitimate competition offering $20 for correct solutions across multiple issues, with additional prizes for neatness and penmanship. The next contest would feature "Ex-Presidents"—suggesting visual puns on presidential names. Such puzzles were popular magazine entertainment during this era, combining wordplay, art, and monetary incentive.
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JUDGE’S PICTURE PUZZLE CONTEST Second Series. No. 3—American Flowers. HE six pictures above represent the names of American flowers. That you may know how to solve these puz- zles the answer for No. 1 is given you. It is ‘*Pansy."’ A similar set of puz- zles will appear in the next issue of Jupce. Others were contained in the issues of May 11th and 18th, A Check for Twenty Dollars will be sent to the person sending the correct solutions to the twenty-four puz- zles appearing in this, the two last, and the next issue (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 Juoce or not, may compete. Send in your answers to the four sets of puzzles as Next Set will be Ex-Presidents. 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. Ld JUDGE'S PUZZLE PICTURE CONTEST, MAY 25 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