Judge — April 8, 1922 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Announcing the Winners in Judge’s National Smile Week $1000 for Smiling Faces Contest EVER before in the history of any contest conducted by a magazine were so many items entered as in JUDGE’S NATIONAL SMILE WEREK CONTEST for the largest num- ber of smiling faces clipped from any magazine or newspaper adver- tisement between November 14th, 1921, and February 13th, 1922. The first prize is $500; second, $250; third, $100; fourth, $50; and the next ten, each $10; in all, $1000. No single advertisement was al- lowed to count more than five smil- ing faces and the same advertise- ment from the same magazine or news- submitted. The smiling " paper could not be counted as a point. Here is the mountain of smiling fac 9 the count of 28,718,504. young ladies assisted in the task of verify winners with the Here is a list of the p d by the judges: total clippings credi Interesting features of the contest Ist Prize—$500 Mrs, C. C. Stalnaker, Greenwood, S. C. 60,908 2nd Prize—$250 H. B. Noack, 338 W, 21st St., Houston, Tex. 56,987 3rd Prize—$100 Elizabeth B, Jordan, South Boston, Va. 48,808 4th Prize—$50 arner, Roswell, N. Mex. 386 6th Prize—$10 M. Tapp; Boulder, Colo. 37,980 7th Prize—$10 M. Northrup, 340 Manhattan Ay., New York, N. Y. 34,726 8th Prize—$10 Mrs. J. K. Bowman, Blairsville, Pa. 31,900 9th Prize—$10 ackson St., Chillicothe, Mo. 30,684 10th Prize—$10 S. L. Wright, Hartsville, S.C. 28,925 D. H. Wiggi 11th Prize—$10 Isabel Watson, Ts 28,780 12th Prize—$10 W. H. Norris, Burgettstown, Pa. 13th Prize—$10 Walter Mayer, 966 Galapago St., Denver, . Worcester, 14th F.W. Burwell, 642 Pl For those receiving honorable mention see page 28 The Contest was open to all. A person did not have to be a sub- scriber to JUDGE in order to par- ticipate. Over 7,000 packages of smiling faces were submitted and the number of faces clipped was 28,718,504. Packages of smiling faces were received from France, Scotland, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, every province of Canada and every State in the Union. They were sent express, parcel post, and first cl mail. Many were delivered personally by the contestants. One bundle con- tained 80,000 clippings, but that contestant, unfortunately, did not comply with the rule which re- quired that each face have a genuine smile in order that it could be counted as a point. The next nearest contestant claimed 540, the next, 61,045, and the next, 58,300. The lowest number submitted by any contestant v The clipped smiling faces were received in envelopes, wrapping paper, burlap bags, cartons, wood- en boxes and c Many were insured. Despite the precautions advised in JUDGE for securely wrapping the bundles, hundreds were torn or mutilated so that many clippings had slipped out; and many names were not legibly written. Hundreds of contestants had carefully pasted their clippings into albums and old books. Others had pasted them on long rolls of paper and still others had pasted them on display cards which were bound in book form with cord. Some from Japan were bound with beautiful Japanese paper rib- bons. Many albums were beau- tifully decorated. Several entries will be displayed in the windows:of prominent Fifth Avenue shops. Albums. suitable for the purpose will be distributed among various children’s hospitals and juvenile institutions. One of the most gratifying fea- tures of the Contest was the num- ber of people who wrote us that the pleasure they derived from clipping smiling faces compensated them (even though they might not win a prize) for their trouble. JUDGE'S thanks are due all whe ted in making this Contest, as well as JUDGE'S NATIONAL SMILE WEEK, a tremendous success. What a stimulating influence it had on all who believe in and practice the doctrine of a cheerful spirit and a smile!