Life — January 10, 1907 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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a] OFINTEREST TO ARTISTS THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS forILLUSTRATIONS ARTISTS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT PICTURES ILLUSTRAT- ING ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIOD $250 will be paid for the best illustration of 1. Oh wad some power the giftie To see oursel’s as others see us!—Burns. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 2. When lovely woman stoops to folly.—Goldsmith. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 3. God helps them that help themselves.—Benjamin Franklin, $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 4, Knowledge is power.—Lord Bacon. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 5. In the adversity of our best friends we often find something which does not displease us.—de Rochefoucauld. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 5. Those who dance must pay the piper.—Old Proverb. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 7. For if she will, she will, you may depend on't; And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.—Aaron /Till. $250 will be paid for the best illustration of 8. None but the brave deserves the fair.— Dryden. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 9. But ne'er the rose without the thorn.—Herrick. $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 10. But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream.—Moore. $2. 5 will be paid for the best illustration of « Hope springs eternal in the human breast.—Pope. $346: will be paid for the best illustration of 12. In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.—Tennyson. Two Pundred and fifty Dollars will be paid for the best illustration of each quotation, the awards to be made by the Editors of Lire. five Bundred Dollars Additional will be paid for the best of these twelve drawings. The method of awarding this prize will be announced later. If one or more of the quotations should fail to inspire illustrations suitable for use in Lire, there will in that particular case, or cases, be no award. Illustrations and all correspondence concerning this contest must be addressed to py G. S. NICHOLAS & co. Sole Agents, New York. INDOORS and OUT The Homebuilders Magazine A Magazine Devoted to the Beautifying of America Splendid Half-tone Illustrations Brilliant Authoritative Text House Building and Furnishing Landscape Gardening Home Economies Housekeepers’ Helps Sports Indoors and Out The Improvement of Human En- vironment for Work and for Play $3.00 PER YEAR 25 CENTS PER COPY For Sale at all Bookshops and News Stands Qvoration Eprror or Lire 7 W. Timrery-rirst Street New York Crry and must be received not later than July first, 1907. The awards will be made immediately after that date. The illustrations may be made in any medium—line, wash, oils or color—although it should be borne in mind that th re to be reproduced in black-and. and they should also be of a suitable for reduction to about thirteen inches wide by eight inches high. Any artist m: any of the quotations as he pleases and end more than one illustration of any quotation. The accepted and paid for illustrations, together with all rights of publication, become absolutely the property of Lire. Each illustration should bear the name and address of the artist and also the quotation it is intended to illustrate. Artists should arrange for the return of unsuccessful illustrations, in case their return is desired. m: ROGERS & WISE COMPANY, Publishers 85 WATER ST., BOSTON. MASS. New York Chicago Ccomicbooks.com