Life — October 10, 1912 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Have You HIRD and last call! Lire’s Examination Paper appears here for the last time before the contest closes. If you haven't already sent in your replies, you should be quick about it, for they must reach us before noon Thursday, October 17. Remember, the best set of answers wins the $100 prize; ten prizes of $25 for cach question will be awarded to the other contestants who send in the best answers. Nothing since the Abolition of Slavery has created such a national turmoil as Lire’s Examination Paper. Had we known how much of strife and discussion this would cause, we might not have done it. Because they differed about the correct answers Husbands have disagreed with wiv Wives have left the table in a huff; Mothers-in-law have gone somewhere else to visit; Clergymen have lost valuable parishioners ; Bull Moosers have become Wilson men; The W. C. T. U. is rent in twain; he Chinese have offended the Six Powers; Engaged couples have returned their presents; Doctors have forgotten to send in their bills; Christian Scientists have lost their tempers; Street-car conductors have neglected to ring up fares; Auction-bridge players have frequently overbid their hands. Still, it is all in the cause of higher education, and higher education is Lire’s long suite. We care not who writes our country’s laws, if we can only secure the information called for by these questions. 1f you know the answers to any or all of them, do not lock that knowledge up in your own breast, but turn it loose for the benefit of the whole American people. We shall make known the names of the winners as soon as possible, and as soon as they are determined the $350 will go speeding to them on the wings of the United States mail, CONDITIONS. 1, All answers must be addressed Competition Epitor oF Lire, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City. 2. No answers which reach that address later than noon, Thursday, October 17th, 1912, will be considered. 3. Write on one side of the paper only. 4. Do not write anything on the paper except the answers and your name and address on each sheet. If you have any- thing else to say, send it in a separate envelope. 5. The total number of words in all the answers must not exceed two hundred. You may divide the two hundred words among the ten answers in any way you pleas 6. The decision will rest entirely in the discretion of the ditors of Lire and will be*final. They have but one object in making their decision, and that is to be absolutely fair. 7. The contest is open to all readers of Lire, whether they are*subscribers or not. 8. It is not necessary to answer all the questions, but fail- ure to do so will debar the contestant from any chance for the $100 prize. 9. The announcement of the result will be made at the earliest date which will allow of a thorough examination of the replies. Due notice will be given. 10. All answers submitted become Lire’s property. ARE Answered ? Here are the questions: Life’s Examination Paper 1. Should a suffragette marry? 2. If Diogenes were searching America for an honest man, where would he be least likely to find him? 3. Who invented the hobble skirt and why? A man of marriageable age has sufficient income to intain a wife or an automobile, but not both. Which should he choose and why? What is the funniest thing in the world? Give a good example of perpetual motion. Suggest a better name for Reno, Nev Define common sense. 9. Why is it dangerous to marry a widow? 10. How would you spend a million dollars to do the least possible good? EVERYBODY'S TALKING “ EFFICIENCY " Modern Belle (consulting her card index): two BOOKS, A THEATRE PARTY AND SIX BOXES OF ROSES SINCE THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. IF THAT MAN'S PERCENTAGE CLIMBS ANY HIGHER I'LL HAVE TO MARRY HIM. comicbooks.co