Life — July 29, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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et bel io Chateau Offawa-@nada HE de laxe Hotel of the Dominion, Situ- ated in the heart of the Capital of Canada, is oneofthe finest hotels ontheContinent. Accommodations, three hundred and fifty rooms, Rates, $2.00 and upwards. European plan, Ottawa in summer fs a delightful pla: Pull of interest for the tourist and sightseer, Handsomely illustrated booklet of Ottawa and the Chateau Laurier sent free on application to Desk C. Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada i ‘bo Man, Poor Man “Do animals possess the sentiment of affection?” asked the teacher. “Yes, ma’am, almost always. “Correct,” said the teacher. Turning 1o young Harold: “And now tell me what animal has the greatest natural fondness for man?” With but a slight pause the little fel- low answered: “ Woman.”"—Tit-Bits, DIARY May 15, 1820 My old Schoolmate Joe is up from Virginia, What \ ‘an evening we had talking of old ff times over a bottle of our favorite ‘Old Overholt Rye Its rare flavor, distinctive boquet and uniform purity and quality, have made Old Overholt the favorite beverage when men gather fi for reminiscences. Aged in charred oak barrels, bot- \.tled in bond. f \ A. OVERHOLT & CO. XQ Pittsburg, Pa. Life’s Short Story Contest First Prize $1000 Second Prize 500 Third Prize 250 OW short cana short story be and yet be a short story? Lire would like to know. So would every writer, and, therefore, all writers are invited to join with Lire in making a practical test, Lire invites contributions of original short stories, For the best ones re- ceived before noon of October 4, 1915, it will award three prizes—$1,000, $300 CONDITIONS No story must exceed fifteen hundred words in length. There is no restriction placed upon tht kind of story to be submitted. It may be humorous or tragic; but jokes, anecdot epigrams or verses do not come within the scope of the contest. All manuscripts. which are accepted for publication in Lire will be paid for at the rate of ten cents a word for every word under fifteen hundred words which the author does not write. To illustrate: if the accepted story is one hundred words in length, then the author will receive $140, or ten cents a word for the fourteen hundred words which he did not write. For what he does write he receives no pay. If, on the other hand, the ac- cepted story is fourteen hundred and ninety-nine words in length, the author will receive ten cents. This story, how- ever, will stand an equal chance of winning the prize with one which is very much shorter (say, one hundred words), as each story will be judged strictly on its merits as a story. The stories will be published in Lire as soon as possible after they are ac- cepted, and will be paid for on accept- ance upon the basis which has just been defined. When they have all been pub- lished, then the final awarding of the $1,750 in prizes will be made in the following mannér: The Editors of Lire will first sclect, out of all the stories published, the twelve which are, in their judgment, the best. The authors of these twelve storics will then be asked to become judges of the whole conttst, which will then include all the stories published. These twelve authors will decide which are the best three stories, in the order of their merit, to be awarded the prizes. In case, for any reason, any one or more of these twelve authors should be unable to act as judge, then the contest will be decided by the rest. Each of the judges will, of course. if he so wishes, vote for his own story first, so that the final result may probably be determined by the combined second, third and fourth choices of all the judges. This, however, will not affect the result, In case of a division among the judges, the Editors of Lire will cast the deciding vote. The final award will be announced as early as possible after the last story has been published in Lire. Of this there will be due notice. Manuscripts will be accepted from now on as fast as they can be read and passed upon. In every case they should be addressed, Tareyton London Smoking Mixture at your dealer orsend 4‘for sample Falk Tabacco Co. 56 West 45 4S¢ Nek “To the Editor of Lire’s Short Stor: Contest, 17 West 31st Street, New York “ity,” and the author's name and ad dress should be plainly written upon the manuscript, which should be accom- panied by return postage in case of rejection. The editors will exercise due care in returning unavailable contribu tions, but will not hold themselves respon sible for loss. Contestants are advised to keep duplicate copies. All manuscripts must be at Lire office by noon of Monday, October 4, 1915. No manuscript received after that date will be considered. Each contestant may send in as many manuscripts as lc desires. If any of the rules of this contest are violated the Editors of Lirr. reserve the right to debar the contributions. 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