Life — May 20, 1926 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Life’s Travel Contest S JOAN KINLEY M is now in Paris, kee her eyes open and reporting the more familiar sights in her letters to the readers of Lire The winner of this Contest will be presented with a six-weeks’ trip from any point in the United Joan, as we have explained, is only sixteen—and a trifle dumb. of inaccura- fact— which result from her inexperi- Her letters are full cies—misstatements of ence as a reporter You are to look for es in Joan's letters, and to correct them, That is the idea of the Travel Contest The finds the greatest mistakes in Joan's cight letters, and writes the best essay on “What I Shall See in Europe,” trip invited these mista contestant who number of will be given a abroad, with all expenses paid, for two people Read the conditions carefully Rememb that this Contest are to be submitted until Joan's eighth letter is pub- lished on June 24th. no answers to 1 SAW THE BIFFY TOWER,” WRITES JOAN, “WHICH WAS BUILT DURING THE WAR AS A DEFENSE AGAINST ATK RAIDS IT IS ALMOST AS TALL AS THF WOOL- WORTH BUILDING,’ This Is Joan's Third Letter —Watch for the Mistakes D8 Editor : Well, Paris is just simply too divine for words. 1 only which I were a great poet like Milton who wrote that “Ode on First Looking at Chapman's Homer,” so that | could describe my sensations on first looking at Paris. Of course, what attracted my attention right off the “bat” was the Eiffel Tower, which was built during the war as a defense It is almost as tall as the Woolworth Building. against air raids. The whole city of Paris is full of impressive reminders of the eat War. There is the Arc de Priomphe, which was put up to celebrate the victory over Von Hindenburg, and the Statue of our splendid General Pershing in the Place d’e lena We went to a French party and there I met a direct descendant of Jeanne d’Are, that heroine whose life of idealism and sacrifice is a constant inspiration to me! We also saw the place where the Bas- tille fell ain, and so it must have been a really devastating earthquake. None of the ruins re- Paris is really too amusing, but Mother is worried about me be- ll talk to all the tani- I've always been thrilled by the story of their exploits in driving their cabs to the Battle of Sedan. cause I drivers. Lovingly, doom Kinley P. S, I'll write you again from Paris next week. States or Canada to France and England and reurn—with ALL EXPENSES PAID, FOR TWO PEOPLE. There will be a second prize of $250 in cash, a third prize of $150, and a fourth prize of $100. Conditions OE of Joan's letters will ap each week for eight consecuti ecks, commencing May 6th and clo. ing June 24th. In each letter will be errors and inaccuracies in her descrip- tions of routes, places, directions, etc.. and on detection of these mistakes, grammatical errors, or the use of slang, the Contest is based. In order to compete it will be neces- sary to send in at one time the complete set of her letters (or exact typewritten copies) with your correction of each error plainly marked on its letter or on an accompanying § paper. The first pi , awarded to the contestant who indi the great est number of errors in Joan's le and who wri the be. “What I Shall in which must not ‘ords in length, is to be enclosed with the corrected letters All an: must ers to i if. on this Contest reach Lire Office bi 9 June 24th and 12 noon on July 13th. No answe 'd at any other time ll be considered as competing in the Contest. one side of paper on and address f cach s both essay and t written or very ‘cessary to be a subscriber E in order to compe Copies may be seen at any Public Library, or free of charge at the c of publication. You may copy th ters and use the copies you have made. There is no limit to the number of answers that any one contestant may submit, The Contest is ery one, ex- cept members of Lire’s staff and their families The judges will be three of the edi- tors of Lire, whose decision will be final. In case of ties the prize will be given to cach tying contestant. comicbooks.com