Life — June 3, 1926 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Life’s Travel Contest On JOAN WRITES. THE TRE CHATEAL PERSHING THAT SHE VISITED new THE BAYONETS AT THIERRY WHERE GRNERAL “THEY SHALL PASS.” I] ITTLE Miss Joan Kinley— area in France, and her iny 1 her own words, herew The Joan is a trifle mixed in Some of the facts maceu Watch This . corrects the fitth of best three-handred-we first prize © Travel Contest Read Jo letter and the conditions carefully answers to this Contest to be submitted before ATOpe, June 24th Sain, sixteen and dumb—has visited the devastated of the battlefields are described, observant rea will note that that her statements are slightly correct them The contestant who finds and these letters, and writes the hat I Shall See in Europe,” will win that no from Remember are vans return This Is Joan’s Fifth Letter —Watch — for the Mistakes EAR EDITOR: I have known my greatest thrill! Indeed, what inspira- tion can life hold for me that will equal a visit to the Trench of the Tayonets at Chateau-Thierry, where General Pershing said, “They shall not pass!” Every inch of the war front that | have visited haunted with memories of those brave men like General Joffre, Admiral Dewey, Field Marshal Haig, and General Custer, who fought and bled in the Great War for democracy! [saw the very tat St. Mihicl where the charge of the Light: Brigade took place, and the little chateau at Vimy ru where Stallings wrote \ Told.” iverywhere we went I discovered grim reminders of “the late unpleas- as Joe Squill calls the war in Dimville, and he really is killing sometimes). There )statue erected on the Chemin Dames (which is French for “L Watch, a colored regiment fought there. and when I think that I was o1 eight years old durin makes me positively sick! To hope they have another one soon that T can do my “bit!” Lovingly, is Lawrence Si It ¢ Re Ric P, I wanted to fly to I don in one of those Zeppelins t make regular trips, but Mother jected. My dear, she really is provincial from England next week. an antness,” (Joe is my principal boy friend ba ers’ Lane”) in memory of the Bla who the war Joan King The winner of this Contest will be presented with a six-weeks’ trip from any point in the United States or Canada to France and Eng- land and relurn—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 ar ca. con In letters will appe ck une 24th her descriptions of routes, pl direc t f these mistak of slang, the ti s, on its letter ¢ The testant best essa. This essay in lenuth, is d letters, Ill answers to this Contest must reach Lire 9 AA 24th and 12 13th. No answers received at other time considered as mpeting in the Contest. name on * side of paper only, with your address in upper left-hand rner of cach sheet; both essay and to be typewritten or ten; full first-class postage ‘on, and sent to Joan Kin plainly ley, Lire, 598 ‘Madison Avenué York. ions ack too a desyy ov- |, ack nners will of Live {nnouncement of It is cessary to be a subscriber Lire i to compete. seen at ord. in order Well I am too thrilled for words, ication. sand use th There submit, The Contest is open to ¢ cept members of Live's staff and th Th final. nly it nly is no limit to the that any con edi- ill be three { judacs f Lire, a ° cision hat ob- too to cach tyin ies the prize will be g contestant. Anyway, I'll write you comicbooks.com