Life — June 17, 1926 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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Travel Contest Life’s The winner of this Contest will be presented with a six-weeks’ trip from any point in the ITTLE Miss Joan Kinley has almost completed her breath-taking tour of Loeerre Her seventh and next-to-last letter appears herewith. Remember that Joan is well-meaning but a trifle dumb. Her letters con- tain inaccuracies—misstatements of fact—and it is on the detection and correction of these mistakes that the Travel Contest is tased. The contestant who discovers, and corrects the greatest number of errors in Joan’s eight letters, and writes the best essay of not more than three hundred words on “What I Shall See in Europe,” will win the first prize. Read Joan’s letter and the conditions carefully. This Is Joan’s Seventh Letter—Watch for the Mistakes EAREST EDITOR: I'm back in London after a trip to Stratford, the little town where William Shakespeare was born. Unfortu- nately, I didn’t see his birthplace, as it was burned to the ground recently, but I did see the place where he’s _ buried in the cute little church here. To say that I was thrilled wouldn’t be saying the half of it! Shakespeare has al- ways impressed me as a really fascinating character. He came of a very literary family —his twin brother (who wrote under the name of “Hall Caine”) being just as famous as he. When he was quite a young man, Shakespeare got into some trouble with his wife, Anne Hathaway, because of his interest in that romantic crea- ture, Lady Hamilton, and had to leave town. He walked all the way to London, accom- panied only by his cat, and they later elected him Mayor. They tell an interesting story JOAN WRITES THAT SHE DIDN'T SEE SHAKE- SPEARE'S BIRTH - PLACE IN STRAT- ForD, AS TT WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND RECENTLY. about him when he was writing “Romeo and Juliet” in his studio in the Tower of London. Who should come into the room but the Devil (actually, my dear— the Devil!) just to tempt him. But Shake- speare just laughed and threw an ink-well at the Devil, and they say the stain of the ink re- mains to this day! After returning from Shakespeare’s “home town” I felt in such a desperately — dramatic mood that I literally made Mother take me to the theatre. So we went to see “Is Zat So?” by Ring Lardner (my favorite author, next to Shakespeare). My dear, I just adored it! Well, this is about all for now. Your girl friend, Joan Kinda P. S.—I've got to go home next week, and gosh how I dread it! We sail on the Cunard liner “Leviathan,” and I'll write you my last letter from the ship. United States or England and returr— with ALL EXPENSES PAID, FOR TWO PEOPLE. Canada to France and There will be a second prize of $250 in cash, a third prize of $150, and a fourth prize of $100. Conditions O*E of Joan's letters will appear each week for eight consecutive weeks, commencing Ma’ clos- 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, not 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 sheet of paper. The first prize will be awarded to the contestant who indicates the great- est number of errors in Joan's letters and who writes the best essay_on “What I Shall See in Europe.” This essay, which must not exceed three hun- dred words in length, is to be enclosed with the corrected letters. All answers to this Contest must reach Lire Office between 9 A.M. on June 2Ath and 12 noon on July 13th, No answers received at any other time will be considered as competing in the Contest. Use one side of paper only, with your name and address in upper left-hand corner of each sheet; both essay and corrections to be typewritten or very plainly written; full first-class postage repaid thereon, and sent to Joan Kin- Lire, 598 Madison Avenue, New ork. Announcement of the winners will appear in the August Sth issue of Lire. It is not necessary to be a subscriber to Lire in order to compete. Copies of Lire may be seen at any Public Library, or free of charge at the office of publication, You may copy the let- 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 open to every one, ex- cept members of Lire’s staff and their families. The judges will be three of the edi- tors of Live, whose decision wail’ be final. In case of ties the prise will be given to each tying contestant. comicbooks.com