Life — December 15, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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All-America Travel Contest —_ A\ Weekly Prizes Seattle inne > } For the best answer to cach of Kay Vernon's letters: mei pOman x ae met First Prize - - - - - $75.00 song Xi on Three Second Prizes of $25.00 each ( Salt Lake CH Kansas Gry soap fe a Visits San Francisco VE" $t.Louii shington Final Grand Prizes For those who have the best record throughout the LosAngeles pis? Dallas tianta Charleston Contest as a whole: ; . Die; New Orle / First Prize - - - - - - $400.00 SanRiego E1Paso Houston Kicksonville Second Prize - - - - - $200.00 San Antonio Tampa \, Third Prize - - - - - - $100.00 \ Aiami J THIS IS KAY’S FOURTH LETTER | Cinceaco, Tha. Chicago is certainly a great place for sport. There is EAR Epitor: Martial Field, where Tuney (the Fighting Marine Well—here I am in Chicago, the capital of Crook — whipped Dempsey (the Manhattan Mauler), and. the County. As I gaze from my window at the Drake, I Cub’s baseball grounds where that marvelous combina can see the blue waters of Lake Michigan, one of tion, Barry to Collins to McGinnis, used to play the four Great Lakes. Even the Mayor of Chicago is nicknamed “Sport But first I must tell you about Pittsburgh, which He is talking a lot about pure Americanism, and I visited “on the wing,” so to speak. (You know thinks the pol histories don't boost this country I'm really flying now.) Pittsburgh is famous for enough, Well, he ought to get the ninen its wind and for the many eminent men who were and crooks out of the town, or else pretty born there, including Andrew Mellon, Andrew = soon the children won't be able to live long Carnegie and Honps Wagner (the song writer). enough to get to school to study any kind of Next we hopped to Cincinatti, on the Kentucky history, is what I say River. We went to the Chamber of Commerce Anyway, the Mayor may not know the Building, which was built over a hundred years ago history, but he certainly knows his Cicero! and is a very impressive structure, In front of it is the I'm running out to the North Side this Davidson fountain, made of bronze, which was put ¢ afternoon to see the University of Illinois. there to celebrate the winning of the Spanish War. It is right next to the scene of the World's After leaving Cincinnatti, we stopped off for one Fair of 1893 (the “Centennial To-morrow, [start night at the England Hotel in Indianapolis, and then — on the lo: “le (1 don't mean what you mean) of on to Chicago. my trip—Chic to Seattle, with stop-overs at Glacier When you think that the Chicago Fire happened only — National Park and other points forty years ago, it is amazing to see how the city has Lovingly, been built up. There is, for instance, the beautiful Gothic Wrigley Tower, with lights on the top that flash red and green (red for the arrows, and green for the spearmint, T suppose). CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST 4 hg object in this Contest is to de Kay Vernon's tour will corer most of ing her what mistakes she has made tect and correct the mistakes in the principal cities of the United States, correcting those mistakes Kay Vernon's letters—the fourth and each week her letters will include The prises will be awar of which appears in this issue, Subse- descriptions of the scenes and places she who detect and correct the ar quent letters will appear every week in has visited. In these descriptions will ber of mistakes in each of hb Lire, up to the February 9th issue, when = be many errors and inaccuracies. ters, and who erprese themselves the twelfth and final letter will be pub- Every answer to this Contest must take cticely in their letters to her lished. the form of a letter to Kay Vernon, tell- were to this Con- (Vease turn t Answer Kay’s letter! Correct her mistakes! comicbooks.com