Life — January 19, 1928 — page 12: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Life’s All-Americ The Winning Answer to Kay’s Third Letter Detroit is the fourth largest U. S. city, Cleveland the fifth largest. I think New York was the home of the traffic problem, if it had one. (It didn’t deserve a good home, anyway.) Detroit is across the Detroit River (not a lake) from Windsor, Canada, where the movies are no better but the Constitutional Amendments are. Henry Ford of the Ford Motor Company and Alfred Sloan, Jr. (not Durant), president of General Motors Corporation, aren’t hanged “good-natured” in business riv The Fordson tractor is also a Ford FAR Kay: Did you go to Windsor to sce that m then come back and write “Detroit, Minn Michigan. And some other peculiar things. stance... Lenox (not Lennox), Massachusetts, is in the Berk- shires (hills), not in the Catskill Mountains, which are in New York State. That Albany edifice, being a capitol, should be capitalized: State Capitol. And, my dear! Al Smith at an Anti-Saloon League bust? That cawn’t For t Verno Firs d vie? And instead of For in- so For | ry. be right! accomplishment. You certainly were generous with throw Your westward dash along the Erie Barge Canal General Motors, a financing corporation controlling the Firs brought you first to Rochester, then Buffalo, on Lake manufacturers of the Cadillac, La Salle, Buick, Olds- Sec Erie, at the mouth of the Niagara River. and St. Paul are the ‘Twin Cities.’ Cleveland is named after its founder, Moses Cleave- Minneapolis mobile, Oakland, truck and Frigidaire refrigerator. Pontiac and Chevrolet cars, GMC The management prefers Book-Cadillac, not Brook- land. Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, N. politically from New State, wasn’t “from” Clev land. Many of Cleveland's beautiful homes are on Euclid Avenue, at the east (not west) end. Cornell's Alma Mater song refers to Lake Cayuga (at Ithaca, N. Y.), not to Cuyahoga River. The statue of (not to) Commodore Perry is in Wade Park. Perry said, “We have met the enemy and they are ours,” which isn’t quite famous as James Lawrence's, “Don't as PRIZE WINNERS (Kay’s Third Letter) First Prize of $75.00—won by Martin Sueruerp, 21-5406 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, D.C. Second prizes of $25.00 each—won by: Euizaneti Bates, 55 Chestnut Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. Donati, 205 Third Street, San Francisco, California. J. id. J. Wuirrenre. Berkeley, California. 1748 Grove Street, Cadillac. The Ford Airport is at River Rouge. Your proposed air travel to Pitts- burgh et al. is not directly en route to the west coast. When you reach Cincinnati you will find you have an extra ¢ therein. If it proves to be of the afternoon variety, you'll feel quite English enough to remem- ber Edgar Guest’s birth- place as Birmingham, Eng- land. He merely lives in Detroit. HEPHERD, 21-5406 Connecticut Ave., give up the ship.” | | CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST Chevy Chase, D. C. 0 aes object in this Contest is to de- tect and correct the mistakes in Kay Vernon's letters—the ninth of which appears in this issue. Subse- quent letters will appear every week in Lire, up to the February 9th issue, when the twelfth and final letter will be pub- lished. Kay Vernon's tour will cover most of the principal cities of the United States. and each week her letters will include descriptions of the scenes and places she has visited. In these descriptions will be many errors and inaccuracies. Every answer to this Contest must take the form of a letter to Kay Vernon, tell- ing her what mistakes she has made, and correcting those mistakes. It is impor- tant that each answer submitted be marked with the corresponding number of Kay's letter. The prizes will be awarded to those who detect and correct the greatest number of mistakes in each of Kay's let- ters, and who express themselces most effectively in their letters to her. An- swers to this Contest do not have to be humorous or elaborate in presentation. They must be clear, concise and to the point. Answers are limited to four hundred words each. There is no limit to the number of answers any one contestant may submit, The answers to each of Kav’s letters will be judged separately and the weekly prizes awarded accordingly. The grand prizes will be awarded to those who have the best record throughout the Con- test asa whole. It is not necessary to answer all of Kay’s letters to be eligible for the grand prizes. All answers to this Contest must be addressed _to KAY VERNON, 598 MADISON YORK CITY. Answers to Kay's NINTH LETTER must reach Lart’s office not later than 12 noon on Thursday, February 9th. ¢ nouncement of the winners will appear in the March Ist issue of Live. All answers must be typewritten, or written legibly and neatly, using one side of the paper only. Each sheet of manu- script must be marked with the con- testant’s name and address. In the event of a tie, the full prize will be given to each tying contestant. It is ‘not necessary to be a subscriber to Lire in order to compete. The Con- test is open to every one, except mem- bers of Laire’s staff and their families. The Judges will be three of the Edi- tors of Lire, whose decision will be final. LIFE, AVE » NEW comicbooks.com Thi ope: mak for I Alki met on Ala Bor def los: