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HAVE YOU STARTED IN THE Newark Evening Star’s NEW PICTURE GAME SONG & BOOK SONG TITLE PICTURES PICTURE NO. I (OonT ' (Alexander 11 ( FEEl fRcwo n, AT TH E 1 HEAD OF » ('Sana ^ \RHG j Ttne. PICTURE NO. 3 PICTURE NO. 5 Fo those who have not yet started in this fascinating home pastime—a pastime that holds out a grand promise of golden reward—we reproduce here the first six puzzle pictures that have been published and offer you an opportunity to enter the contest on an equal footing with those who started when picture No. 1 was published. The Pictures Represent TiTLES of SONGS and TITLES of BOOKS Your part in the game will be to solve the meaning of the fifty pictures which will be the basis of the contest. OUR BOOK OF TITLES SHOULD BE VOUR GUIDE IT IS THE OFFICIAL BOOR OF THE CONTEST in it you can find every title represented by the pictures, b rom this book the titles were selected and by this book the Judges of the Contest will make their awards. The Price of the Book is. 35c The Price of the ix lack Numbers of Pictures anil Coupons is Ic Each, or. 6c 41c FIRST SIX PICTURES AND COUPONS AND THE BOOK OF TITLES CAN BE HAD AT THE STAR 2C 37" OFFICE FOR THE PRICE OF THE BOOK ALONE dX 0R OiC [ Rules Governing the Contest All persons permanently residing in the State of New Jersey are eligible to enter this contest (excepting employees of the Morning and Evening Star and members of their immediate families). Contestants must indicate the song or book title each picture represents upon the coupon that will accompany each illustration. Coupons may be written in long-hand, either with pen or pencil; they may be written on the typewriter, or may be printed in any man ner to suit the fancy of the contestant. Each picture represents some well-known song or book title. If you are not certain’ of a title and wish to send in more than one answer to the pictures, you can do so, but not more than 200 answers will be permitted in a complete set, and no set will be considered complete unless it contains an answer to each of the pictures. Incorrect answers will not count against contestants if the cor rect answ'er is also given. Only one answer should be written upon the same coupon. Extra coupons (can be procured at The Star office) should be used for additional answers, and all answers to the same number should be kept together in making up the set. Hold all answers until after the last picture has appeared, then arrange your coupons in numerical order, fastening them securely to gether, and bring or send them in a flat package (not folded oV rolled), sealed with postage fully paid, plainly addressed to the CONTEST EDITOR, Newark Evening Star, Newark, N. J. The time of receiving answers will have no effect upon the awarding of the prizes, with nswers must be in The Star’s business office after the last or fiftieth picture has appeared. The prizes will be awarded to the contestants sending in the cor rect or nearest correct set of answers to the entire fifty title illus trations. Only one set of answers may be submitted by any individual contestant. Only one person in any one household will be eligible to win a prize, although as many as desire may compete. In making the awards the judging committee will take into ac count the similarity, exact wording and punctuation of the songs and story titles, as selected by the Contest Editor from the Newark Star’s Book of Songs and Book Titles, which book will be considered their basis. The Contest Editor reserves the right to make such changes in the above rules at any time as he may deem advisable in the interest of the contestants. V- .... .. ■ J Newark Evening Star 1 desire to become a contestant in The Evening Stars $2,000 Song and Book Con test. 1 enclose 37 cents, for which send me by next mail your Book of Titles and the first six pictures and coupons. Name .. . Address . . City or Town.. BOOK TITLE PICTURES PICTURE NO. 2 &4tr PICTURE NO. 4 PICTURE NO. 6 [I vvonoei? / vvh«r«a [ ts A<?«esnJ F<M?I II You Can Win $1,000 in Cash Start Now! You Can Win Yellowstone National Parjt