Piccaninny Painting Competition

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)

Piccaninny Painting Competition

Gay Colours Will Win the Prizes Ihe artist man make yo picture. ' ana let And that is how the artist came to get this sketch of the coal-black mammy .and her httle piccanmny for y our p ainting competition As you know, coloured folk love gaily-hued clothes. Use your brightest paints or crayons, and when you have coloured your picture, send it to PETER PAN, • '•STAR" OFFICE. SHORTLAND STREET. AUCKLAND. CI. Write your name, age and address and the name of the prize you have chosen on the entry form provided. Do not cut the entry form from the picture. J The competition is open to all readers under the age of eighteen, bix ol the twenty-four prizes are reserved for competitors under twelve years. i a , E ; n -, lrieS w° m town readers reach this office by Saturday, April 11, and from country readers by Monday. April 24. The results will be published on Wednesday. April 26. Here is the fine list of prizes from which you can choose your reward:— Charming Study of Their Majesties (in cellophane frame). Boy's J. u ™ .} ° rown leather. two compartments), Strong Two-blade Sheffield Stainless Steel Knives, Attractive Coloured Patterned Propelling Pencils (extra long leads), Attractive Patterned Self-filling Fountain Pens (in all shades), Stamp Album, Table Tennis Sets. Special R.O.G. Monoplane Kitset, Girls' Soft Leather Purses (with three compartments, including zipped centres). Gift Boxes of Flower-perfumed Soap, Boomerang Mouth Organs, Box of 100 Marbles in Ten Assorted Colours, Stationery Compendiums, Dainty Toilet Sets, Cricket Balls, Boxes of Paints (52 colours in box). Special Light Skipping Ropes (coloured plaited cord). Gift Sets of Soap and Perfume, Handy Manicure Sets, Mickey Mouse Printing Outfits, Jig-saw Puzzles (you'll like these jolly puzzles of your favourite screen stars). Indoor Games (Draughts, Ludo, Tiddley Winks, Race Games and Lotto), Girls' Hairbrushes (in soft pastel colours), School Writing Sets. Autograph Books. Pencil Sets (extra supply of leads and erasers), Mirror and Comb (in attractive leather case), Photograph Albums, Boxes of Plasticine, Neat Folding Bookcases.