ADVOCATE IS SWAMPED WITH LETTERS; 478 "WETS" RESPOND

"Swamped" was the expression of the Advocate editors when they surveyed yesterday the fruits of their "dry" contest. In all, 478 letters were received from every sort of person. The wet states have contributed fewer names and lass caustic ones than the states where enforcement is strict.

The editors were disappointed that more notice was not taken of the raising of the ante to $25. Nevertheless Mother Advocate is determined to pay the prize in full--unless the winner be anonymous, like the man who signed only with his Coop number.

What with all the epistles from reproving old gentlemen, giddy flappers, learned scholars, and even the mentally unbalanced, the editors feel that when the winner is announced in the March issue of the magazine, a superhuman task will have been accomplished.