Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-23
HOW DO YOU DO JNGLES
TOMMY fuckers DESK IS
PILED HIGH WITH RHYMES.
nray May Be Required soon-An-
swers to Some of the In
guiries in Verse.

The how-do- you-do jingles are accun1u-
1ating so rapidly on Tommy fuckers desk
that the services of dray viii be required
pretty soon. Just wish to goodness
could publish all of them, but tbs simply
impossible. So here are just few that
seem to require kind attention
F. w. A.
Tommy Tucker It's here you'll find
Some merry jingles, of a kind
To lure the dollars from your box,
So open up, wen take the rocks.
o It's this weary grind
OF jingles by the score.
For fear III lose my mind
/ now must do no more.
Ans-I lost mine long ago. Gee, But it's
great to be crazy.
Who's this?
Little Tommy Tucker,
He cried for his supper,
As he was very hungry for
Verse
Verse
Verse.
So / send him a supply
That will surely make him de,
For no one else could grind out
Worse
Worse
Worse.
AIS HaVtr | Ndu any symptoms Cl n
poetic appetite for some time.
r. S.-Dear Tommy Tucker: Enclosed
you will find three Jingles wihif h l hope
you will find satisfactory. l have taken
great interest in the jingles. hut never
sent any in before.
Ans.-Glad 10 see you, Ruth.
A. r. B. Hyattsville)
To Tommy Tucker the jingle man:
Just publish my jingles as fast as you
Mark them with "a and mark them
with B.
Which surely will mean a dollar for me.
Ans.-You never can tell. Some strange
things happen every now and then.
Mrs. r. H.
have tried, but have tried it yainly
TO win just one dollar bill;
But my rhymes seem to appear too I'M
calmly,
And yet am trying it still.
send you just twelve at this time,
And | think they are rather fine.
p. S.-Don't you? Love to your eleven
children,
Ans-Can't commit myself so suddenly.
Every one of the eleven shall get it.
A. r. McC.
Fob jingles, Mistah Tommy,
/ send dem in ter you,
Wild doubt, an feah, an trenholm,
Fo' rs scaid dat dey won't do.
Ans.-Don't you be scared, auntie. You're
all to the hominy.
NJ. l.. ].
Dear Tommy Tucker 1 was pleased
to find in Saturdays Star one of my
jngles accepted by Mr.. Goldsmith; also
another in Sundays Star by Mr.. Jackson;
but i notice a mistake made in my ad-
dress, which is printed 4S B instead of
4S r street northwest, which no doubt
accounts for the fact Of my not having
heard from you.
Ans.-Thanks for correction; checks on
the way.
NJ L. McC.
inclose six jingles, my first effense.
Should l be SO fortunate as to be the
winner of a prize would you please sign
my initials only? By dong SO you will
greatly oblige.
Ans-We'n be careful, Mary.
Mrs. T. F.
E S. stands for Evening Star,
Which I've read all my life;
1t has to be divided,
So eager is the strife.
For every one to have piece
The eager news to know,
For if ii is in The Star
We know it must be SO.
Ans.-Ain't it the truth!
c. B..
Ny Dear Tommy Tucker: I have just
been made happy and proud" by the
receipt of two checks payable to my
order. Thank you very much, etc. AS
Shakespeare would have expressed 1t,
Tommy, you're a brick!'
YOUR FRIEND FOR LIFE.
Ans.-Mercy! but you are the enthusiast
tic thing.
L. c.
Here's luck to you and me, Tommy
Tucker,
May you never sing in vain for your sup
per;
And when the rhyming days shall cease
May you live in perfect peace.
Ans-You can bet hope SO.
F. W. B.
Tommy Tucker. how I wish
I tch of
/ mean your greenbacks, and II / do,
I'll sing your praises. honest and true.
Ans.-Cheap at the price.
c. A. B.
Should fortune smile or adversely frown.
And the world combine to keep you
down;
Should you want a Job, either near or far.
Just simply tell what you want in The
Star
(And you'll get IT..
Ans-That's a bulTs-eye-all right.
Mrs. A. F. r. washington Grove).-1
| trust my invocation of the muse" may
be generously rewarded.
Ans.-Here's hopin' the same.
Mrs. E. ]. NJ. CPoolesville. Md.).-Should
| three Of the Enclosed lyric gems be for
tunate enough to win publication, would
you be kind enough to reserve them for
The Sunday Star, as II need the money!"
Ans.-The need seems to be epidemic.
WIN. H. H.
Jingle ads, jingle ads,
Jingle all the While,
But the Jingle of the dollars
Is the jingle makes you smile.
Jingle ads, Jingle ads.
| Are catching in this town.
And the jingle of the dollars
Brings the smile you cannot down.
| P. S.-Thanks for the 81
Ans.-You're as welcome as a rich uncle.
Have one on u.s.
| B. o. alexandria, VAIL sent you for
The Sunday Star twenty-six 'jingles" and
one Of the Round Robin" variety. 1 failed
to sign them, though my note inclosing
kindly tell me whether or not they were
entered? The truth may be a blow to
my vanity, but at least it will relieve this
| agonizing suspense.
| Ans-I think so though tits difficult to
keep track of nearly 0,OCO jingles week.
ROBERT B. WARING DEAD.