Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
PUT IT UP TO I. I.
Write Some Limerjcks and
Make Some Money.
GOOD JINGLES VALUABLE
T. T. Will Pay for Each One That
Wins Verdict.
THEN HE HAS SPECIAL OFFER
T. T. Also Has Time to Answer
Questions, and he Wears Dark
Chased Spectacles.
GOOD JINGLES VALUABLE
THEN He HAS SPECIAL OFFER

Keep it up. good people.
Tommy Tucker isn't so busy but that
he can at all times review your jingles.
He's just tickled to death to 80 over
them and select a bunch that look good
to him. He doesn't care how many you
send in.
Just get as busy as you know how.
Tommy will send check for the best
twenty-four jingleS that gets in front
OF his black glasses. When you are
around the Office look for the dark
glasses. -sFhat's Tommy.
There's a disease mentioned in last
Saturdays Star that has hooked its fin
ger On all Washington. Medically known,
It is jingletis. The proper definition of
this term is. according to Tommy Tuck
er's dictionary. Monetary results from
just little work
You know the scheme. You've read it
in The Star. Well repeat just for good
mea sure It's this.
There are twenty-four advertisers in
The Star who want the jingles for their
display ads on Saturday. Naturally the
jingles will be better If written by many
contributors than ii they are all turned
in by one or two people.
Willing to Pay.
So Tommy Tucker who Is the real and
only manager of this part of the ad-
vertising. is willing to pay for the jim
giles each week as to get the best.
This week he is willing 10 do more. II
there is any, one who can get jingles ac-
cepted from three different advertisers
for the display pages Tommy Tucker
will give them five dollars in addition to
the regular payment of dollar each for
the verses
Everybody is welcome to enter the COM
petition The more the merrier. All
that is necessary is to send in the jim
giles for competition on separate sheets
of paper. These are submitted to the
advertisers and they make the selection
for Saturdays paper.
Tommy Tucker does the rest. He sends
out the checks for the lucky contest
ants.
Send in just as many jingles as YOU
want to. There is no restriction as to the
number Of jineles you send in. Tommy is
swamped every day with the large num-
Der of Jingles sent in. but at that he
is the happiest man around these parts.
Answers to Correspondents.
AS an evidence. of his willingness to An
swer questions, he prints today number
OF communications that have been sent
him:
Nj. Tommy Tucker:
lnclosed find six of my first attempt;
pray that I'll be fortunate.
Yours respectfully. F. W. z.
AnSwer-Let us all pray. T. r.
Tommy Tucker:
/ inclose a few twenty jingles in COM
petition for, your prizes. In case OF pub
LEGATION kindly print my initials only.
Very truly yours, F. 0. McC.
Answer-Very nice. T. I.
Dear Tommy:
Enclosed you will find fourteen jingies.
This is my first attempt this year.
wrote few last year. but was not sue
cessful. Am only thirteen years old and
hope to be more successful this time.
Very respectfully, NJ T..
Answer-Tommy hopes with you. r. r.
Dear Tommy:
inclose some jingIes which l trust you
will pass on to the people for whom they
were written.
Very truly, FIT.
Answer-I will do So TT.
Tommy Tucker:
I am sending you some jingles and with
doubling heart but great big III P
E" Will look for some dollars soon
Yours sincerely, f. E. NJ.
Answer-Those who are in doubt should
buy of House & Hermann. TT.
May never big black quicker,
Like the great crevices of time.
Cross the face Of Tommy Tuc.er
AS he worries Ger my rhyme.
Very respectfully. j. A. A.
Answer-Have one on me. T. 4.
Dear Tommy Tucker:
! am sorry / cannot write success
full jingles on the soul-inspiring themes
of sausage and ice cream. Tried hard
last year for Auth's, Lofflers and the
Velvet Kind. Had no luck. They still
persist in turning a blind eye on my eff
forts. Why are they so stony hearted?
Mrs. L. j.
Answer-You wrong them, madam
have heard the girls say their hearts
are open as the ocean. T. T.
Dear Tommy:
7 am sending YOU some jngles Please
send me the cash. l tried all last year
and never once saw the color Of your
money. But 1 am sticking to the good
old rule: eff at first you don't succeed,
try try again" You may send it in
greenba cks or checks just suit your con-
| venience. Expectantly yours,
Mrs. G. w. II.
Answer-You must surely be rewarded.
T. T.
r r.
islands for Tommy:
1t also stands for Tucker:
His schemes have always found,
Many a willing sucker.
Answer-From one Of the suckers.
T. T.