The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20
Hundreds Enter Rhymed
Street Car Protests as
End Approaches.
NONE ARE ELIGIBLE
AFTER 8 TONIGHT
Judges Expect Busy Night Hours,
But Will Name Winners
Tomorrow.

The limerick contest is in the home
stretch
Letters came into the office by the
basketfuI yesterday and today ana
after the first mail this morning the
special delivery letters began 20 come
IN
This is the last day Of the contest No
more Iimericks viii be received after 6
o'clock tonight At that hour work on
the contributions already received viii
be started, and al mail addressed 10
tn L limerick Editor after that hour VIII
be discarded
This has been the only condition OF
the contest, and It viii be strictly OBJ
served
There has been ample evidence, from
the inception Of the fight for open street
cars, that the public was in hearty sym
patty with the movement This was
demonstrated by the hundreds Of pro-
tests sent 10 the District Railway Com
mission Again It was demonstrated
when scores of cartoons were received
Overshadowing Contest.
The limerick. contest. however, has
overshadowed am. previous expressions
OF dissatisfaction with the street car
service. Hundreds upon hundreds Of let
tiers have been received daily a num-
Der Of them were from WashingJOniaus
who are spending the sumner away
from the Capital, but who are sufh-
GENTLY interested 10 join in the prOtesta-
tons
The letters accompanying the liner
ticks have demonstrated beyond al
doubt that the prizes offered are sec
Ondary consideration with majority
of 00r7-rf F1=rf0-=
The character OF the limericks re-
ceived has been improving with each
mail, and II is now regarded certain
that the judges viii have 10 spend
greater part OF tonight going over the
original Imericks and the missing lines
Award Of Prizes.
The winners viii be announced in
The Times tomorrow afternoon The
best original limerick viii get the SO
prize. and the winner Of the missing line
contest viii get g There Is stiH time
10 get in the contest before 8 O'Clock
tonight if you bring your contribution
70 the Office in person or send II special
delivery. None viii be received after 6
o'clock, however
sam Jones tipped the scales at a quar-
Until he rode on a closed car in Wash
There he sVeItered and melted and fad
And What he weighs now he would
nO= say
DANIEL B. WEBSTER
I127 street southeast
There once We're two lovers on Mars
Who said wnen they looked at our cars,
To the things OF the earth
Let US give wide berth
It is better TO spoon IN the stars
ELIZABETH BAUkHAGES-
There are no Turkish baths in Turkey,
But here, where the weather IS murlIy,
In a closed city car
The steam would so lar
Your senses, you'd dance a MazUrBa-
HENRY E TAYLOR
so V street northeast
He said: IF fly
On the aerOplane high.
I may fall and be mashed 70 q finder,
The crowded street car
Seems safer by far"
So he rode-and was baked 70 a cinder.
MRS J 0. ESTABROOK-
Il have just bought a freless cooker"
Said his wife, who was quite good
IKE It back" answered Jack,
81 can get one TO beat that
On=the Mt Pleasant car he then took
her.
r Pearv had taken along,
The cars that appear in this song
He would not have felt cold
From here 70 the Pole.
But would have kept coy and warm
CISS) LEONORA MERRITT
203 Eighth ST. T. e
Atrthe market I purchased fresh meat,
Took a car running up Fourteenth
The truth must be said,
Eor nearly CROPPED oeS-d-
Ny purchase was cooked by the heat
A. D. T, 176S Willard street
A shy little maiden from Navarro.
Rode out on 2 P A Y E car,
But she melted away
Just at 18th and K,
And she's now where the good angels
are
JOHN MARSH,
1225 Massachusetts ave NV
washington city, from June to Septem-
Der,
Is hot old town as all can remember.
And . make the thing worse,
Has teen added the curse
OF running closed cars for each member
KATHERINE z CURTIS
BOUrDedale, r F. D.. No /
This limerick comes from New England
From folks wLo hate the stuny closed
car,
We feel sorry each minute
For all who are ia Il,
And we hope the idea they'll debar.
MISS VFILsLIA9TISA LANG.
BOuruedale- Mass. R F. D, No. 1.
There once was a fat man named
Who declared he would like to grow