The Washington times., 1920-02-11
Let's boost for our favOrite city
In adding a line to this Gtty.
The time is at hand
To let the whole land !
Give Washington suffrage, not pity.
The
Winner
OF
LimerickNo.3

Mrs. Charles 8. Grindle, 2s5S
WeDty-eighth street northwest. had
written lots OF limericks and other
jingles fo' her friends, but never for
publication.
Today she jumps into print at $50
q word.
Her last line 70 Limerick No. was
given first 3laceby yAe tudges-Mrs.
I. Belt-and The Times with mail her
check for 800, the third similar
gift to readers for taxing their wits
in constructing the line that was left
or from limerick rhyme.
Only SCG.G6 goes to Mrs. Grfndle,
however.
That was the result Of a little fam
lily arrangement Mrs. Grindle. Mr..
Grindle, a Patent attorney. and Mrs.
Grlndle's s'ster. Miss Nellie Thomas,
formed a limerick syndicate. They
arranged 10 contribute last lines to
all the limericks in The Times series,
and II prize be won the money
should be divided equally among tn.
three.
AZ The Times Oniee.
When Mrs. Grindle was asked to
come to The Times office to hear
about her good luck, Friend Husband
came along. And this Is the facer he
got:
well, / made the agreement. and
I'll have to pay my sister. but I dor't
believe my husband will get nue., Of
the money"
But Friend Husband didn't look dis
pleased at all He merely congratu-
lated himself on having a clever
wife.
Mrs. Grindle S a daughter Of the
late Cyrus Thomas, prominent
member of the Bureau of American
Ethnology and a writer OF some note
on anthropology. But Mrs. Grindle's
efforts have been confined to rhymes
for private consumption. She Is not
in any way to be classed as a pro-
fesslonal.
In the independent voting OF the
judges, who act without any knowl-
edge as to the names OF the contest
ants, Mary N. Faulkner. Cumberland
Apartments, stood close second.
with the line:
BE taught by a boosting commit
tee"
Third place. for a similar idea, was
awarded to Nina E. Altman, 1915
Clifton street whose line was:
Become one great boosting com
mittee"
Fourth place in the judging was
given 10 Eugene A. Scheele, III Four
teenth street northeast, his line be-
ing:
"Know Eden was not half so
pretty"
Grace w. Nettleton, 1748 Euclid
street came nth with this whimsy:
Know Congress should add to the
kitty"
There were dozens of others so
near the same class that judging was
made a delicate task.
Many Nearly Duplicates
Even the judges the nselves did not
appraise the merits exactly the same,
but all OF them gave either first or
second place to the one which was
finally adjudged the winner. and all
three gave some mark to the Sec
ond choice. Many lines were almost
identical with the prize winner.
The limericks are appraised separ-
ately by the thrsn judges. They are
first carefully criticised by trained
readers in The Times office. to see
that they comply with the terms of
the contest, which are that the meter
and rhyme OF the last line shall be
exactly that Of the first and second.
Limerickers seem to have caught
the idea, for there are less lines sub
mitted which need to be sent to an
orthopedic institute to have their
feet" attended to.
The eligible lines are then inspect
ed and reinspected, compared and ap-
praised until there are only Ave, on
which the fnal vote is taken. Each
Judge marks three choices, first
choice being given three points, sec
ond two and third one. The deciding
marks OF the three judges on each
line are added, and the prize Is given
to the one receiving the high score.
There is no chance for the hnal
judges to know the names OF the con-
testants on whose lines they decide.