Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-03

Well all that New Years stuff is
over and done with tor another twelve
months so let's get back to normal.
That is, as nearly normal as linz
ericker can be.
And, as the most cheerful thing 10
start the new year with, we wish every
fan could have gone down with us to
the big yarn mills of the s. y. i.
W. Flesher Co., at Twenty sixth and
Reed streets, to watch that jury of girls
voting on the winner of limerick No.
No hoodoo about that numbcr-13.
Not star as we're concerned And
the girls who did the voting convinced
another girl that it's a mighty lucky
plumber, for they presented her with
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS-and did
il without even knowing it was girl
they were voting for. The winner is:
Miss Pearl Dunlop, Moylan, Rose
Valley, Delaware county, Pa.
The balloting was done by the method
that has proved so successful in each
case so far and that makes it impossible
for the members of the jury to know
anything about the writer's of the lines
they are called upon to judge.
The ten best completed limericks were
printed on slips of paper and passed
around among the jury. Each limerick
was numbered and the voting was by
numbers entirely. The winning lin
erick, as completed by Miss Dunlop,
follows:
Sod Sammy Surveyed his last cent
And said, "I'm not broke, but I'm
bent;
I gaze presents to many
But didn't get any;
I knedd dough, but dOuShnUt re-
pent."
1t was quite a hard proposition that
the judges faced in this contest. This
was because the lines were of unusual
excellence and any one of the ten would
have been a satisfactory prize winner.
On the very first ballot. however,
Miss DunlOps line received eight out of
the eleven votes-and that settled it.
The other lines and their writer's
were:
I'm q Kris Santa mum with a seem
Harry G. Godshalk, American House,
Royersford, Pa.
Naught to show for my last cent.i-
ment-Miss Carol l.. Cruver, 1900
Pacific avenue, Atlantic City.
But each sentiment I sent. i meant
S. Reese, 2424 North Park avenue.
And dime hoping saint Nickel repent
Frances \. Scott, $500 Greene street,
Germantown.
I've been fieeced and that s my lamb.
ent-N. +. Arnold, Roslyn, Pa.
Sam was pinched; with the copper he
went-Joseph j. Mallon, 1910 Pike
street.
And I've not even cents to re. cent
Gail NJ Ellsworth, 700 Main street,
Riverton, y. j.
i bee stung, wasp OOr Sammy'S Ia
ment-J. K. Olley, SD Winter street.
can lend but assent until Lent
W. J. Macintosh, 1901 Walnut street.
Notice how the women are getting up
among the winners in this limerick
business: Four of 'pm in this bunch
today. And. so that everything Will be
on the records, here are the names ant
addresses of the Fleishrr girls who
composed the jury of award:
Miss Elizabeth HOilner, Darby, Pa. {;
employment department.
Miss Marie Mclaughlin. 246 South
Fifty sixth street; balliug department.
Miss Ethel VI. Sudncss. i9D MarkIc
street; office.
Miss Regina c. Harron, 2l25 Fair.
mount avenue; office.
Miss Margaret VI. Berger. Merchant
Miss Mary Gilroy, 2OO1 South
Twenty third street; balhns DEPART
ment.
Miss Anne Clark. 421o Aspen street ;
balling department.
Miss Nellie Rocks. ~ Nortl
Twenty sixth street; baIInS depart
ment.
Miss Margaret Lagan. $50 North
Twenty ninth street; balling depart
ment.
Miss Grace Breen, 5G&9 Lansdowno
avenue; balIing department.
Miss HeliOs Levy, 1000 Grccn street
head of welfare department.
About Today's Winner
Miss Dunlop lives Mt Moylan, Rose
Valley. with her mother and brother