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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04

The answer Of the ONE HUN
DRED DOLLAR prize for the
best last line to each Limerick will
be announced one week after the
Limerick Is printed. For example,
the winner of the prize for the
Limerick which appears today will
be announced today week.
/. In case Of ties, prizes will be
awarded to each successful con-
tcstant. For example, II the judges
decide there are two or more
answers of equal merit for the
prize, the author of each answer
will receive ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. The prize will not be
split up among them.
!. The decision of the judges in each
limerick contest will be final.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
HIGH COURT ADMITS WOMAN

Mrs. VI. Louise Rutherford, wife Of
John B. Rutherford, Il lawyer. was ad q.
mittcd yesterday to practice before the
supreme Court. She was among thirty
FIVE attorneys who applied. She was
fords, who live at 100 Fast Wcstmin-
stcr avenue. have offices in the stephen
Girard Building. They were married
last July, shortly after Mrs. Rutherford
took the state law examinations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
WHISKY FOR SICK DOGS
But Owners Imbibed "Medicine,
Court Is Told

Chicago. Jan. 4.-(By A. Pl-Thc
question of how much liquor can le-
galy be prescribed for an elephant
camel or dog is in the hands of the
federal grand jury. The grand jurors
are investigating the case of DR.. Bert
Franklin, owner of veterinarian hos .
pitaI, arrested for issuing too many
liquor prescriptions.
Franklin's defense. according to Dis
trrt Attorney Clyne. is thnt the pro
scriptions were issued for animals
treated IN his hospital. but the gov
crnmcnt alleges that owners Of the ami
mails drank the medicine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
w. VIRGINIA CAPITOL BURNS
Two Men Killed and Three Hurt Il
Mysterious Blaze

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 4.--Th
Capitol of the state of West Nirgnii
and priceless records Of the state d,
partments were destroyed ycsterdsl
by fire of mysterious origin. Only Ii,
brick shell remains of the once statcl
building.
Two men were killed and three mel
were injured.
The property loss can only be est
mated. The building was insured 10
Sc ,OO0, 900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
ASK GOVERNORS TO CAPITAL
All State Executives Invited to In.
! auquration Of Hardlna

Washington. Jan. 4.-By A. P.l-.
Invitations were sent to every state
governor today by the Washington
committee arranging for tho inaugIra
ton Of President elect Harding. urging
the state executives to attend tho in
augural ceremonies, accompanied by
their stafis.
Governor elect Davis, of Ohio. wa,
said by the committee to have indicated
already his intention of coming tC
Washington with his staff to witnes,
the elevation to the presidency of hi,
fellow Ohioan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER,S
DAILY LIMERICK CONTEST
One Hundred Dollars Daily
For the Best Last Line Supplied by Any Reader OF the
Evening Public Ledger to the Incomplete
Limerck Which appears BeloW
RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST

. Contest is open to any one. All
that is required for you to do is to
write and send in your last lines to
the Limerick, using for convent
cncc the coupon printed below.
Please write plainly, and be sure
to add your name and address.
T. All answers to the Limerick which
is. printed below must be re-
ceived at the Office of the EVENING
PCHIo LEDGER by 6 O'Clock
Thursday evening. Monday and
thursdays Limericks should be
mailed to p. o. Box 1923. Phila-
delphia; Tuesdays and Fridays
to J.. D. Box 1921. and Wednes-
Day and Saturdays to Il. o. Box
1924. Answers left at the Office
OF the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
Will also be admissible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
Newberry-Ford Recount Begun

Washington. Jan. I.-(I!y \. p
Behind barred doors the Senate cleo
tiOns committee began today II recount
Of the ballots in the Michigan senatorial
primary contest between Senator New
berry and Henry Ford. a force Of
twenty telcrs. attorneys for both sides
and supervisors Otiriatcd. The recount
is expected to require sevCrdl weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
Man DOdges Trial
by Women Jurors
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
we wcrc told to go and that she was
also told she would not be wanted.
Miss Ottingrr left to hear the out
come of the case.
Il am very much interested in it,"
she said And person scnscd Srat
the pretty little Stenographcr who
sprang suddenly into the legal lime
light yesterday might have had her own
opinion about the verdict to be handed
down in that particular case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
"PriSOn Court

Miss Louise Miller. the only woman
Juror called this morning to try case
before Judge McCullcn, in what is
known as the prison court" in Room
453. City Hall. helped to find two
Young men guilty of bringing stolen
automobile into the state. in spite of
their attorneys plea that the prisoners
were young married men, each with an
infant child.
Miss Miller is stcnographcr and
lives at 80 North Creighton street. She
was chosen as Juror No. 1.
The men accused of the crime were
Vincent Stolfx and Charles lIerwig
arrested at Twenty seventh and Whar-
ton streets. The automobile they were
accused Of having brought into this state
was stolen November | in OSSinng, y.
Y, from John Conroy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
sympathy Plea Fails

The prisoners attorney, apparently
with an eye to the woman in the jury
box. made strong sympathetic plea
for acQuittnl. He dwclt strongly on the
fact that if the prisoners went to jail
each would leave helpless woman with
II baby to look after.
In Spitc Of the plea for mercy. it tool;
tho Jury about II minut" to find the two
guiIty. Judg" MrCullcn gave them
three wears ouch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
Futher Made Rash
Promise to Little
Son When He Didn't
Think He'd Win.
But He Did
Bart E. Grady, of 1886
South Ruby Street,
Gets AUard for No.
II, but Must GiUe 1t
AUdy

!. The limping limerick prize which will
be announced tomorrow is being awarded
by jury of girl employees of the =. =.
White dental goods manufacturing con.
cern, Twelfth street below Walnut. \
photograph Of the jury will be printed
on the back page.
Here's another limpin' lin rick win
ner who iokingly promised to give tho
whole prize away if he won. And. like
the rest, he's got to make good. and it
serves him right.
Oughtn't 20 joke about anything so
serious as m'rick.
And the best of this case Is that tho
chap who benefits most is the little
eleven year old son of the winner. Hc
gets a bicycle out of it. His father
actually was so sceptica! of his chances
OF winning that he promised the boy a
wheel for an idea the lad gave him.
The consequence is that the prize is to
be divided among the son. three other
children and the wife. The winner will
aS much consolation after seeing ONE
HUNDRED cold. hard Uncle Sam dol
lars slip through your fingers.
But we've warned all you fans sew
eral times about making these rash
promises. and if your sense of humor
gets the better of you that way. you
mustn't blame us. The winner today
who sets this mournful example, is:
Bart T.. Grady
1896 South Ruby Street
Clerk, Federal Reserve Bank
1t was Limerick No. II which put
Mr.. Grady in a position at once enviabl'
and unenviable. The verse, as he com
pleted it, follows:
The bington motor police
Are compelling the thugs to make
peace;
With their autos they reach EN-
And they mighty soon teach en-
When they cop 'em it's ceH-den'
re(a)iease.
About Today's Winner
Mr.. Grady is a clerk in the bonding
department of the Federal Reserve
Bank, Chestnut street near Ninth
Previous to taking this position he wa
In the Office of the director of the DC
partmert of Public Works in City Hall
and before that time he was in tn,
Office of Samuel Vauclain, president o
the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
He took a four years course at th'
Catholic High School and also studied a
Banks Business College and the Amer
lean Institute of Banking.
Mr.. Grady said that during couver
sations with his wife and family con
cerning the limerick contest he ha'
promised to give them any prize tina
he might succeed in winning.
Mrs. Grady, without moments hes
itation. acknowledged that she woul'
have no difficulty in finding worthy pur
poses for which to use the 800 prize
She stated, however, that she was deter
mined not to spend any of the none,
on the necessities of life, but woul
rather spend it on various items tina
her family would not obtain otherwise
So Bart, Jr., will get his bicycle.
There is no fan like a limerick fan,
said Mr.. Grady, when informed of tn
fact that he was the successful con
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
uTIp WANTED-NIALT

GANVASSER. experienced; one capable Of
driving Ford or Dodge carr reply, stating
referred; salary and bonus B sss. Ledger
office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
urI,P WANTED-FEMALE

yIII'%G LADY. to answer phone ana assist
IN Office; must be neat ana thoroughly re-, re-,
,noTminE this week after $50. 424 Lafayette
I1IIr nth and ChCStnu, SITS,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
nIsINESs nprORTINITuEs

OpPORrU%rrY to !uveat in runnnE con-
corn located in the city nf philadrlD rlDhiH.
Al I't% The prod9ct OF thIs mtl e solI N Phila,
d,phta and immediate y",n't%g s S money nn
narH. ,rH incorporated, under tae laws Of Penn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04

The limping limerick prize which will
be announced tomorrow is being awarded
by jury of girl employees Of the :. :.
White dental goods manufacturing con.
cern, Twelfth street below Walnut. \
photograph Of the jury will be printed
on the back page.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
House Repdsses
War Finance Bill

Continued from Page One
club. of San francisco, and various
,ugar interests of the South.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
ROMANCE EVEN IN NEW YORK
Almost the Last Place on Earth One
Would Look for II, but II 10
There, Nevertheless.

Two New Workers have set up lev.
eled tablets In fashionable uptown
cafe, where they first met the women
who became their wives. The tab
lets commemorate the fcllcltolis
events.
However incredible this may sound
to n race OF wives whose husbands for
get their wedding anniversaries and a
public that does not associate fash.
ionable cafes with connublal constoncy
or New York with sentiment. II may
easily he confirmed by looking in at
the grill Of the Cafe Beaux-Arts.
Both memorials are bronze plaques
inlaid In the wall in alcoves of the
grill and lncosed with glass. The
first Is set with fiery opal and car
ries the mystic inscription Happy
Dawn. September. 1905,' nothing else.
Andre. Bustanoby remembers who put
It there, but does not say. The other
was the work Of celebrated local
lawyer. 1t Is set with large tur-
quoise and engraved. "a, and L. Acre
Perennlus, MCAfIX." Like the other.
1t celebrates the meeting with and
hours spent with the wife to be. And
~ years hive. elapsed since the sec
ond was put up without any request
for permission to alter the inscription
or efface.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
HAD MIGHTY SUSPICIOUS LOOK
Washington Correspondent Tells OF
Joke Played by Senators on
Veteran Capitol Barber.

One OF the most remarkable things
afout men, be they Of high or 'ow es-
tate, Is that they never grow up.
Take for instance, that group Of el-
der statesmen In the United States
senate. Here is the trick they were
caught playing on Sims, the old negro
barber at the capitol, who has been
shaving them and their kind for forty
years.
Sims is n preacher and great Blbll-
cal authority when he Is not shaving
senator's. He is profoundly religious.
He has confidence In his fellows.
SO. when Senator Harry New OF In
diana told Sims that he had present
for him. the venerable barber walked
into the trap all unsuspecting.
The senator said he wanted to be-
stow his present In private. He and
Sims went int0,an anteroom. The SEN
ator squatted down and Sims did like
wise. The senator took from his r ,ck-
ct large-sized pair Of dice and rolled
them out on the carpet. Sims watched.
At this moment group of senu.
tors, in the plot with New, burst into
the room. There, apparently, were Sen
ator New and the old barber, despite
his protestatlons of religion, shooting
craps. The statesmen were Mortified.
An employee Of the senate had been
caught gambling. Sims, of all men,
had gone wrong after forty years;
Sims, whom they trusted implicitly. 1t
was a case that called for drastic ac-
tion.-philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12

chlldren's Bureau Of United statss
Department Of Labor osploros
Some Exemptions Allowed.

Every state now has compulsory
day school attendance law. according
10 Information recently furnished by
the United States Department Of la.
bor through the chIldrcns bureau. The
bureau has Just completed an analysis
of education laws affecting child lat or.
the results ef which pre published In
. chart entitled estate Compulsory
School Standards Affecting the EN-.
ployment Of Minors"
In i've states attendance Ii required
until eighteen years OF age. In two
of these IN certain districts only; In
three until seventeen and In thirty
two until sixteen. One state requires
attendance until fifteen. six others and
the District of Columbia until four
teen. and one state requires attendance
until the age OF twelve years. but
applies this to illlterates only.
Unfortunately. says the bureau. the
exemptions In the majority ~ states
are so numerous that they greatly lin
Il the application OF the law. The
most common exemptions are for cn''
ployment. or upon completion OF d
specified school grade. Four states
specifically exempt for work In agri-
cultural pursuits. three with no age pro-
vision. Laws Of fourteen other states
contain loosely worded provisions ex-
empting child at any age, which
might be used TO cover absence for
farm work as well ms for many other
purposes. Several states exempt
child whose services are necessary for
the support Of himself or others, with
out any age or educational provision.
The amount OF attendance required
Is still unsatisfactory In many states.
several demanding only II. 10. or 10
weeks IN year. Even In states
where city children must attend for
eight or nine months, the amount OF
attendance required In rural school
districts is sometimes considerably less.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
Mysterious Feat Of Rats.

Here's another mystery problem to
set beside that Of how the Egyptians
built the pyramids. G. w. Young.
blood, business man of No. 12j
South Broadway, Los Angeles, Is re-
sponsible for IL.
YYungbl0od related that on opening
his Office one morning he found that
rats had chcwet off the tops of car
nations which were standing In glass
vase about IA inches high. Accord
ing to the real estate man, the rats
did not move chair next to the vase
and thus reach the succulent stems,
nor was there anything else near by
on which they might have stood And
he does not believe the rodents could
have climbed the sides of the smooth
vase. Still the flowers suffered heavily.
And to make the problem harder.
Youngblood said that the rats, dis
playing a highly developed artistic
sense, carried roses from one desk to
another which lacked posies How
did the rats accomplish their task?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12

"Chester, the original of Sir viii.
liam Orpen's famous picture lie
Chef which the artist had presented
to the Royal academy as his diploma
work, is now chef of the grill at the
Royal Palace hotel, Kensington, Lon
don.
The manager of the hotel, being IN.
Paris on business, called, out of GU
rioslty, at the Hotel Chatham to see
the chef whose portrait had attracted
such attention. In conversation
"Chester" would talk Of nothing but
a wonderful new sauce he Lad just
made. The manager sampled it and
realized, in his own phrase, that
"Chester is, in his own way as great
an artist as Sir William Orpen.'
He Immediately offered him a very
substantial salary in return for his
services during the season. "Chester
at first refused to leave Paris, but
finally succumbed to what is said to be
the largest salary an assistant chef
has ever earned.-LondOn Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12

David Franklin Houston. who was
successivcly Secretary OF Agriculture
and Secretary OF the Treasury in the
Cabinet OF President Wilson. has been
named chairman of the National Child
Labor Committee TO succeed DIR. Felix
Adler. who resigned after seventeen
years effective service as head OF the
organization.
The committee has recently inaugu-
rated a campaign 10 awaken public
opinion TO the evil OF child labor in
agriculture. corrective legislation hav-
ing largely mtigaied that formerly ex-
isting in industrial plants. There arc
many thousands OF boys and girls be-
tween the ages OF FIVE and fifteen en-
ployed in the beet herds OF Michigan
and Colorado, the tobacco plantations
of Kentucky and Connecticut and the
cotton fields OF Oklahoma. Texas and
Imperial Valley, California the berry
fields of Michigan and California. the
cranberry bogs Of New Jersey the
onion fields OF Ohio and on the truck
farms of Delaware. Statistics OF school
sbsence in these districts are appalling
and the committee aims TO arouse pop
,ilar sentiment to a pitch where exist
ing compulsory school attendance laws
will be enforced
Funds are needed by the committee
TO carry on its work. Its headquarters
are at los East Twenty-second Street,
New York City, Owen X. Lovejoy is
Ircneral secretary and V. Everit Macy
treasurer, to whom contributions may
ic sent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
The BURSTING Of a Bubble.

Statements made that because OF
the f1otation method of mineral
separation the future OF copper pro
duction, and therefore, of the electri
cal industry. is largely dependent
on bubbles is declared by students
of industrial development to be ex
aggerated The electrical industry Is
no more is dependent upon this proc
ess, 1t is declared, than is any
other, but 1t will benefit more di
rectly, experts say from this inten
sive method Of copper refining thar
any industaw T|lieh gdaes not uss
copper SO sofXtfRsivfly9 are,s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
otters Cared For.

A pair of fully developed otters have
been discovered in a slough along the
Brandywine, near West Chester, Pa,
and have been watched with interest
by many persons.
They are the only ones reported in
Chester for probably 40 years, and
are very carefully protected by the
owner. Of the property where they
have made a den in bank beside the
still water.
The animals are said to be about
four feet In length and very active.
1t is believed number of>young may
be- produced in the den beneath the
bank and prove the founding of a col
ony which will arouse much future
iterest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
RECORDS HUMIDITY IN AIR
Seth Temperature and ~LIvabIIItyIs
Shown BY Twin Thsrmemsssr
Likely 10 oseems Popular.

Sensations Of heat or cold. a. OF.
perieneed by a normally healthy per.
son. are caused almost entirely by
the condition OF the surrounding
atmosphere. n II Is stIli. damp. and
about 10 degrees or more In temper.
ntnre, a feeling of dIsagrceabIe heat
ANA oppression results; while n Of
the snme temperature. but dry and In
moderate motion, no discomfort IL
felt,. The rensons for this are that
dry, moving air takes away bodily
heat about as rapidly ns Il Is gen.
Grated. while damp. stu nIr does not.
explains a writer In Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Therefore In designing an instru.'
mcnt TO determine whether atmos.
pheric conditions are conducive 10
bodily comfort otlier fnctors than
temperature must be taken In'e
nccount. For this reason the ordInar,
dw'bulh thermometer IL unreliable
aud has been supplemented by another
instrument OF. the so.callcd wet.bulb
tsph. In which the bulb Is lnclosed In
n fabric mesh bag which keeps II
damp. To use. both bulbs are I'm.
mersed in hot wnter until they register
ITO degrees. They are then removed.
and the time required for each TO
drop to atmospheric temperature
noted. The wet bulb viii always cool
more rapidly than the dry one. This
difference In cooling rates serves TO
index the degree Of comfort one should
be experiencing. as It roughly indI-
Gates the moisture In the air and
whether or not air Is In motion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
New Dickens Drama.

AT recent Charles Dickens dinner
In London regret was expressed that
dramatic versions Of the Dickens nov
! els are not more popular. Forthwith
certain Bransby Williams proposed
to undertake to popu|arixe the Vic
torian novelist in the theater. 1T
Birkenhead he will accordingly fnsti-
tute repertory season with adapta-
tion of "David Copperfeld," solver
Twist" and "Barnaby Rudge.', to be
written by members of the Dickens
fellowship under the direPion' Of said
Mr.. Williams.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
Women Match Coins.

"Ill match you," used to be reserved
for masculine conversation. The fin
of coin decided who was to pay fol
lunch or for cigar But women have
taken it up. 1t Is masculine no longer,
THE women have gotten tired Of
fighting about who is to pay" said the
observing soda counter cashier. ut
used to take them about FIVE minutes
10 decide. Now they match couple
Of quarters to find out. The winner
gets treated"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12

n oil Of the money that has been
left to parrots In different countries
could be gathered together II would
make enough 10 support the average
orphan asylum. In most cares these
requests come from unmarried ladies'
who have found solncc aud compan.
ionshIp with their favoritc parrots.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12

The ferris wheel of Bagdad II
huIIt of Ioug poles attached 10
heavy long crosspiecc; on the ends N
the poles rude wooden chairs are
placed. In which the lovers Of excite
meni arr strapped while by man pow
er The revolution IL made. the rider
getting a tabloid thrill Of the rcal
Ferris wheel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
Now Ns.t.foo, ou 1. Mads

Nentsfoot oil IL obtained from OK
or COW heels by boiling them In wnier
and skImmins or the oil. The OH 80
obtained II kept gently heated by
means OF warm water until all the
wnter has subsidized from II. when tho
clear portion is poured OF and, II nee.
essary. filtered.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
Washing Bottles.

Put crushed egg shells IN small bits
or nfcw carpet iacks or small guam.
tlty OF gun shot Into a bottle. Then
MI one'half full al strong soap suds |;
shake thoroughly. Then rinse In clear
wnicnnnd the bottle viii oe cleansed.